Burda Trouser repeat - 02-2013-130

I just got the May Burda today, and there are these awesome wide legged trousers with a front pleat that I rather fancy for my (tall) daughter.

05-2014-121

However, I think I just finished them last weekend, from the February issue.

02-2013-130

technical drawings from http://www.burdafashion.com/fr/Magazines/burda_Style

Well, maybe not, but possibly the February 2013 trousers are wide enough for a pair to wear to work.



I have used this pattern before, so these new trousers were quite quick to make, and due to using both the same pattern and a co-ordinating fabric, these trousers fit into last years' SWAP (sewing with a plan), which gives me a feeling of virtue out of proportion to the effort I have put into this year's challenge (you may notice I do not have a 2014  SWAP to show you at all)
Here is the clinical section of the 2013 SWAP so you can see what I am going on about.








The outer fabric of the new trousers is tropical wool from Michael's Fabrics (?2011 - in a bundle, anyway), in a subtle plaid with grey main colour and I have lined them with imperial batiste.
The inner pocket bags are from silk charmeuse for a touch of luxury, which every girl needs in her work clothes.
Once again, I have added selvage to the pocket opening edge, for anti bagging properties, and moved the zip to centre back.





There are a few more items in the pipeline to expand this work wardrobe.

stashbusting statistics, 2.2 m wool and 2.8 m batiste - 2011 or earlier.

6PAC, 6 piece winter wardrobe extension with a side of Burda Style 02-2013-129 shorts

It may appear that I just sew random garments as my fancy or someone's desperate need for a new pair of sports uniform shorts strike, but just lately, this is not the case. I sneakily sewed a co-ordinating wardrobe extension for my daughter whilst she was home on mid year break from Uni.

You have seen all these items before, but don't they look all organized together?

I owe this concept to Elizabeth, and the seasonal sew-a-longs she organizes at Stitchers Guild. Thanks Elizabeth.

Frankly, the pictured wardrobe is not really that well co-ordinated as a stand alone collection, as the yoga pants are a bit too casual for out-and-about clothing but if you slipped a pair or two of RTW jeans into the collection, which is what will happen in real life, in my opinion it is pretty good set up for winter, from super casual lounging, all the way to reasonably casual office wear (if they allow knit tops).

Add this to the "Clinical" half of the 2013 SWAP, which has the woven blouses for a stricter dress code, and two pairs of woven trousers that look rather smart with the coat, and she should be very nicely dressed for the next few months of cooler weather without too much strain on the laundry.

And just because I am often asked if my daughters sew, particularly after I post something I sew for them, here is daughter the first in one of her own mid year break projects.

Fully lined linen shorts, Burda Style 02-2013-129, and the co-ordinating scarf in progress, worn with two other items of her clothing that will co-ordinate with the 6PAC.

 She picked up the fabulous linen in a studio sale by the fancy boutique clothing manufacturer Pia Du Pradal, their workroom, where they send end of rolls twice a year left over from their ready to wear line, being just down the road from her flat. So you can see that I have taught her the most essential aspects of sewing (fabric acquisition)!

Burda Style 02-2013-146 Self Inflicted Emergency Sewing

I am sure there are people who have calm and unrushed mornings, and have all their children beautifully organized.
I am not one of those people. On Thursday morning, my son arrived in the kitchen, fully dressed, which sounds like a good start. However, I sent him back to his room, as he was supposed to be wearing his sports uniform.
This did not go down well.

"I'm not wearing my sports uniform"

"Yes you are, I just got a start of term note from your teacher saying sports uniform on Thursdays and Fridays"

"That's for girls, I can do sports in my normal uniform"

I saw his point, sports uniform being woven nylon shorts with knit poly shirt,and formal uniform being woven poly shirt and woven poly shorts (dresses for girls), these poly shorts having been sneakily exchanged for woven cotton shorts by his heat conscious mother. However, I don't think annoying the school about uniform is appropriate behaviour, so we continued the conversation through his bedroom door.

"I hate my sports uniform"

"Tough"

"The shorts are too small"

"Rubbish, the last time you wore the shorts was only 3 weeks ago, last term, how can they be too small"

He emerged from the bedroom. I had to eat humble pie. The shorts were far too small.

