Burda 7205

I finished this in the late fall, photographed it and forgot about it. Now that it's finally summer time, time to fish it out! Love this pattern. It is easy to sew, wear and pack if one were ever to go on a vacation.

Flowers on the back too, but no pictures.

 

Burda Style 6224

I started out the day in this dress, then quickly changed out because it felt too constricting even though it fit pretty good. I made it longer and it is still too short for me. If I were to make this again I would add more length and probably not peg the skirt so much. I would also add a bit to the back width, both top and bottom, just to add to the wearability.

The sleeves are from a different pattern that's why this looks different from the pictures on the pattern. Once again the Burda instructions fell short even though this was from a pattern envelope not the magazine. Who knows if I did the pockets properly!

This dress might be good for going out to a restaurant or if you had to carry bulky things in your pockets, Ha!

 

Vogue 1410 and Burda Style 11/2021

This outfit is made from really old fabric, I think from Minnesota Fabrics and Mill End Textiles, both gone and still missed.

I've made the Vogue pattern twice before this and it is so simple and distinctive. The top is from BurdaStyle Magazine 11/2021. This was super simple to sew, with not fitting required a win-win!

 Tonight I'm going to watch women's figure skating, the long program even though I know the outcome...all I can say is this "Karma".

BurdaStyle 6414

Sometimes you just have to wonder about yourself. Last year I had used this pattern and cut this out, later on I had the desire to cut other fabric from this pattern, but I had forgotten that I had already cut it out. So, what did I do? I looked for it in all my pattern bins!!! Then I traced it out of the BurdaStyle Magazine before I realized what had happened. Oh, boy!

Anyway, after all that, I like the dress and it will be especially good when traveling where it is hot (if that ever happens). It does have quite the overlap of fabric at the waist, so keep that in mind if you are not long waisted.

 

BurdaStyle 1/2021 #115

Sorry, not the best pictures... I saw this pattern in the newest BurdaStyle Magazine and traced it right away because I had this fabric waiting for it. The is a moleskin from Hancock Fabrics from long, long ago.

The only thing I don't like about this pattern is the neck binding, it would work nicely for a knit fabric, but not so much for a woven fabric. Next time seam binding or a facing will be used instead of the binding. Burda also makes many of their patterns with dropped shoulders, not a big fan of that either.

 Like the flounces!

BurdaStyle 6288

This dress is made from my prized paint by number fabric. I had looked all over the internet for this, then when I was visiting California I had to make my husband stop the car when I saw the fabric shop along the street. I grabbed this fabric and went to pay. When I got to the cutting table she said I couldn't buy that. WHAT!!! She thought I had found it by the cutting table where they were prepping fabric to be sent out. So, crisis averted since I got it from the shelf. Whew!

Since I love this fabric so much I used BurdaStyle 6288, one that I had used before on a winter dress. I used interfacing on the sleeve facing and in hindsight it might be more comfortable with just the fabric or light interfacing, but that's my only quibble.

The skirt is just gathered, not pleated because the fabric was too narrow.

This pattern was also in the magazine, but why trace it when you can just take it out of the envelope, worth the extra money.

 The winter version.

BurdaStyle 3/2018 #125

This dress I do like and I didn't really have any fitting issues. I did make the skirt a little wider to fit the hips, but in hind sight you would not need to do this because there is plenty of room.

When I was cutting the fabric for the skirt I cut it wrong (the stripes going across like it was one piece) and had to order more from JoAnn. Have you ever noticed how hit or miss ordering fabric from their website is? In a nutshell, it's terrible!

Had a little warm spell, but right now the water in the birdbath is frozen.

Burda again!

This is Burda 7205. This is very easy to do. I had looked online for others who had sewed this pattern. Some said that it was frumpy and I think that is because where they had you put the elastic. There is way too much length in the top. If I sew this again I will put the casing below the waist by about one inch.

I used wide silver elastic instead of putting the elastic in a casing, and I cut the elastic for the size 12 and the rest of the pattern at 44.  If you like your dresses tighter you would probably be able to go down a size. I always add length to the hem (I'm 5'8"). The dress was cut on the straight grain not the bias, no problems there.

Fabric from JoAnne's (this year) and handbag by Jonathan Adler.

Another Burda!

This is Burda 8/2014, style 116. When I saw this is the magazine, I knew I had to make it. Once again others on the internet had made this and it looked really cute. The instructions to make this were crazy and just made no sense. Sometimes you just have to sew.

Here is a close-up of the battenburg lace that I added to the front and back. I fused some areas, then did some stitching...hope that all stays on!

On this dress you have to take a picture of both the front and the back. I used elastic on the top and bottom and at the waist line using bias tape even though the top was lined. I also had to make the pattern larger and longer, since 42 was the largest size. I like this dress, but have no desire to make another one, at least not in the near future.

BurdaStyle Dress

I saw that some other bloggers had made this dress and it looked really cute on them, so I decided to get out the tracing paper and have a go at it. It is from the BurdaStyle Magazine 6/2013. The bottom layer is a challis fabric and the top is an embroidered sheer, both purchased at SR Harris.

I had some problems with this pattern. The armholes had some gaping (I added darts in the sheer dress).
It was also too low cut and I think I'm wearing the sheer layer backwards. And the hem is funky. And the shoulder straps kept falling down. Other than that I like it.

If you like this style, use a pattern from your stash that is similar and that you've used before and just make some changes. It would be cute with a slim skirt underneath, don't you think?