Back to Burda

Ok, back to a little sewing. I've been quite infatuated by BWOF recently. I was using a roll of exam paper compliments of Lunesta and BFF for tracing off the patterns. But it was still a little difficult to see thru, though the resulting pattern is quite durable. I like that. But it's almost gone. A thread on SG http://artisanssquare.com/sg/index.php/topic,5806.0.html mentioned Bienfang tracing paper. I decided to give it a try. It came today and I wanted to share how cool this stuff is, my first thought was there wasn't much on the roll. It just didn't look like much, until I rolled it out. Then I was quit impressed. You can see here how easy to see through this is. How much easier it will be to find a line and follow it. It's pretty neat stuff and I can't wait to start tracing! Yeah, I may need professional help. You can see where I've outlined this piece and even where I used my tracing wheel, it has the dots. I like the yellow, it's easy to distinguish from the white paper. Not as tough as exam paper, but sturdier than pattern tissue. I've heard Sharpie won't bleed though, I'll have to let you know about that.
And I realized when I was making these pictures that I had my own little World of Burda: My Decembre (en francais) was right there, the new roll of tracing paper, the skirt from ?? November?? issue and my next pants from December. (fabric from Michael's). So I made a picture of it to share. And my really cool glasses from Target. Lovely, aren't they. I got 3 for $10, yeah baby.

I worked on the slacks over the weekend. Almost done, finish the waistband, button hole and hem. So, what, another couple of weeks? Want to finish tomorrow night. I lined this pair as the fabric has a major itch thing going, and I just like they way they wear better. I wore the grey ones today. They need a couple of hand stitches around the zipper, but otherwise I'm quite pleased. They fit sooo well. All these BWOF slacks are the best fitting items in my closet. My technique is improving, so it's getting better. BWOF tops, not so good, I haven't done well there.

Kacy says "Goodnight" See the baby gate behind her? 70# Dobe and she's contained by a 2' gate we lean against the door.