@TartanPaint now I feel better. My stash habit was just forward planning after all!

Welcome @TartanPaint . 10 big boxes of fabric - almost as big as my stash!  No, not really *whispers* not quite.....

Well it is certainly dramatic. Yes, Vogue patterns are very expensive in the UK now and we haven't had a half price pattern sale since before lockdown. 

These clothes don't really appeal! If you are making your own clothes the Big 4 pattern companies mainly go up to size 22 but they have sime larger sizes. However Stylearc patterns all go up to size 30 so no need to go for a frilly sack. The more I use their patterns the more impressed I am with their fit and styling. They are really well drafted and properly graded between sizes.

Ummm errr - I did indulge in the recent Vogue sale. I'm still a member so $4.99 each was $3.99 each with the 20% reduction. At $3.99 each, 5 patterns were still well under £18 in value so this should be OK for avoiding customs charges. The postage to the UK has gone up a lot and is now $25 for purchases of under $25. My total purchase worked out at £37.50 - that's £7.50 per pattern so less than half price - I chose a mixture of summer and winter patterns.

I don't think buying patterns from the US site will be cost effective in future as they don't usually reduce patterns as much as this and the postage has gone up so much (it used to be $15 for 3 patterns but no longer). Apart from some of the Sewing Bee patterns, half price sales on the UK site seem to be a thing of the past, at least for now. Still, I'm not short of patterns so I can keep going for a few years at least. 

Aww what a lovely thing to do. They are fantastic.

Wow @Manuela . Yours is much nicer than the D&G version!