Scarf Dress Challenge - Win a BERNINA Sewing Machine! – Sewing Blog

BurdaStyle and BERNINA have teamed up to bring you an awesome contest and a chance to win a brand new BERNINA activa 210 sewing machine.

How to Enter:

1. Head over to the Sewing Republic brought to you by BERNINA and download the instructions for the Scarf Dress. This project is super easy and great for all skill levels, so try your hand at it!

2. Sew up your very own version of the Scarf Dress. Feel free to embellish, change the length, whatever, and really make it your own!

3.Once you have sewn up your dress, upload it to BurdaStyle.com and put “Scarf Dress” in the title. If you don’t put “Scarf Dress” in the title we won’t be able to find your project and it won’t be entered into the contest.

4. All the entries will be uploaded to a slideshow and you, the community, will vote for your favorite. The entry with the most votes will win the BERNINA activa 210 sewing machine.

You have until September 23rd to upload your entry. Good luck and happy sewing!

This contest is open to US residents of any age. Employees and family members of BurdaStyle, BERNINA and Sterling Rice Group are not eligible.

Sep 15, 2009, 12.12 PMby skwarynia

Contest is great, but…. I’m Polish. I would love to take a part in it, i’ve got an idea of my version. Pity!

Sep 15, 2009, 01.38 PMby Lizmix

I would love to take part too but I am an English native living in Italy so no chance! Are all your competitions closed outside the US? It is a shame when the site is so international.

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Sep 15, 2009, 02.51 PMby skwarynia

I totally agree. International site but only US residents have full option
Sep 15, 2009, 03.16 PMby Alden

Hey Lizmix,
Most of our contests are open to everyone internationally, it just so happens that this particular contest is open to those who are living in the US. We look forward to seeing your entries in the future.

Sep 15, 2009, 02.11 PMby bellamabella

ohhhhh this is great

Sep 15, 2009, 02.51 PMby MayaDoughterOfSun

Only for US residents? This is global site….:(

Sep 15, 2009, 07.33 PMby wzrdreams

Hmmm…. I just might do this. I have some printed Chiffon panels that might work as scarves.

Sep 15, 2009, 08.04 PMby glitzygirl

Burda style shouldn’t have accepted the condition of being a US competition only knowing that it’s an international site. Very bad on Burda Style’s side I think as they have agreed and allowed this.

Sep 15, 2009, 08.16 PMby Olya_Boieru

Yes, it’s not fair at all. I have noticed it in different contests on Burda style, somehow the winners are only US residents.
Why would you make it international without letting other nationalities to take part in the web-site’s life?
I am starting to get disappointing in this web-site…
Or is a delivery of sewing machine somewhere except US so expensive for the sponsor or you?

Sep 15, 2009, 08.25 PMby innyvinny

Whether or not the contest is available to everyone or just the U.S. is rarely a website’s decision. It’s often the sponsor. If the company doesn’t ship internationally, any contests they sponsor won’t be open to everyone.

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Sep 16, 2009, 12.28 AMby Porterhouse

Bernina have been selling in Australia since I went to school, which is now 30 years ago!!

Sep 15, 2009, 09.16 PMby clauxic

contests must be open to everyone!!!

contests must be open to everyone wherever they are! =( im from panama

Sep 15, 2009, 09.31 PMby Deshale

Question?
How many entries allowed per person/household?
I have some wonderful ideas for this project but I couldn’t possibly incorporate them all in one dress.

Sep 16, 2009, 03.42 PMby Alden

You can submit as many as you want! I am very excited to see them all!

Sep 15, 2009, 09.36 PMby clauxic

its so unfair! contests should be for everyone no matter where they are!

Sep 15, 2009, 10.15 PMby starzoe

Yes, it is unfair. I’m in Canada, about 12 miles from the border and have been sewing Burda since before they had printed patterns and I could get the magazine only in German. I would think Burda would encourage anyone, especially young people, to participate in the contests.

Sep 15, 2009, 11.27 PMby Gertie

Sorry to chime in on the whining here, but is the deadline really September 23rd? That’s only a week away! Great contest and prize though! I would SO love to have a bernina. :)

Sep 16, 2009, 03.43 PMby Alden

oh yes my dear, September 23rd, it’s a quick turn around but i’m sure you can make it :)
Sep 16, 2009, 05.19 PMby Gertie

Ha ha, we’ll see. I’m in the middle of a huge project. But . . . a BERNINA! I told my hubby, and he said, “you already have a sewing machine.” Men!

Sep 16, 2009, 12.24 AMby LadySophie

I do think it such a shame that we cant particapate becuase its US residents only, but if the sponsor who is paying for the shipment only wants to send it within the US, we have to except that. Please do another competition like this, I had some really great ideas!!

Sep 16, 2009, 01.27 AMby imnotyrbabe

TT too bad its open only to US residents only …..

