Pink of Perfection

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I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m not much of a sewer. And it’s tragic, really, because my heart does little back flips over pretty fabrics. But because I am impatient, easily frustrated, and suck at being “detail-oriented,” I pretty much stick to super simple projects that can be run up in a flash, or are as happy being finished off with sewing glue as they are with needle and thread. This is my way of confessing that I have been struggling with the same black linen wrap skirt from Diana Rupp’s Sew Everything Workshop for over a year. Yeah, you heard that right: 16 months. For a friggin’ wrap skirt. I have half a mind to bring the pinned pattern pieces to my mommy and beg for help.

But as I was stumbling around the web-o-sphere, looking at flickr pools of girls who look so cute in their home-sewn Built By Wendy outfits, I came across Burda Style. Hello, what rock have I been living under? This site is overflowing with inspiration and the kind of breezy, can-do attitude that a woman needs to just wind her bobbin and get on with it already. Is a super simple laptop sleeve calling your name? Do you need a bevy of how-tos for the beginner? Looking for scores of free patterns, including a kickass cape? Burda Style’s got your number. Or, the number of the girl you want to be — the one who actually finishes the wrap skirts that she starts. Maybe with a little help from her mom.