My son then told me that he had been wearing his formal shorts all last term for sports.
I had not even noticed (admittedly, both sets of shorts are supposed to be knee length and navy blue, and are not particularly distinctive, other than one having a waistband and fly and the other having an elastic waist without fly front.

My son and I discussed the reasons for informing his mother about too small clothing at times other than immediately before school.

I wrote an "I am a disorganized mother, who cannot send her child to school in the correct uniform, please don't give him detention" note to the teacher.

He cunningly left this behind.

Having the morning off work, I made a new pair of sports shorts, instead of more amusing sewing, under the influence of maternal guilt.

They are an adaptation of Burda Style 02-2013-146, which are actually a pattern for formal trousers for boys in my son's size range. (The previous shorts pattern stopped about 3 sizes ago, and I thought it was time to stop lengthening it and trace out a new one)

(See the grimace on the the boy model? There was a grimace like that on my boy too, when I took the photo, but he doesn't want it on the blog)

 I left in the front pleats and back darts, my son's girth being lower on the Burda size chart than his height, but did not use the fly front, and added elastic to the waistband. I also straightened the leg a little for a more baggy sports shorts appearance.

I was quite pleased with myself.

Then I discovered two pairs of child's size 10 uniform sports shorts in the hand-me-down box.

Sigh

Burda Style 02-2013-126 t shirts x2

When there is a sewing virus going around, it is usually a very good pattern. This one is the the t shirt/dress from the February 2013 Burda, version 126 (t shirt), with actual sleeves, for our early autumn weather.

technical drawing from http://www.burdafashion.com/images

This pattern is so versatile and easy to sew and wear, that I traced it out in 3 sizes, and in 3 variations, short sleeved, long sleeved and dress version, and made it up twice in one day (only one variation though) for 2 different people.

I used the same fabric ;).

Can you tell I did not have a lot of sewing time this week?

My younger daughter is modelling this with a skirt she made herself. Yipee, yahoo!

Her fabric is a cotton canvas from Ikea, no pattern used, just pleating and draping. She even bought the fabric herself !!!! I did help her just a tad with the zip.........

 

Stashbusting statistics 1.7 m of cotton lycra knit, 2010, from which I also squeezed a pair of unmentionables, Ottobre 02-2010-20

Burda Style Trousers 02-2013-130

My daughter has just left home to study (and work) in Brisbane, several hundred kilometres away, and I have been making her a few things to help her out. This has also helped me out with my emptying nest issues, by allowing me to feel that she is still a little reliant on her mother. She has sent me these photos, being a kind blog supporting daughter, but I am unable to enlarge them due to the limitations of dropbox.


The  my current Burda (February) has a smart wide legged trousers pattern, which suit her very well. They have deep pleats at the front, which are well supported by the front pockets including a centre front stay.

technical drawing from http://www.burdafashion.com

I was rather glad this was not my first pair of trousers, as unfortunately the construction directions were misleading and send you all over the magazine for what should be a simple garment.
Burda sends you to shorts 129 for the sewing instructions, then to trousers 143 for the pocket insertion, but as trousers 143 have a fly front zip, and both the shorts and trousers 130 have a side zip in the line drawing, these instructions are of limited use. There is a further instruction to visit their "helpful tip" for invisible zip insertion.  I moved the invisible zip to the centre back seam, to avoid side seam pocket bulk interaction with the zip, which has been known to cause unsightly bulging in my past sewing history, and feel this adaption has given a clean result to these rather sleek trousers.

My other adaptions were to use firmly stretched selvage to support the upper slant pocket piece (I am not an admirer of bagging pockets), and to fully line the trousers (cotton batiste). Fitting changes were to reduce the waist slightly and to add a little depth to the back crotch seam. The outer fabric is a beautifully flowing grey-green/black twill from Michael's Fabrics, 2011. I suspect it is a cotton/silk blend but am not entirely sure, as I received this fabric as part of a cotton bundle.

As these are luxuriously wide legged trousers, this has nicely used nearly 5m of stash fabric for the February stashbusting challenge ,which is to make something for someone you love. ......... Thanks for letting me know about the broken photo, hopefully it is fixed now.