{"id":18692,"date":"2015-06-12T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=18692"},"modified":"2016-04-09T03:36:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T08:36:38","slug":"burda-patterns-without-all-the-crazy-tracing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/burda-patterns-without-all-the-crazy-tracing\/","title":{"rendered":"Burda patterns without all the crazy tracing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week I made a sewing first for me – I sewed with chiffon! \u00a0Just a simple light and boxy throw-over cover-up style for wearing over my swimsuit or a plain cami. \u00a0It's from a pattern from the Burda Style May Flagship Kit.<\/p>\n

When I first started out in sewing, I used to be a subscriber to the Burda monthly sewing pattern magazine<\/a>. \u00a0I think the Europe and UK version is monthly, the US version is quarterly. \u00a0It's very trendy, has interesting patterns and styles you won't find anywhere else and is fun to read.<\/p>\n

What's NOT so much fun is the way the patterns are delivered. \u00a0There is a large sheet in the center of the magazine that you pull out and that sheet has ALL of the pattern pieces on it for all of the patterns, all laid over the top of each other. \u00a0You have to trace the pattern from the sheet to be able to use it.<\/p>\n

\"How

I did an article on the best way to\u00a0trace Burda patterns<\/a> (works for any and all patterns actually), but in all honesty, after a while, with my failing middle-aged eyesight, this sort of thing got the better of me, and as much as I love the magazine and patterns, I couldn't cope with that maze of lines anymore and cancelled my subscription. \u00a0Shame \u00a0\ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

If you wanted to avoid that, then you can buy all of the patterns individually from the Burda Website<\/a> and they are fun patterns and good value, so give that a try if you fancy one or two of them. \u00a0But if you wanted all the patterns in the monthly magazine, there wasn't any option other than buying them all separately or the tracing – until now!<\/p>\n

Burda Flagship Monthly<\/h2>\n

\"May

They are calling the new product a Flagship Kit<\/a>, and it includes:<\/p>\n