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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Yet More Burda!

You were on tenterhooks, right?!  Here is the other pattern:

Burda 7072

Gah!  Look at that coat!  I die!  Here, take a closer look:

This is the version I'll be making.

Here are the line drawings:


Of course, there's a back story.

Over the summer, I came across this coat* on Burda Style and decided I must make one like it.  The pattern was in a back issue of Burda magazine, December 2011.  I checked around on eBay until I found it - my copy came all the way from Israel. 

Here's the picture from the magazine.
And the line drawing.

Then the fall got busy, and before I knew it the weather appropriate for a coat like this had passed, so I put the project on a back burner.  I was thinking of making a version in springtime fabric, but then when this new pattern came out, I changed my mind!  So now my plan is to make the 7072 for spring, and consider making this one early next fall.  Aside from loving the style of the new pattern, I also feel like I want to get started on my 2013 goal of making a coat earlier rather than later.

I was thinking I'd like to make the coat in a pale pink sateen (how original!), but while I was looking around online for it, I came across this:

Anna Maria Horner cotton sateen "Turn of Events" in Blush

And it was on sale.  Done and done!  The roses are quite large:


I'm really looking forward to making this as my first coat project.  I'm planning to make this my February project, so something to look forward to!

* I'm a huge fan of this girl's work - I love everything she makes and just her style in general.  I wish I could read her blog:  it's all in Polish!

15 comments:

  1. You absolutely can still read her blog... use an internet translator! Just insert the web page address in the box and hit enter... then the whole page in translated!! I use it quite a bit for non-English blogs. http://www.bing.com/translator

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    1. Thanks, Kathy! I tried it out. As you can imagine, there were some pretty laughable results, but at least now I can figure out what patterns and fabrics she used!

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  2. that coat pattern is so cute and stylish! it will be perfect in the fabric you chose. can't wait to see it happen!

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    1. whoah, just check out the blog you mentioned... great stuff! hmmm... my husband used to know a little polish... maybe he can read it to me...

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    2. Isn't her stuff amazing? She's on Burda Style too - I know that at least the coat is in my favorites.

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  3. I LOVE that fabric. Can't wait to see how this goes.

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    1. It is so much better in person than I'd expected too. I'm so excited about this project! At the moment I'm daydreaming about linings . . .

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  4. Oooooh, this is going to be KILLER! The fabric so unexpected and cool! Can't wait to see this!

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    1. I hope so! I'm going to really have to take my time on this one!

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  5. Ooh! Looks a bit like Jackie O style. That material is so feminine and wonderful.

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    1. I agree: very '60s vibe, which is kind of my thing!

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  6. That is going to be one hell of a cool coat! No wonder you are dreaming of linings.

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    1. I think I'm going to do my darndest to find something in polka dots . . .

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  7. Vintage fabric for a wonderful vintage coat! The roses are going to be fabulous, I'm very excited for this one.

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