My delayed review of burda 02/2013

I haven't bought Burda 01-2013 because I decided that a lot of patterns were rather repetitive so I could easily skip that issue. The most interesting pattern from January is this blouse(or a dress based on the same pattern). I decided to buy it in PDF if I would understand that can live without it%)

Favorite pattern from 01-2013

The February issue I found more interesting so it went into my collection. The favorite pattern is raglan shirt. I have already traced it though I have 3 projects in my queue. I mean nearest projects - almost on the sewing table, not somewhere in my head, there I have endless line%) I want to make long sleave, dress and short-sleeve too! Of course I am a fan of raglan, you know!%)

Raglan shirt

I think I like all knit patterns from this issue%) Look, how nice they are%)Now I want to find red polka dot top!



Also I like the most patterns in Classic section. I should make Marlene trousers for my wardrobe only I don't know if it is possible to wear them without high heels.


There are some nice dresses in the magazine, I like the gathered one, but this pattern is for petite woman, so may be I will try to make the same skirt for summer.



Also I like a jacket and shorts from City section.

Some basic shorts, will be good in linen.

Nice blouson.

 

The raglan jumper is the first in my sewing list from this issue. I plan to make it to wear with my new blue dress.

  The images from Burda pages were took for illustration and discussion and remain the copyright of the owner. 

Blue dress from Burda 09/2012, facts

February! No sun for ages! I was waiting it to make nice pictures of my new blue dress but I think such opportunity will appear only in March%( I was planning to make some different outfits with the dress so in this post I will write some facts and the next one will be proper pattern review (with or without sun%)

Usual Feb view

I bought a magazine with a pattern just before my trip to France in last September, I liked the pattern very much so I decided to buy a fabric for this dress during the trip. I saw it in some bright green but when I was in Milan (the last point of my trip) without any fabric for this dress I decided that I should buy anything at all costs! So green turn into blue:)

Serios look%))

Then I was choosing a lining very long, then I even made a muslin! This was my first muslin, he-he! I had planned to finish it before New Year but...I have finished it just in January. I tried to make it very accurate, I used french seams for the lining and the bias tape for seam allowance. So it became the first dress of 2013%)

Tried to make nice inside

I like it's A-line look. It is very 60's I think%) I found McCall's 2027 pattern which looks pretty similar. The neckline seams to be little bit too wide to my taste but may be this is because I never wear something like this. Also I  like the pockets, they are very cute!

Cute pockets!!

BTW now I know that 100 meters of thread is not enough for such dress so in the future I will buy 200 or 400 meters%)

100m is not enough!

Facts:

• Fabric:  1.2m wool from Milan, lining - a silk from Russian site, about 1.1 m
• Pattern: Burda magazine 09/2011 105
• Pattern was first, fabric was bought specially for this pattern%)
• Notions: bias for seam-allowances, fusible stay tape, thread
• Time to complete: I started it in end of October 2012, wanted to finish for New Year, have finished in January 2013, I measured pure time for sewing - 16.5 hours, this time is not included tea breaks, looking for technical information and visiting shops for buying notions
• First worn:  9 Feb,2013 in the theater. It looks like I wear my new works only in theaters%)
• Wear again:  Of course, why for I would spend so much time on it%)
• Total cost:  20 euro for fabric + 6.7 euro for silk lining + 4.75 euro for notions + 2 euro for pattern = 33.45 euro

Mariinsky theater and I%)

My plans and wishes for 2013

I should post my plans and wishes for sewing 2013 before I blog first FO of 2013%)) I wrote my plans a week or two ago but didn't have time to write them here. So let's start%) I should say that usually I plan more then I can do so this is something as plan maximum or more like my wishes.

Once in last November I with Semeon bet if I could make 50 items in 2 year so first item in my plan is

• to make 20 items in this year including some big refashion and home items too. I should make a counter for this my challenge%)) (Update 03/05 - 8 items done)

Then

• to decrease my fabric stash by 30 metres (fail,fail)
  
• to finish my 3 UFO -  silk dress, gray dress, brown skirt. They all in my winter sewing list, so hope I will manage with this.(no progress)
• to make different types of clothes (not only skirts%)) 
• pants
• jacket
• jacket (warm)
• dress - done
• blouse - done
• skirt - done
• vest
• male shirt
• top
• bag
• to make last summer's projects - 2 dress and the pants. (no progress)
• to use one retro pattern, pattern from Big 4, one pattern from La Mia Boutique, Patrones, Simplicity, Diana Moden, KnippMode + Ottobre. (I changed one big 4 for Ottobre - 15/04).
• to try to make The Big Project - a leather jacket. I have a leather piece, I choose a pattern, I only should start %) (Looking for lining, planning to make muslin)
• to make a catalog of my patterns. This is not a easy task because I bought a lot of Burda magazines and each magazine has a lot of patterns%) (in progress)

Fabrics from Paris and Milan, part 3

It is the end of January but I don't finish a story about my fabrics from September trip!%)) So I do this very quickly!

After finding out Toto in Rouen I decided to visit one in Paris too. It was rainy day, I was alone so I visited two shops. They were not so exciting and big like Rouen's one. I found one piece of nice flannel and corresponding buttons.

One more Parisian fabric

Then was Lugano's part of my trip%) My return flight was from Milan so I planned to visit some fabric shops there too. Of course not only fabric's! I brought back to Russia a kilos of cheeses, olives, pasta, pesto etc!

I visited Tessuti Raponi. They have pretty big choice of good costume wools and different silks. Downstairs there are some remnants which you can buy by weight. I found there nice brown wool in stripes. It was pretty light%) Also I bought there a bright blue wool for a dress from Burda 09/2012 which I have almost finished!%)

Fabrics from Milano

Of course, I got a lot of new fabrics in my stash from September%) May be I will record them too but at first I should write down my plans and wishes for Sewing 2013%)) So this will be my next post!

Sewing Summary 2012

It is time to post a new sewing plans and resolutions for 2013 but at first I should write a summary of 2012 %)

This was a year when I start to sew a little bit difference, sewing took a little bit more of my time and my attention among my different hobbies. I should write a story about my sewing in past but in this case this post will be too long so I would do this later!%))

So 2012 was a year of new sewing!%)) We bought me a new sewing machine and I have started to plan to sew more and more, I have made a big stash of fabrics(about this I would write separately too%)) and old pattern magazines, I even bought some Big 4 and vintage envelope patterns, I won my first giveaway, I sewed first time with knit fabric, I finished my first knitting project (this was almost UFO), I made a lot stuff for apartments(curtains, tablecloths, bed linens, covers for stools), a lot of alterations of RTW clothes (jeans, shorts etc for me and Semeon), finished some UFOs and made some new ones. I made a dress for my friend, shorts for her daughter, I made for myself 2 new skirts, one jumper, some home clothes, fleece socks for wellies %)  I started this blog and wrote some pattern reviews and posted my sewing on different sites. I learned a lot about sewing technique, different tips and tricks! I  stopped be afraid to insert zippers%)))))

Numerically these are not too much, I know that I am a plan maker and not very good executor but I will try to change the last one in this year because I think I made perfect basis for this %)

Sewing 2012