Burda Magazine patterns do not have seam allowances. So before you start tracing, make sure you leave enough space around the piece you want to trace, as you will need to add seam allowance. Swedish tracing paper or the perforated non-woven fabric that is used in upholstery for chair bottoms. I once used Marks & Spencer flower tissue from an Autograph bouquet, it worked like a dream. You will need transparent tracing paper, like drafting paper, Burda tracing tissue or any other type of paper you can see the lines through. This can also be used to blend between sizes if you need to.Īs to the actual tracing, I use two methods quite interchangeably, depending on my mood or if I had run out of one of the other required materials. I like the wax crayons because they are soft and don’t scratch the thin paper, I can easily rub off the lines with an eraser and I can sharpen them with a regular pencil sharpener to get an accurate tip. I think you can use coloured pencils if you have them. I had originally tried highlighters but noticed that they tend to bleed through the other side (the pattern sheets are really thin).
So I like to highlight the size I am planning on tracing. Prepare for tracingĪs this is a multi-size pattern, it often gets quite jumbly and hard to follow. If you follow a number straight up, you will see the same number on the corresponding pattern piece. Having found the right sheet, locate your pattern pieces by looking at the numbers on the edges. In the monthly magazines, they will have numbers, in this example, they have names.įind the design number in the instructions pages and there will be a box with the type of line corresponding to the each size, the sheet where to find the pattern and the colour, as well as the number of pattern pieces.
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However, if you decide to go for it, there is method to the madness. Here is how to get started (Burda also provided these instructions in every magazine)įind the pattern you like in the line drawing summary. How to set started with tracing Burda Magazine pattern sheets And I quite like my little Burda mag stash, I still have some I got in Romania ages ago and now and again I find a few patterns that I want to sew. This and the fact that it’s actually super economical to get a printed magazine for £5.99, rather than downloading one single digital pattern for £3.99. In 2017 in the UK, only masochism could be a reasonable explanation. Burda style magazines were the one and only source of patterns and you just had to go with it. When I first started sewing in Romania in 2009, the reason was simple. Now, why would you subject yourself to that? You then have to copy the pieces belonging to the pattern you want to sew. So, instead of a regular blog post, I want to talk about this most dreaded activity, in hope that we can exchange ideas/tips/tricks and it might go better next time…įor those who have yet to be exposed to this most dreaded of chores, this is what I’m talking about:Įach magazine comes with 2 large sheets (or 1 depending on the number of patterns), printed on both sides, with the pattern lines in different colours superimposed one on top of each other. It’s a lovely design but has 12 pieces and it took me hours to copy them out!! I could have finished the whole blinkin’ dress in that time!! And still haven’t cut out my dress.Īnd the reason is TRACING!!! I am using a Burda Style (the magazine) Special Vintage, but this goes for any Burda magazines. Why, you might ask? Did something come up, did you get lazy? No, actually, I have been doing sewing related things until 11 last night and from 9 AM this morning. It is now Saturday evening and I have not sewed a stitch. Or rather, I had plans: to spend as much time as possible sewing! I need to make a dress for a wedding we’re going to next weekend, so I needed to get going. My husband is away indulging in his time consuming and expensive hobby – karting, so I had the house to myself and absolutely no chores, plans or obligations to take me out of the house.
This was supposed to be the perfect sewing weekend.
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