Patrones 299 and 301

A nice new clump of pattern mags has landed in the post box.   December and February Manequim arrived on the same day, and now Patrones No. 299 and 301 arrived a few days apart.   Ah, the mysteries of international mail.  As long as they keep on coming I'm happy. 

Excuse the dodgy pictures - my laptop finally died and whilst I've got a replacement on loan it flatly refuses to recognise the scanner on my printer - so photos it is. 

First off Patrones No. 301 - Spring Special.   

This is a shorts and jackets focussed edition with some nice dresses.

The first section is an LBD feature, I think called 'Black never fails'.  There's a couple that remind me of Project Runway when they do the 'make something out of car parts' challenge.   Have a look at the cover dress and this:

Here is a lovely and simple LBD.

The next section is jackets and shorts. 

Then some bright patterned casual pieces.

 And a couple of wedding dresses.

And finally Patrones favourite model for the larger size feature - who no doubt thinks 'Ah, it'll be the beach again will it?' whenever they book her.  Here she is at the beach again in a lovely colourful top and a nice casual dress.

And I think we may be up for another special by the looks of the back page.  Extra Fiesta - roll on 10 March (plus mystery postage time)!.   

Now on to Patrones No. 299.  I'm not massively keen on this one - not much variation. 

The first section is 'A winter walk'.

A couple look very similar to earlier Patrones patterns.

Next up 'Character Jackets' which contains my favourites from this mag.  This is nice.

And I love the sequined cardigan the model is wearing under the jacket in this pic.

The next section is 'New Coats'.

 The larger size section - at the beach of course - has a couple of very nice jackets.

 And I think we may be getting another special from the looks of this.  This is good!