tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post6152578959847505107..comments2023-06-06T03:18:31.836-07:00Comments on Elle C Sews: My name is Elle and I am a Sewing Magazine AddictElleChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-6134805758665730842012-04-18T22:21:46.088-07:002012-04-18T22:21:46.088-07:00Isn't this the SewStylish with the article on ...Isn't this the SewStylish with the article on the painted lace? I saw it at a Barnes&Noble bookstore, wanted the lace article, but hated the rest and left it there. I went back a week later and bought it anyway, just for the article on the lace painting (which I could probably figure out on my own, BUT it had info on where to buy fabric paint). I thought the painted lace *could* look tacky BUT I also thought that it could perhaps be useful for some of my skating costumes. Usually I think appliques look tacky because they are either white (and the dress is not) or are a really weird/ugly/boring shape and covered in sequins. And yet I had this vision of an applique covered dress (currently in-progress and it is gonna look classy I think), and I wanted that lace-painting article in case I had to get white ones and color them myself. Luckily, I found black ones instead. But I still want to try this lace painting at some point in the future...<br /><br />The rest of the magazine sucked.T. Sedaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684101466551796470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-12467183933519271922012-02-24T21:52:35.466-08:002012-02-24T21:52:35.466-08:00LOL! Oh dear, I see what you mean! My own tastes...LOL! Oh dear, I see what you mean! My own tastes run towards the unadorned and unembellished, so I wouldn't make any of these either! I think Burdastyle sewing magazines with all their patterns are great, but only once in a while. Get one and you're pretty much set for that season, imo.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156106727490224625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-24147942647465079632012-02-16T16:36:02.643-08:002012-02-16T16:36:02.643-08:00oh man, those *are* brutal. especially the bows. A...oh man, those *are* brutal. especially the bows. And I usually think of sewstylish as somewhere I'd send people who expressed interest in learning to sew too.Alicehttp://themuslinette.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-44824691612909886592012-02-16T05:05:51.997-08:002012-02-16T05:05:51.997-08:00you are so right about the model!you are so right about the model!ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-35344884890327836932012-02-16T05:04:35.036-08:002012-02-16T05:04:35.036-08:00The jeans would perhaps be cute for children, but ...The jeans would perhaps be cute for children, but they were on an adult! <br /><br />I only wish I could buy Burda and other pattern magazines here, I can't convince any/both of the bookstores to bring them in.ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-65422131153415894882012-02-16T05:00:35.491-08:002012-02-16T05:00:35.491-08:00Oh Faye, we may have been separated at birth! I wa...Oh Faye, we may have been separated at birth! I was only missing 20 or so issues of Threads, I was so grateful when the DVD came out. I am completely addicted to sewing books, I keep track of which ones I have on Pinterest so I can check and see if I have a particular book when I am in a 2nd hand store. I usually feel the same as you about one tip being worth the price, but both of these (IMHO) were almost complete crap and it annoyed me.ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-62647442136621768722012-02-16T04:55:18.947-08:002012-02-16T04:55:18.947-08:00You are clearly smarter than I am! 8-) I actually...You are clearly smarter than I am! 8-) I actually paid for both!ElleChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656569539140359204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-43436484829724715372012-02-15T18:39:34.842-08:002012-02-15T18:39:34.842-08:00Okay, in high school I liked jeans with patterns u...Okay, in high school I liked jeans with patterns up the side. In my defence, it was the early 90's, there were a lot of strange patterns going out there. My favourite had piano keys. Even at that point, I wouldn't have worn either of those things. Wow. I will give the model in the decked out in denim article credit, she may actually have an acting career ahead of her.Seraphinalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706215125457113080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-73919568084311564702012-02-15T17:50:42.631-08:002012-02-15T17:50:42.631-08:00LOL! I actually have a really hard time with sewin...LOL! I actually have a really hard time with sewing magazines. Except the pattern-only ones, which I'll eat up like they're going out of style. Hmm.<br /><br />My kids would've totally dug those jeans a couple of years ago. I could probably do something like that for my little nieces... :)Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-45147761497030228092012-02-15T15:05:56.722-08:002012-02-15T15:05:56.722-08:00I'm a sewing magazine/book addict myself so I ...I'm a sewing magazine/book addict myself so I do understand. I definitely love Threads - I was so glad when I discovered it. Coming late in the game after I discovered it I went on a MAD chase to collect all past issues. I finally got tired of that chase (because I ended up with too many duplicates) and was so glad when Threads came out with it's annual DVD. I do like Sew Stylish too and am usually able to find at least one tip or notion featured that I didn't know about. It all makes for interesting reading although some of the things they show - I would never make.Faye Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781186043996633965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-7788055942682144772012-02-15T15:05:29.832-08:002012-02-15T15:05:29.832-08:00Thanks for providing a seriously good giggle... ar...Thanks for providing a seriously good giggle... are these people insane? Who is going to spend time making stuff like that when they could be making something SO much nicer?poppykettlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089242289854891320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699461013172832165.post-68056634601896063552012-02-15T14:01:58.437-08:002012-02-15T14:01:58.437-08:00Ha...I picked up both of these the other day in Jo...Ha...I picked up both of these the other day in JoAnn Fabrics, and thought the same as you. Needless to say, I did NOT buy them. Looks like first grade art class to me.Arlenehttp://twistedrhetoric.comnoreply@blogger.com