My First Burda (Magazine)! (I'm not manic. Really. I'm not. Ok maybe a little.)
Last night a little bird took me to a newsstand in town that actually carries BurdaStyle magazine. For the low, low price of $10 Canadian, I am now the proud owner of the August issue! (And then I got home late and had to go to bed without reading it!)
On the upside, it has lots of cute little jacket patterns that call for about 1.5 m of fabric (the same amount I have of my grey herringbone). On the downside, most of these seem to be in petite sizes. Now, I have a shortish body so I might actually be able to pull off a petite bodice (might)… but how much am I going to have to lengthen the arms? Although some of them look pretty long already…
Cute petite jacket. Are the go-go-gadget arms really long enough?
There’s also this really cute kids jacket my oldest daughter would totally rock:
Totally seeing my 10-year-old in this.
I can’t say any of the pants are especially appealing to me, although they’re probably good basics (and I am still in the market for basic patterns). There are several cute skirts, but we all know how often I wear skirts. There are a few cute tops, but a lot of them are big, floaty blousy things that look lovely on the models and I would feel like a whale in.
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So Jealous that you found somewhere nearby to test the waters on Burda Mag! I couldn’t find anywhere so I ordered of ebay, and they ended up being somewhere around $20 plus shipping!
I love my subscription though, even if I don’t sew enough from it, I have too much on my wish list and not enough time to sew!
There is never enough time to sew! Ouch, $20! For that price, I would definitely rather go for a subscription. I am excited to get to try one out, though!
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You wouldn’t happen to be from Vancouver area would you? I am trying to look for cheaper alternatives to Burda than my current subscription at $14 per issue. Thanks in advance!
No, unfortunately :(. I would ask Tasia (sewaholic.net) about Burda sources in that area. Wow, $14/issue? Is that the price via subscription? That’s crazy!