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I was even starting to see repeats and I’d only been subscribing for 2 years! By now I had also discovered Manequim and Patrones and I loved their fashion forward approach, they made the Burda content look dated and boring. So I pulled out all my Burdas that didn’t inspire me and I realised that Burda was falling into a slump. I continued to re-subscribe each year until one day I noticed that I was flicking through each new issue without seeing a single item I liked.
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Then I found out how to subscribe, it was exciting, my first regular magazine subscription, I was like a grown up! I even got each month on time for a change, no 3 month delay for this little kiwi. My “tracing” got a little bit quicker and a little bit more high-tech with access to a large format copier, although it only did black and white which was a challenge solved by hig hli ght ers!Īfter about a year of doing that I found issues in a local newsagent and began to buy the copies that I liked.
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Then I set up a rolling reserve so that I could get my hands on the newest copy (usually 3 months behind) each month. The first thing I did was find a local library that stocked Burda (there was only one) and get an issue out each week until I’d seen the libraries entire collection. So my second and current “sewing-life” began and continues today. It wasn’t until my Mum came over to visit 4 years later, bringing with her the trusty Elna 2130 of Indestruction, in her suitcase, all the way across the Tasman and the rest of Australia, that I was reunited with sewing.
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Hooked! I still have a few of those original tracings although fashion, and my fashion taste, has moved on significantly since 2001/2002, it’s still fun to look at what patterns I chose way back then.Īfter University sewing and I took a break when Boyfriend-yet-to-become-NH and I moved from Wellington, New Zealand to Perth, Western Australia each with just a suitcase full of clothing. So I started to get one magazine out each week painfully tracing my most favourite styles in my size. I think my friend H introduced me to Burda during our second year studying together, she had one out from the local library and I was amazed!Ī fashion style magazine where I can make all the items and it was free to borrow? Give me some of that! I sort of think of my sewing in two separate stages – my first “sewing life” includes my very first sewing attempts under Mum’s instruction as a very small child right up until University.