Sewing & Simple Syndication

These patterns really inspire me to start sewing again. The dress with the white lace around the neck reminds me of a dress that I fell in love with at Athropologie. The bodice was so cute and fit really well, but the bottom half was wonky and unflattering. All these photos are on Burda Style, which is a great sewing community where you can download patterns from Burda (like the ones above) and from other members.
Patterns (top to bottom, left to right): Minna | Melissa | Gail | Marie | Anda | Jenny

Thanks to Re-Nest for the shout out the other day! This might be a good time to let you, my darling readers, know about my subscription options. You can subscribe to the RSS feed via the button in the header and add Cucumbersome to your reader. (Sidenote: With Google Reader you can read the posts in your RSS feed on the original pages by installing the “Next” button in your browser bar. I’ve been doing that ever since I read about it here.) Now I am also providing an email subscription option. If you would like to receive a weekly email with links to my posts from that week, please use the contact form in the sidebar to let me know and I will add you to the list. It will really just be a notification, and you’ll have to click through to read the full posts. Phew. Enough business. Thanks for your support, everyone.
We’re planning on checking out some of the free events going on this weekend. There will be free concerts every night of the Olympics, just a couple blocks from our place. Have a great weekend!