Burda Style For people who sew

Get to know BurdaStyle member and variation designer Melissa Fehr (aka: squirrellypoo) and check out a behind the scenes look at the creation of her beautiful project based on our Dress Pattern from The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook!

As creator of the Vintage-Inspired Modern Style Design Challenge, Amy Barickman shares the history and inspiration behind this exciting competition, happening right now on BurdaStyle!

Have you ventured into lingerie? Bustiers? Panties? If not, these patterns may inspire you to do so… Read on and check them out.

Hello BurdaStyle members, it is time for me to say goodbye, as BurdaStyle faces structural changes, I will no longer be the Creative Director and Editor of the website. I have been a part of the team intermittently since 2007 and it has been such a fruitful experience. I’ve created a bit of a retrospective of my favorite projects and experiences and would like to bid you farewell…

Where are you from and where do you live? What do you do other than sewing?
I was born in Austria, in a small town called Innsbruck. For the last 12 years, I have lived together with my beloved husband and my cat in Berlin, Germany. Due to a cronic illness (polyneuropathy), I had to stop working about 5 years ago and that brought me to sewing.

We just can’t get enough of our talented variation designers from The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook! This week get the scoop from Karin Arver (aka: ichigogirl) and the process behind the creation of her gorgeous jacket project based on our Coat Pattern.

As we continue the Vintage-Inspired, Modern Style Design Challenge, author & designer Amy Barickman talks about how she and her designs at Indygo Junction are inspired by her treasure trove of collected vintage content:

Sometimes the littlest ones in our lives provide the biggest inspiration. Several mothers I know never touched a needle and thread before their wee ones came along. While these women nurtured their newborns, they discovered an eager creative spirit within. Many new moms take up sewing – not just as an outlet or pastime while the baby sleeps – but as a way to spoil their sweeties with handmade toys and clothes.

Rebecca Turbow is not only one of my best friends in the world, she’s also a designer, a DJ, this week’s Project of the Week model, a past BurdaStyle employee, and a wildly talented young lady. She designed some jersey patterns for McCall’s Next Generation label that are a bit athletic, totally wearable and very sweet—thre’s also a cape pattern to die for. And they happen to be on sale right now!

Where are you from and where do you live?
I’m from the western part of Japan and I spent my childhood there, and then I lived in Yokohama and Tokyo since my teenage years until recently, now I live in a small city near Mt. Fuji, one of the world’s highest and most beautiful mountains.

I guess it is the setting of this photo shoot that reminds me of two of my favorite apocalyptic films, Blade Runner and Mad Max, and some of the cuts look like something Tina Turner might wear in Beyond Thunderdome; or Daryl Hannah as Pris in Blade Runner. The 8 patterns we’re releasing this week seem to tackle the glamorous side of futuristic fashion while fully utilizing metallics of all sorts and a-symmetric silhouettes…

You asked for them, and now they’re here!

We continue our series introducing you to the talented BurdaStyle members who created variation garments for The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook and giving you a first hand look at their creative and technical processes. This week, meet Chie Duncan (aka: Vivat Veritas) who put her own fresh spin on our classic Bag Pattern.

Enter to have your design worn by a musician performing at one of the largest music events in the United States!

With the Vintage-Inspired Modern Style Design Challenge underway, author & designer Amy Barickman talks about how she and her designs at Indygo Junction are inspired by her treasure trove of collected vintage content:

Let’s talk about a rather delicate subject.

On my blog, I’ve shared heaps of vintage inspiration from my hero, Mary Brooks Picken and her work at the Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences (1916-1936). One thing I’ve yet to mention? Unmentionables.