Hi, if you get the Burda Magazine, there is a great pant waistband treatment in the 8/2005 issue that I am sewing....Using slim fit pant, 20% stretch factor for the fabric, and played with the shape of the leg a little. Took out some in the inner leg so I could have a tighter fit.....there are two bands totally about 3 inches wide down from the waist with 2 large button tabs in front.
I subscribed to it about a year ago and find that every month they have a pattern I want to copy....so I overlay it onto a DS pattern that is close in design.....
I subscribed to this magazine a few years ago, but didn't like the styles at the time. Now I have changed my mind. I put it on my birthday list, but didn't get it, so I guess I'll have to buy it myself.
There has been a lot of discussion elsewhere about a twist tee in the April(?) issue. Too late for that one, too.
I use to find Burda at Pages for All Ages...but you had to get there early in the month. That is the only bookstore I could find it in....so I subscribed. I am feeling a little like the step child....I haven't gotten August's mag. yet. :-( Cheryl
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tina: I don't usually see it at bookstores but some sewing stores carry it. You can subscribe at [URL=http://www.glp.com]http://www.glp.com
I think you gave me the wrong link...this one is Good Life People ???
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I made the twist top and am wearing it now with my new slim fit capris made using the new crotch extension formulas. I think it looks rather nice. Burda WOF has had some great styles lately.
Carolyn, I'm positive McCall's and Burda had the twist top pattern in their store catalogues, but I don't see it on their websites. Look in the store catalogues before the Fall books come out. It is a top with an empire line and the upper bust portion has a long extension which crosses and twists with its counterpart then gets stitched into the empire line and side seam.
Nancy, Burda is now published completely in English - magazine text and pattern instruction insert. The pattern pieces are overlaid on each other with different colours and line styles. It looks a mess at first but is easy once your get your eye trained. There are no seam allowances.
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