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The BurdaStyle Mini challenge is back but with a twist! Starting today Sunday the 12th of October you have 2 weeks to make and upload your creation to the site for a chance to win some special secret sewing treats and BurdaStyle goodies! And the twist? Your creation MUST be recycled. You may use any patterns, how-to’s or techniques featured on the BurdaStyle site.
THE RULES:
• You need to be a registered member to take part.
• Your creation MUST be recycled.
• You must upload your creation into the ‘Mini Challenge’ category by Sunday the 26th of October.
• When you upload your creation you must give a detailed description of how you made your creation, the patterns, how-to's or techniques you used, materials you used and how it was recycled etc.
• Show us your ‘before’ materials in a photograph.
The mini challenge will be judged by you the members. Voting will start on Tuesday the 28th of October, more details about how to vote will be given at a later date. When voting you should take the following into consideration:
• Creativity.
• Wearability.
• Skills and techniques used.
• Best use of recycled materials.
• And of course your favourite!
• You can vote once only.
This is going to be fun!!! Are you up for the challenge?
Feel free to ask any questions.
This week's member blog showcases Ruby Lime Designs from BurdaStyle member, RubyLime. Her cool and interesting ways of using fabric can certainly give many people inspiration. My favorite are her card something I am certainly going to remember as we enter the holiday season.
BurdaStyle is going to Maker Faire Austin! We are so incredibly excited! There are going to be tons of our friends from the sewing and crafting world (Average Jane Crafter, all our friends from Craftzine, Singer sewing machines and over 50 other crafters) as well as all the absolute awesomeness that is Maker Faire!
There is going to be a giant swap-o-rama where you bring old clothes and refashion them (with the help of local designers), tons of demonstrations, a Refashioned Fashion Show and so much more. Plus I just found out that not only is there a life size Mouse Trap game, the great band Mucca Pazza (who I first saw at Renegade San Fran) is going to be performing on Sunday. I am really excited to be going down south to represent the BurdaStyle team.
We are going to be located in the Show Barn giving out freebies and raffling off 10 Charlie Bags filled with goodies. I hope you all come say hi check this out, it is going to be awesome!
October 18-19th
Travis County Expo Center
Maker Faire Austin
BurdaStyle will be in the Show Barn
I didn't imagine what a burning question this is when starting to browse the web for some material for this blog: I have come across skirt wearing men's forums and discussion groups; exhibitions in London's Victoria and Albert Museum and New York's Metropolitan Museum that have explored this topic; and a variety of designers who have dedicated themselves to design men skirts and similar attire. Yet, apparently to little avail. Regression in male's freedom to dress came with the early Victorian period. Bright colours and luxurious fabrics were replaced by sober dark coloured suits and plain shirts, which dominate most male wardrobes ever since. It seems, much to the anger and frustration of many men who would like to enjoy the same comfort, versatility and variety as their female counterparts others like to redefine established gender roles or simply end what they call "trouser tyranny."
The answer of Star Trek Next Generation Designers was the "Skant" a short sleeved top with attached skirt which establishes "the total equality of the sexes presumed to exist in the 24th century." Mind you, in many parts of the world outside the west, it is common to see men in skirt or dress like clothes such as caftans, djellabahs, or sarongs; most famous in Europe, are kilt-wearing Scots. Yet, efforts by various fashion designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier, Giorgio Armani, John Galliano, Kenzo, Rei Kawakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto, in the 20th and 21st century to make the men's skirt street fashion seem not to have made an impact neither has it become more fashionable, nor have we become more tolerant: Male skirts reappearing on New York's cat walks this July and photos posted by the Sartorialist (excellent fashion blog) received comments such as "it's just not right...unless, of course, it's a kilt..... " or "we can't get past the fact that they're men wearing skirts, and something about that trend just doesn't look or feel right." Yet, some "absolutely love men in skirts."
BurdaStyle members -whether caftans, sarongs, your own skirts or the Start Trek skant serve as inspiration- I challenge you to brighten up and diversify the wardrobes of your male partners and friends! You could start off by sewing a modern kilt using instead of the traditional Scottish Tartan patterns, other materials such as leather, or denim.
1. Where are you from and/or where do you live?
I'm from Germany and live in Bavaria.
2. What was the 1st thing you made? How did you start sewing?
Like every child I sewed some easy things at primary school, for example cushions. But I only started sewing clothes one year ago at a sewing class where I made a skirt and a coat. But the sewing process took so long so I got sick of them and haven't finished them yet.
3. What role does sewing play in your life?
It plays a very big part in my life as I always seem to be thinking about how to sew something or what to do next. I sometimes even cannnot fall asleep at night when I'm in the middle of a project and it won't get off my mind.
4. What is your favorite and what is your least favorite thing about sewing?
My favorite thing is to find new projects and the right fabric for them and also to alter patterns. The thing I dislike the most is when the whole process of sewing just doesn't seem to come to an end and all this little details have to be done to get a good result.
5. If you could make something for anyone who would it be and what would you make?
I've sewn some pajama pants for my sisters. But at the moment I wouldn't dare to make anything else for another person. I don't have enough practice for that.
