Burda Style For people who sew

Are you a bride considering whether or not to design and sew your own wedding dress? This week, we bring you a selection of sewing patterns (including plus size styles) perfect for the modern bride and highlight inspiration from both the runway and BurdaStyle member studios to help you get started.

Every day, our talented members post new projects on the site leaving us nothing short of inspired. We compiled a few eye-catching member projects below, just in case you missed them.

I’m from San Diego, California where I still reside today! I do a few things other than sewing. I write a personal style fashion blog called These Days, have a part time job, and I’m a student. In general I’m a DIY kind of girl, but other than that I like to play the piano, video games, and spend time on the computer.

Check out this month’s top 10 best selling patterns so far!

I was born and live in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, in Germany. It’s most well known for the Oktoberfest, but honestly, that is the one thing I like least about my wonderful city. Currently I am attending Esmod International Fashion School and am just about finished with my first year. I am however, for a fashion student, relatively disinterested in current fashion. Instead, I’m hoping to become a costume designer after I graduate.

I hail from the concrete jungle of Melbourne’s Northwest, a stone’s throw from the ever-lit International Airport. I have lived here my whole 20 years and 10 months of this incarnation. Before my time, the subdivision on which my house was built was a drive-in movie theatre.

Check out this month’s top 10 best selling patterns so far!

Check out this month’s top 10 best selling patterns so far!

Where are you from and where do you live? What do you do other than sewing?
I come from the very small village of Normandy, France. I lived there until the age of 17, then moved to Paris to study architecture. During my studies I was lucky to stay a year in Göteborg, Sweden, thanks to an exchange program. Last year, after completing my Masters last year, I moved to Montréal, Canada where I have been living for nearly 7 months.

Where are you from and where do you live? What do you do other than sewing?
I grew up splitting my time between a small northern New Hampshire town and an even smaller northern Vermont town where my dad lived in a cabin in the woods.

Check out this month’s top 10 best selling patterns so far!

We received over 120 submissions to the “Vintage-Inspired, Modern Style” Design Challenge. That is awesome!

Where are you from and where do you live? What do you do other than sewing?
I am from Santa Cruz, California but for the past 5 months I have been traveling through South America. Before my trip, I was a buyer for a fabric store and did custom dressmaking and small design projects on the side. In addition to sewing, I like playing the ukulele, eating delicious food, drawing and traveling!

Where are you from and where do you live? What do you do other than sewing?
I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, USA and now I live in New Jersey, USA. I am a stay-at-home mom to 2 lovely daughters.