Burda’s Swayback Adjustment

This alteration originally ran back in 2004 / 2005. Burda used to do a monthly series of alterations, then fabric, and techniques. I have found them invaluable in better understanding BWOF.

The swayback adjustment alteration some of asked for and many others are available at the Burda English site through Yahoo! We’ve gotten permission to post on Yahoo!, but as I don’t like being sued, I won’t post it here.

Once you become a member at the Yahoo! Groups site, check out the ‘files‘ section. We’ve tried to compile what we could. I do know there are some missing 🙁 But, listed are:

	Broad Shoulders.pdf Broad Shoulder Adjustment from 4/05 BWOF
	Enlarge or reduce pattern size.jpg Enlarge or reduce a pattern size (from Feb 2008)
	FBA.pdf Adjusting for larger (D and up) bust
	LongUpperBody.pdf Long Upper Body from 5/05 BWOF
	NarrowBack.pdf Compensate for Narrow Back from 7/05 BWOF
	petite.pdf Shortening Patterns BWOF 9/02
	RisingHem.pdf Adjusting for Rising Hem at Back from 1/05 BWOF
	sba.jpg Adjusting for a Small Bust Cup from 11/04 BWOF
	ShorteningSewingPatterns.pdf Shortening Patterns for Petites from 8/2005 BWOF ~ 2 pages
	ShortWaistedFigure.pdf Short-Waisted Figure from 10/04 BWOF
	sway.pdf Making a sway back adjustment
	upper arms.pdf Large upper arm adjustment 2/04 BWOF
	waist hip.pdf Narrow Waist, Wide Hip Adjustment 1/04
	Wider Thighs.pdf Adjust Skirt/Pants for Wider Thighs from 6/05

And, if you have trouble with BWOF directions, you can see some of their highlighted construction techniques. These include:

	binding vneck.pdf How to Bind a V-Neck Edge from 12/03 BWOF
	binding.pdf How to Bind Bound Edges from 7/02 BWOF
	cargo.pdf How to Make Cargo Pockets 7/03 BWOF
	collar.pdf Collar stand illustrated sewing course from 1/01
	Concealed Placket Zipper.pdf How to Make a Concealed Zipper on Jacket 8/02 BOWF
	darts.pdf Sewing and Pressing Darts, Making a Pressing Ham
	Front Trouse Zip.pdf Trouser Zipper Instructions 4/03 BWOF
	hem corners.pdf Making Hems, Small Vents and Mitered Corners 11/03 BWOF
	kimono.pdf How to Make Kimono Sleeves 6/02 BWOF
	lingerie.pdf Sewing Lingerie / Stretch Lace Workshop 11/02
	neck armhole.pdf Perfect neck and armhole edges (sleveless garments) 5/02
	piped jacket lining.pdf Piped Jacket Lining Instructions from 8/03 BWOF
	piping.pdf Adding Piping to Garments 10/02 BWOF
	single welt.pdf Single Welt Pocket Instructions from BWOF 1/03
	tie bands.pdf Making Tie Bands, narrow and wide 2/03 BWOF

I hope you’ll consider joining the group!