6. What are you looking for on our site? What do you think should be improved and what do you really like?
Every week I look forward to the newest pattern and I really appreciate all the how tos from which you can learn a lot of new techniques. It would be good if the posting dates were shown for every creations.
7. What is your motto?
Am I bovvered?
Serendipity has some wonderful creations! Her creations come from Burda World of Fashion, BurdaStyle and various How Tos.
As I mentioned last week my boyfriend & I have recently launched our first collaborative effort together: Dahl & Dane. For the last week we have been burning silk-screens & screen-printing organic t-shirts in our loft at home.
Screen-printing first appeared in a recognizable form in China during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE)! A screen is made of a piece of porous, finely
woven fabric called mesh stretched over a frame of aluminum or wood. Originally human hair then silk was woven into screen mesh, currently most mesh is made of man made materials such as steel, nylon, and polyester. Areas of the screen are blocked off with a non-permeable material to form a stencil, which is a negative of the image to be printed; that is, the open spaces are where the ink will appear. Does anyone out there want to learn how to screen print? Here is a great YouTube tutorial on how to burn a screen. Here is another d.i.y. website with goodsteps to follow.
There are several ways to create a stencil for screen-printing. An early method was to create it by hand in the desired shape, either by cutting the design from a non-porous material and attaching it to the bottom of the screen aka sticker or contact paper), or by painting a negative image directly on the screen with a filler material which became impermeable when it dried.
We use the photo emulsion technique:
1. The original image is created on a transparent overlay such as acetate or tracing paper. The image may be drawn or painted directly on the overlay, photocopied, or printed with a laser printer, as long as the areas to be inked are opaque. A black-and-white negative may also be used (projected on to the screen).
2. The overlay is placed over the emulsion-coated screen, and then exposed with an ultraviolet light source in the 350-420 Nanometer spectrum (we use 150 watt bulbs for 30 minutes, works great!). The UV light passes through the clear areas and create a polymerization (hardening) of the emulsion.
3. The screen is washed off thoroughly. The areas of emulsion that were not exposed to light dissolve and wash away, leaving a negative stencil of the image on the mesh.
We are really excited about what else we can do with screen-printing. I want to make some printed fabric out of drawings...I can't wait until we have some free time:)
Today we are featuring an entry in the Malissa cocktail dress variation contest. We are featuring this one because it never got its chance to shine in the voting. MJB14’s creation got lost in the internet void and she deserves a chance to show off. Her great creation can be seen above and if you would like more detail please check out her sewing creations. Thanks for submitting MJB14!
For those of us in a pinch only hours or even minutes before heading out to our costume required big Halloween bash, here at Burda Style we came up with one super fast and easy last minute Halloween costume,
Static Cling.
At first we thought this was some great and totally original, hilarious idea, but after only a few minutes of searching the net, we came to realize, hey! This is actually a fairly common idea that we apparently share with many. Who would have ever thought? So, although overall the idea is pretty ridiculous, check out these wacky “Static Cling” Halloween costumes and our very own variation as well.
Check out our BLACK WIDOW SPIDER COSTUME and its HOW TO as well as the STATIC CLING COSTUME and itsHOW TO !
A few of you gave me a much deserved kick up the ‘you know where’ but alas it wasn’t enough for me get anything worth showing done on my jacket. I did do a little work on it but not enough to babble on about here. Sigh. Next week? Should I promise?
I did manage to finish my Kasia skirt and I LOVE it! The waistband was like putting a jigsaw puzzle together, so many pieces and easy for them to get mixed up. I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out which piece was which after they’d been mixed up. It was quick to sew up otherwise, or it would have been if I hadn’t had trouble with the zipper. I decided to use an invisible zipper but once it was sewn in I couldn’t open it past a particular point. It turns out that one of the teeth was damaged so I had to unpick the whole thing and use a regular zipper. Ugh, I was not happy oh but I am now that it’s all finished. I think this could be one of my favourite patterns at the moment, it fits in all the right places, feels snug enough around my hips and bottom and the high waistband holds in my leftover mummy tummy. I made no alterations to the pattern, there was no need. What more could I ask for? Perfect!
What makes it even better is it cost me nothing but my time to make. The denim was given to me (I have denim coming out mf my ears), the zip was from my stash and the buttons are vintage glass buttons I had found at the thrift store sometime earlier this year. A stash busting garment always makes me smile :) I’d like to say I’m going to make more from this pattern but who knows when I’ll get around to that. If you haven’t already made this skirt then you absolutely must, when you’re done reading here head on over to this page, print out the pattern and get to work.
I have decided to shame myself into getting some of my projects finished. I have started a thread over in the forum where I have listed unfinished and yet to be started sewing projects which I will (hopefully) cross off as i finish them. I will also add projects as they come up. Anyone care to join me? I have this funny idea that it will make me more productive and stop procrastinating although it could all go horribly wrong.
Also, don’t forget about the sewalong for the Laura dress.
The Future Hippie store is a great spot to nab vintage finds. The store is for men and women and features clothes from the 60's, 70's and 80's. There are choice pieces for any style. Check it and add a little flavor to your fall wardrobe.
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