I've been a fan of the burda magazine since I started to sew over 30 years ago, my aunt, a wonderful seamstress used to have a stash of them & I used to love flicking through them, eyes on stalks, amazed that it you could fathom out the pattern then you could in fact make your own clothes...(I came from a household where sewing on a button that stayed on was about the level of expertise in the stitchery department).
So I do buy them from time to time if there is something I fancy making.... My latest edition I spied this lovely simple shift dress and in my size so no grading up the pattern pheww...
So armed with crazy paving pattern, tracing paper & nerves of steel, I fashioned my pattern, remembering to add my seam allowances (believe me the times I've forgotten) cut the fabric & I'm currently stitching away.....hopefully to be finished in the next couple of days.
Next on the agenda, this little lot is going to transform my fridge door so pop back soon for I have promised some folk on twitter a tutorial....
I'm so confused by my burda pattern, I wonder if you could help me out.
ReplyDeleteLooking on the website, my measurements are correct for a US size 14... but on my pattern it says to use the US 20!
Could you help me with which one to use?
Hi Sophie
ReplyDeleteTo be honest i usually ignore the sizes go by the measurements that correspond to you...and don't forget Burda doesn't include a seam allowance so you have to add that...Rxx