Burda Style For people who sew

7 February, 2013

• 10:11 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called A Cool Dress For Hot Days

  

  A fun everyday summer dress.

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6 February, 2013

• 10:09 PM

  BugsDesign commented on the project Robin Hood Tunic Shirt

  Thanks. It’s a polyester stretch. The one side is roughed up so you can’t tell that it is a knit….

  

• 10:03 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called 1880's Mining Town Bodice

  

  I made this for a re-enactment weekend at a local outdoor museum. I know it’s not one-hundred percent accurate, but it worked. I used Simplicity pattern 3723 for the bodice and sleeves. I added the…

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• 09:40 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Emerald Twist Shirt

  

  This shirt just happened. I’ve had these two very small pieces of stretchy velvet forever and never knew what to do with them and then when I was going through my fabrics it just came to me. I didn…

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• 09:10 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Present for Mom

  

  This is from the same pattern as my orange skirt. Since I didn’t use striped fabric, I added some piping to accent the seam. My sister and I made it for our Mom for her birthday.

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• 08:23 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Laced China Skirt

  

  As with many of the things I make, I start out with a vague idea that then morphs into the final product. This skirt looked very different before I started working on it. I decided not to put in a …

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4 February, 2013

• 09:05 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Everyday Flower Top

  

  This is probably one of the hardest things I have made. Getting it to be loose, but in a nice fitted way and getting the fabric to fall right and not wrinkle was difficult. When I finally got there…

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• 07:49 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Wrinkle Wrap Skirt

  

  I made this from an old McCall’s pattern (6685) that my neighbor gave me. The velvet I used did not work well with the wrapping so I have to add a lining. I also omitted the suggested fringe along …

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• 03:21 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Cherry Halter Dress

  

  My sister and I found a whole bunch of fruit fabric and decided to make matching summer dresses out of it. Her dress has watermelon fabric. The bodice is based on NewLook pattern 6457,but the skirt…

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• 02:56 PM

  BugsDesign added the project called Robin Hood Tunic Shirt

  

  This was my first attempt at making a shirt pattern and shirt! It took me forever to get it to fit, especially since it is a loose fit and needed to fall right. I was attempting a cowl neckline whi…

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31 December, 2012

• 01:49 AM

  BugsDesign added the project called Recycled Dress Inside-Out Skirt

  

  I made this from an old dress a friend gave me and I had no idea what I was going to make out of it. I just started cutting it apart, and this skirt is the result. I decided to put all the seams on…

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• 01:18 AM

  BugsDesign added the project called Striped Spring Skirt

  

  After seeing this skirt at a fabric market in Germany, I wanted to make it. I found the right fabric, and my aunt, who had already seen the skirt, gave me the pattern she had drafted. I had to modi…

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30 December, 2012

• 09:20 PM

  BugsDesign added corsets4me as a friend