These pattern books keep coming in the mail, not that I am complaining mind you, but it seems that in the past I have used them more as fashion magazines for their inspiration potential, than I have availed myself of their actual pattern content. This is of course silly, especially since I tend to justify the expense by rationalizing all the patterns I could use from each subscription. Well I want to change that trend this year, but so far, just as I am absorbing the ideas and potential from one issue, another arrives.
Of course I am distracted by other things as well. We are still remodeling, other stuff is going on, and, well, life is just that, life.
When I opened the February Burda, I was immediately struck by this dress:
Now this dress is really lovely, and I like the wrap and twist detailing, which will hide a bit of tummy. But I don’t really like the neckline for me. It is a lovely soft neckline, but not my best. Truth be told I like the way it is illustrated on the line drawings:
This is of course how you get the soft cowl, but I would like it better perhaps in a firmer jersey with a bit of oomph that I could actually make stand up a bit, like the illustration, rather than softly draping like the original dress. Using a bit of cotton jersey, instead of a rayon or poly, with a touch of interfacing might make something like that moderately possible.
But the real reason I love this dress is because earlier that day I had seen this dress:
This picture is really tiny, and you can’t see the detail, so I will direct you over to the Anthropologie website, where it is called If You Please and is part of their new color collection. I do find it annoying that I can’t copy Anthropologie’s larger photos, but of course they are not in business to supply me with sewing inspirations but to sell me clothes. And I am actually a customer, but I have tried on enough dresses at Anthropologie to surmise that this will probably not fit. That nice little wrapped twist will be right at the boniest part of my ribcage, well above my waist. So I will have to make my own version.
You can probably see how my mind was beginning to work. I can use the wrapped and twisted part from the Burda pattern morphed onto something else to make a dress more like the Anthropologie Dress The first thing that comes to mind is Vogue1027 :
This probably stuck in my mind because it is new and therefore near the front of my brain. I think I could also use the way the dress is designed as a wrap to modify it to use something like the wrapped and twisted fabric of the Burda dress. I don’t want a wrap dress, but I do like the bodice of this dress and the fullness of the skirt. I am thinking that merging the two patterns will not be an impossible task.
I don’t have the fabric I want for this dress, but has been ordered. By the time it arrives, and I get my house rearranged I might have worked out more of the details.
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18 responses to “More new inspirations”
OH that dress is so cute. I have that vogue pattern too but I’m looking for fabric now lol
OH that dress is so cute. I have that vogue pattern too but I’m looking for fabric now lol
ohh, I really like your ideas here.
I bet the dress will be purple !?!
Have you seen the thread at PR, where there is a sew-along to make something (anything) from BWOF every month, so as to justify the expense of the mag as a pattern source rather than just a fashion inspiration source?
ohh, I really like your ideas here.
I bet the dress will be purple !?!
Have you seen the thread at PR, where there is a sew-along to make something (anything) from BWOF every month, so as to justify the expense of the mag as a pattern source rather than just a fashion inspiration source?
Love that Burda dress! I’m going to have to get a copy of this one.
Love that Burda dress! I’m going to have to get a copy of this one.
I want to see dresses like this in the shops! That green dress is lovely. I do agree that the neckline on the drawing is more flattering and interesting than it is on the sewn garment.
I want to see dresses like this in the shops! That green dress is lovely. I do agree that the neckline on the drawing is more flattering and interesting than it is on the sewn garment.
This is the pattern I liked in this issue too. I like the draped neckline however, so I may do it as is. Love the drape in the front; it should cover a lot of sins!
This is the pattern I liked in this issue too. I like the draped neckline however, so I may do it as is. Love the drape in the front; it should cover a lot of sins!
Where do you order your fabric from? I like a lot of the things you have made and all we have around here (Little Rock,AR) is a Joann’s Fabrics which does not always have the right thing.
I sew mostly for my daughter but also for myself and would love to hear from you.
Lois Allen
Where do you order your fabric from? I like a lot of the things you have made and all we have around here (Little Rock,AR) is a Joann’s Fabrics which does not always have the right thing.
I sew mostly for my daughter but also for myself and would love to hear from you.
Lois Allen
I still think of the BWOF as fashion magazines…how else could I justify my collection of them! 🙂
I still think of the BWOF as fashion magazines…how else could I justify my collection of them! 🙂
Hi. I found this post through another blogger (Nancy, SewWest). I love the Burda dress, and now I can’t wait to get my magazine.
Hi. I found this post through another blogger (Nancy, SewWest). I love the Burda dress, and now I can’t wait to get my magazine.
Of course you can copy their big pictures! Alt+Print Screen, then paste into Microsoft Paint. You can cut out the bit you want, then paste it into a blank picture and save it.
Fiddly, but worth it for some things 🙂
Of course you can copy their big pictures! Alt+Print Screen, then paste into Microsoft Paint. You can cut out the bit you want, then paste it into a blank picture and save it.
Fiddly, but worth it for some things 🙂