Burda Style For people who sew
Description
For the month of November we had a prolific BurdaStyle member, Anajan, interning with us. Ana got a special glimpse into BurdaStyle last month seeing that we celebrated our book launch party, and in turn, we had the opportunity to see Ana at work! Case in point: Ana took our basic Peter Pan collar dress and turned it into a dress suit for a siren from the sea—or a cool lady who deserves a great dress which has enough integrity and complexity to wow a mathematician.
Ana has 135 projects and has shared 8 patterns (who can say that?) with us. Go Ana!
Material Notes
Fashion fabric – wool blend, 2.5m x 1.4m
Lining – 1.2m x 1.4m
Zipper – 60cm
Difficulty
Advanced
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Nov 2, 2012, 10.35 PMby Marusya Grace
Wow this is a neat dress!
Oct 16, 2012, 01.53 PMby sanjicabo
Svaka cast!!!!
Dec 13, 2011, 04.44 PMby tigger0580
This dress is wonderful. You are really talented! Thankss for sharing…
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.23 PMby anajan
Thank you for commenting! I’m glad you all like this dress. I really enjoyed sewing it.
Dec 12, 2011, 01.00 AMby mad14kt
Unique details!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.23 PMby anajan
Thanks, I’m proud of my original pleating design ;-).
Dec 11, 2011, 08.38 PMby melonhead
Oh wow, beautiful details!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.23 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 9, 2011, 02.17 PMby zumurruda
Lovely!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.23 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 8, 2011, 05.31 AMby allabelle
awesome!!!!! the details is awesome
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.24 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 7, 2011, 11.43 AMby hajnika
Wow!! I absolutelly love this! Great detail and beautiffully done!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.26 PMby anajan
Hi hajnika, thanks for the nice words! I really love this dress and it has inspired me to try out few more pleating ideas I had.
Dec 7, 2011, 09.04 AMby ajtak7171
It’s absolutely fabulous!!!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.26 PMby anajan
Thank you Katja!
Dec 7, 2011, 05.26 AMby shoshana13
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Dec 8, 2011, 11.56 AMby anajan
Hi shoshana13, hmm… it’s neither of the two :). Actually, I have no idea what that is (nor where you see it), something must have reflected in the window… Though, it would have been cool to have a bike in the scenography.
Thanks for the comment!
Oh, now I get it! Yes, I have a spinning wheel in my house and it’s been a part of scenography on many of my photos. That wheel used to be my grand grand mother’s and my dad rescued it from those tiny worms that eat wood (I don’t know the name in English). Eventually he turned the spinning wheel into a lamp, so it’s actually a functional part of our living room.
Dec 11, 2011, 10.38 PMby aceshey18
I wanted to know what you were on about, just nosey I guess, so went to look again at the garments you mentioned. It is a spinning wheel you see in the background of many shots. :-)
Dec 7, 2011, 04.36 AMby daisya
Very, very clever!!!!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.40 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 6, 2011, 11.56 PMby Tracey McGowan Wirth
Wow! Amazing-it looks so complicated!!!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.42 PMby anajan
In fact, it is much easier than it looks! It requires some neat sewing and it IS time consuming, but it’s just a repetitive work (can be boring :)). Thanks for commenting!
Dec 6, 2011, 10.53 PMby fayettebelle
Brilliant!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.42 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 6, 2011, 10.35 PMby ritabb
I love it! I wonder how it would look as a tunic.
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.43 PMby anajan
I believe it would look great as a tunic, too. Why don’t you give it a try? :)
Thanks for commenting!
Dec 6, 2011, 08.29 PMby Joneseph
Amazing level of finish
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.43 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 6, 2011, 06.35 PMby manuelabug41
Bravo! Perfektna je haljina!!!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.43 PMby anajan
Hvala! Dala sam sve od sebe!
Dec 6, 2011, 05.44 PMby turtlegirl00
fabulous dress! i want to hear about the internship—sounds like an amazing experience!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.44 PMby anajan
Oh it was an amazing experience! You can read my impressions on my blog.
Thanks for commenting!
Dec 6, 2011, 03.48 PMby alphay
As always, Brilliant!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.45 PMby anajan
Thank you very much!
Dec 6, 2011, 01.18 PMby dottty
Yes, i like that jj:)x
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.45 PMby anajan
Hehe, me too! ;) Thanks!
Dec 6, 2011, 09.19 AMby stefanika
Wow! It’ amazing and how long you made “ear”?
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.49 PMby anajan
It took me 2 days to sew the pleats on the front panel. The rest of the process went much faster. I did spend some time solving the fitting issues, since I didn’t make the muslin first. All in all I think I worked 5 days on it, but somehow the work spread through the 3 weeks of my internship at BurdaStyle.
Thanks for commenting!
Dec 6, 2011, 08.39 AMby rochelle49
Truly a remarkable dress by a remarkable person!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.49 PMby anajan
Thank you so much!
Dec 6, 2011, 08.15 AMby cayetanca
This is really impressive! Great job! And I love the color:)
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.50 PMby anajan
I’ve been into petrol green recently, for no particular reason. Quite coincidentally, the color is very trendy this winter.
Thank for the nice words!
Dec 6, 2011, 07.57 AMby stephiaffi
Wow, this is so fabulous & impressive! Love it!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.52 PMby anajan
Thank you! :)
Dec 6, 2011, 06.43 AMby Ralf Schmitz
your style is so great and beautiful. i love love love this dress! superbly redone and much nicer than the original!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.53 PMby anajan
Wow Ralf, you’re really generous with your words. Thank you! I loved the original dress too, but pattern alterations are my specialty and I did my best to show off what I know ;)
Dec 6, 2011, 04.36 AMby irmchen
… just can’t take my eyes off! :-)
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.55 PMby anajan
me neither! ;-) Thanks for commenting!
Dec 6, 2011, 03.35 AMby metropolitanfrock
Details beautifully done!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.56 PMby anajan
Thank you!
Dec 6, 2011, 12.48 AMby auntibrig
You’re the best!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.56 PMby anajan
Wow, thanks!
Dec 5, 2011, 11.40 PMby claudine01
It’s as lovely in the photos as it is in person! And congratulations on Project of the Week.
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Dec 16, 2011, 02.02 PMby anajan
Thanks Claudine! The dress turned out to be very photogenic ;)
Dec 5, 2011, 09.30 PMby alisondahl
Miss you already Ana! <3
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Dec 6, 2011, 02.04 PMby anajan
Interning at Burda Style was a unique experience, I’m so glad I met you all in person!
Dec 5, 2011, 09.27 PMby camelia db
Really nice dress.You did a great job!
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Dec 16, 2011, 01.56 PMby anajan
Thank you!