Sep 16, 2009, 01.50 AMby Jillian Lanier

What exactly does “whatever” mean. What are the guidelines?? Must be….? Does it just have to be out of scarves in general? Do we have to use the pattern idea (2 pieces with elastic rows?) Etc.? I love the freedom of creativity but I would hate to make a dress for the contest just to find out it wasn’t eligible. Thanks!

Sep 16, 2009, 03.40 PMby Alden

if you have scarfs that would be great, if not two pieces of fabric would work. Just follow the basic instructions by Nicole Smith, but feel free to put your own spin on it!

Sep 16, 2009, 03.02 AMby ArtzyDevah

i think its only for the us because they dont want to pay for shipping outside of the us that would be more money for them its understandable im sure there would be more contests to win a sewing machine or better for residents outside the us

Sep 16, 2009, 01.22 PMby sabine

Bernina probably has EU and Asia offices or at least partners. The shipping isn’t the obstacle I think. Probably the differing laws all over the world are.
Sep 16, 2009, 09.12 PMby my.stuff

Bernina is a Swiss company actually and has offices all over the world. So shipping wouldn’t be a problem. So it probably is the differing laws.

Sep 16, 2009, 05.55 AMby kaitui_kiwi

Boo! For US residents only? Well done on alienating 80% of your community BurdaStyle :(

Sep 16, 2009, 08.14 PMby Madscouser

I agree – BurdaStyle claims to be a site for worldwide sewers, then offers great contents but only to US residents!

the competition states that BurdaStyle has linked with Bernina – not a sewing machine suppler – Bernina sell worldwide, so why not do the competition worldwide???

Wondering if this had even been looked into or if it’s just taken as a US only competition automatically! :-(
Sep 16, 2009, 11.04 PMby Kiraph

I too was getting excited (not that a I really need a new sewing machine having purchased one only at the start of last year) until I read the US bit. :(

At least it is the whole rest of the world that has been forgotten about and not just southern hemisphere people this time! ;)

Sep 16, 2009, 06.10 AMby emperorny67

I see that many people are disapointed by the contest . You should let everybody participate and give avoucher to the winner.

Sep 16, 2009, 06.19 AMby Oceanpeg

At the ByrdaStyle.com website, I put in “Scarf Dress” in the lookup section and came up with several different ones posted there from earlier this year and some from last year. They’re completely different than the instructions for the Scarf Dress by Nicole Smith that is given for this contest. Up above, it says to “Sew up your very own version” and that you can “change the length” and change “whatever” so this should be a very, very interesting challenge. Most are made with two pieces of fabric, scarves, or sheets.

NOW THE QUESTION: Can we do same or similar with making a scarf dress for this contest as the ones already posted on the site beforehand too? Do we have to sort of stick to the patern by Nicole Smith?

Looks like all of those are already entered into the contest because they have a “Vote” square on each individual one, with some of them even being made by others outside the United States, too.

Sep 16, 2009, 02.36 PMby Deshale

I don’t think any of those already posted are contest entries.

As I understand it we have to use the basic instructions for the scarf dress, (the shirring) but we can embellish to our hearts content with just about anything our imaginations can come up with.
Sep 16, 2009, 03.39 PMby Alden

You should stick to the one that is on the Sewing Republic brought you by BERNINA site by Nicole smith. Only entries uploaded after yesterday will count in the contest, all pictures will eventually be put in a slideshow for everyone to vote on. I’m very excited to see what you come up with!

Sep 16, 2009, 08.56 AMby sherde10

I have owned my Bernina Sport for 25 years (it was a pressie from my mum for my 21st) and it is still the machine I use! I would have loved to win a new Bernina and passed my workhorse onto my daughters. I’m down here in Aus :(

Sep 16, 2009, 03.39 PMby pinupglamour

I will attempt at this, but with the dead line…who am I kidding, I’ve done more with less!

Sep 16, 2009, 04.06 PMby Summer_Breeze

I’m really excited that this contest is applicable to new sewers! Most of the contests are WAY above mine and other new-ish sewers skill levels, and while I LOVE viewing all of the beautiful entries; I’m really looking forward to actually entering a contest. So thanks Burda and Bernina

Sep 17, 2009, 01.00 AMby aimefemme

Maybe next time could there be a contest open to all!!!

Sep 17, 2009, 03.47 AMby Damiana_Designs

I am winging this and hope it all works out :). I am making my own scarves and then going to town with the dress once it’s all constructed. Can’t wait to see how it turns out! I love incentives like this, challenges are great!

Sep 17, 2009, 09.44 AMby shiela_imbao

Fellow members relax, I’m sure Burda Style will come out with another contest like this that will involve the global community, I just hope that the prize will be as great:)

Sep 17, 2009, 03.46 PMby coveredbydesign

Where do we post the finished product? This is my first challenge and I am very excited.

Sep 18, 2009, 05.03 PMby Alden

Hey Coveredbydesign,
Just upload it to the projects page with words “scarf dress” in the title

Sep 18, 2009, 01.28 PMby elishafaerie

Anyone else having trouble actually downloading the instructions? I’m Australian so I can’t enter the comp, but I still want to try this! I bought my shirring elastic today! ^-

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