This is not a UFO, it’s just on hold and I am ok with that 🙂 I need to make something exciting now or I’ll slouch into that mojo sucking place and you know what? IT’S OK TO STEP AWAY FROM A PROJECT FOR A WHILE. It can be saved, it’s cute, it deserves it, probably in less than an hour but…not today, not this week. The fabric was a bit ehh to work with and the pattern is ok but I cut it two sizes too big (I cut my usual 42 but this pattern was designed to sit more loose that I prefer) so while I’ve managed to take in the sides and sleeves now I need to fix the shoulders and sleeve head which are massive.Īaaaand it’ll look a whole lot better with a good press. Big mystery (at least for me).Īs I usually use size 36 in Burda patterns, I'll have to downgrade the patterns of this old magazine if I want to sew them up.You’re going to ask about the cardi now aren’t you? Hmm, well…that’s hanging up for a bit, we need some time apart.
Taillenlänge) and even sleeve length (Ärmellänge) are bigger in the today's measurement table.
Have the women been bigger sized back then? On the other hand, they must have been smaller/shorter than the average woman today, as the measurements for back length (Rückenlänge), front bodice length (vord. What I am wondering about is that, although there is a size 36 in the table, the smallest patterns which are in the magazine come in size 38/40, there is not a single pattern in size 36. Look at size 36: the measurements for bust and hips are the same, but the waist circumference is now bigger than it was back then (I'm still wondering how anyone can have such a small waist, though).Īlso, they had an additional size 38/40, which seems to be our size 38 from today. Size measurement table from Burdastyle magazine 6/2012 Size measurement table from the old Burda magazine Look at the three first rows, there are the measurements for Oberweite (bust), Taille (waist), Hüfte (hip). Here are both, the one from the old Burda first and then the one of the newest Burdastyle magazine. What is also interesting is the size measurement table.
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