Comments on: You’ll Always Be BWTF to Me

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:00:39 +0000

I put up a comparison between the August 2009 and June 1995 issues of Burda WTF. There were more crafts and knitting (5 sweaters) in 1995. The 1995 issue had recipes, too.

http://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/2009/07/black.html

By: Josh Patel

Josh Patel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:22:45 +0000

Well I was a big fan of the earlier issue, lets hope that the new one is as good as the earlier one r may be better.

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By: Nancy K

Nancy K — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:51:09 +0000

Now that I’ve had a chance to look through it, what I object to more than the bad crafts, and they are pretty tacky, is that there are many more retreads of recent patterns. Yes, they have always done this, but this issue seems more packed with them.
The other issue, less than it seems younger than some issues, it also seems to cater to fewer body types. I have a short neck and large bust so all the high necked items just won’t work for me.
I want better pictures of the clothing. They are trying to appeal to new readers, but I think that a lot of people are put off by not being able to see the clothing better. I do rely on the technical drawings but when the instructions are obtuse, I’d love to be able to really see the clothing to get a better idea of how they are put together. BWTF can often be case.

By: Chantry

Chantry — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:46:23 +0000

Thank you! I’m a pretty experienced sewer…so I should be good. I really have no idea how I got it….there is a possibility I ordered and just forgot…but I don’t think so. How weird is that? Thank you for the helpful info.

By: Clio

Clio — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:34:50 +0000

I am working my way thru my very first Burda project. BWTF or BS? I am using both liberally!

By: brocadegoddess

brocadegoddess — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:04:42 +0000

Um….you randomly recieved a Burda magazine? Did you recently move? Could it have been for someone else? These are not super cheap magazines that tend to just show up in people’s mail, nor are they all over the place.

If you are lucky enough to have somehow been the beneficiary of a free Burda magazine, well, wow! Lucky you! Yes, those are patterns in the magazine, of many of the garments featured in it. The numbers given in the captions on the photospread pages correspond with the newsprint section in the middle. If you want to sew up one of the garments, find it in the newsprint section, which will tell you what page of the pattern insert it’s on, what colour lines, and what sizes. You trace out the pattern and add seam allowances and hem(s). And away you go! Although, if you’re new to sewing both this procedure and the minimal sewing instructions given may feel a bit over your head.

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:40:18 +0000

My August Burda came yesterday, and it seemed OK–I didn’t notice any alarming changes at any rate. The craft projects crack me up, though. Did anyone catch the jumbled up dishware cunningly glued together with spilled white paint?

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:49:23 +0000

I really like the August 2009 issue. There are several things I want to make right away. I am so glad that the children’s patterns go up to size 140 now.

I don’t like the nag screen that appears over and over again, even after I click don’t show me this again. It was enough to make me leave their website.

I am taking a wait and see attitude. Birgitte has a good point. They are probably studying demographics and page views very carefully and trying to figure out how they can increase their revenue.

I worry about the tyranny of page views. Will they steer their selection towards the most pageviews? I may not want to make the things that everyone else looks at. You will notice that most of the comments on BS are *not* by people who have sewn the pattern.

I’d like to see a merger of print and electronic media. Knitting magazines send readers to their websites to download knitting charts that are too large to print easily. Perhaps Burda can use their website to do in-depth color tutorials (or even video) of construction steps. In the August issue, several jackets and skirts had in-seam welt pockets. Why not demonstrate that in technique detail?

By: Chantry

Chantry — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:24:17 +0000

Hi there…
So, I received Burda Style in my mailbox today…I have no idea how or why, but I got one. And I don’t know anything about it. It comes with patterns? Patterns of the things in the magazine? I’m a little confused with it. Could you help me out?
Thanks!
Chantry

By: Johanna Lu

Johanna Lu — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:16:19 +0000

LOL! You are so damn funny. As for the name change, in Sweden (as in Denmark)it has always just been called Burda fashion magazine. So the World of Fashion title has always sounded a bit pretentious to me, like what World? And I agree about what other commenters has said about the Burda style vs Burdastyle confusion, it will be interesting to see what happens with that relation in the future.

By: Leanne in NZ

Leanne in NZ — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:19:01 +0000

Haha, I love your play on words for both names, I have often (in the solace of my sewing room!) been heard to refer to it as BWTF, although I would mostly not abbreviate it Lol! I love Burda BS too!

Thanks for the laugh, I will wait patiently for my August issue – probably about 3 months away! – and by that time I will know from you all if the next 3 issues are going to be as disappointing – cos I am sure you will let us know )

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:30 +0000

I’m not good with change either, I get antsy every time they change the look of the “at a glance” page. And there were WAY too many crafts in this issue.

It does seem that the last several issues were aimed toward younger woman (says the 45 year old crone who will NEVER be caught dead wearing carrot pants no matter how fashionable they become), and I’m not sure I’m happy about that.

Of course, I could retire to the workroom with the past 5 years worth of issues, a few Patrones and my Ottobre woman and never need to see a new pattern again. Like that’s gonna happen.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:17:47 +0000

Funny! We all need to be consistent in what we call them so as to make searching easier. I am happy with BWTF – very unique!

By: dk

dk — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:11:40 +0000

I understand some of the confusion. But lets not forget my Burda now is called Burda Style instead of Burda Moden (the German version), your version is called now Burda Style, instead of BWOF, one name for both. And so if we both try to find the internet address, we both search for the same one and probably just try the name, the same one. Instead of trying to get around the burdamoden and burdafashion and whatever else language specific websiteadresses. No more confusion if BWOF is the same as Burdamoden or not. I wasn’t so sure in the beginning. One name, one webaddress one search term in all languages, neat actually (French should work too, probably Spanish and Italian also).
By the way the craft parts sometimes get larger, sometimes get smaller. It was by no way more in the last one than some magazines in the past. I have one with pages about pages of bunnies. And the funny recycling stuff isn’t new too. They do this sometimes. It comes in waves.

By: mjb

mjb — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:09:30 +0000

The magazine header has the burdastyle.com website now, which I thought was interesting, so I went over – there’s a flash page that comes up and tries to clarify what’s what within the burda family now.