How to use Burda patterns
Burda is my favorite sewing magazine. I get most of my patterns from it.
Let me show you how I get my patterns from Burda.
I will be showing how I got the pattern for my Blue velvet dress.
https://sewingtoperfection.blogspot.com/2022/02/little-blue-velvet-dress.html
For this tutorial I will be using this 11/2016 Burda style. 11 is for the month and 2016 is the year in which this came out.
Every Burda has two parts. One is magazine, where you can see how the outfit looks on a model. There are also some articles, tips and tricks related to sewing. Second part is patterns and instructions od how to make a garment. You can take this part out and store it, if you don't want to keep the magazine. ( That is awesome idea. Having a lot of magazines is just taking space in storage.)
Let us look in that second part. On page number 3 you will find some tips and information about sewing in general. We are looking for page 4. On that page every desing that is in this Burda is represented in a form of a sketch.
My desing is number 144.
Starting from the top. Dots represent a level od difficulty. Number 144 is number of the desing in the second part of the magazine. Gr. 36-44 represents sizes. S. 42 is a page number in the first part of the magazine.
Now that we got that part lets go to page with instructions. In this case page 31.
This is how every one of tham looks. I will explain every part and what it means. ( One note before we get into it. This Burda is in German language. Don't worry every Burda is the same, so if you have tham on other languages it doesn't metter.)
So let's start from the top.
We have learned what 144 is and what dots are. Kleid is german for dress.
First line tells us page number in magazine. Second line represents every size of the pattern for this dress. And third line is telling us that skirt is 64 cm long.
This is the part that we will be using the most. It represents everything that you will need to read the pattern and to get the right parts out. So let's start slow.
First line in the box tells you the color of your pattern and the name of pattern paper. Name is in letters, like A, B, C. In this case it's C and it is green. ( Grün - engl. green)
This is what pattern looks like when it's laid on the floor. ( Burda for size.) Pattern is on both sides.
Don't worry you can always cut it in half on this line which begins with the scissors.
This is where pattern name stands. In my case it is C. Always in top left corner.
Let's go back to our little box.
We have learned a lot from our first line (name and collor of our pattern). Second line tells you what parts to take out in form of numbers. Parts are shown down there in small pictures. In my case I needed green parts from number 21 to 27.
We finally got to the lines. They represent which size of the pattern you are going to take out. Keep one thing in mind. This pattern is not intended to be cut derectly, but to be taken out on a tracing paper. You can get those in your local crafting stores or online. I'll put link down below. Lets go beck to the size. In every burda there is a page that explains sizes. In this it's page number 6 in second part. It looks like this.
Here is explaind in details how to take measurments and how to find your size. In my case my size is 38. That is like M size of the shirt. But when ever you take out the pattern mesure it and see if you need to adjust it. One note about the pattern. This is pattern without seam allowance. Always leave arund 1 - 1.5 cm seam allowance.
This part is about materials and how much you will need.
Let's move on to the next page. Now am going to focus on two parts on this page because this is the manual on how to make the garment and this blog is not about that part.
First part am going to focus on is this one.
Number on the left side number of the part and on the right side is how many you need to cut out.
I feel like this is really important part. It shows you how to cut the pieces out. When ever a piece is dark gray on that part you have to iron interlining.
Now let's go back to the pattern. And let me show you how to take one out.
On the edge of the pattern there are numbers. They are numbers of pieces. We are going to take number 25 for example. From that number go strait up. You will get to that same number again and that is position of your pattern.
Number 25 lies on one of the lines of our pattern. If you can't see the pattern piece realy good my advice is to take black pen and draw over the green line of your size. Once you have done that take your tracing paper and lay it over the pattern. Take a pancil ( I like to do it with pancil and not pen so I can erase any mistakes) and trace the pattern. Now is the part where you can add your seam allowance ( 1 - 1.5 cm). Next step is to cut it out.
After you have cut it out you should have something like this.
And this is how I use Burda patterns. Hope this helps you out.
Things that I used for this project:
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https://amzn.to/3T2oJDk - scissors
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