BurdaStyle :: prudencerabbit

It’s time to vote for your favorite at the “Design and Sew a Suit Variation Contest” over at BurdaStyle.  I think this design by prudencerabbit is particularly cute! Don’t you love the cat?

*Update 1-20-09 — take a peek and see who won the Sew a Suit Variation Contest!

Burdastyle.com is holding a new contest. Here are the details.

We are in the midst of designing a new variation, a cocktail dress version, of the Malissa dress, which will post on November 17th and will include the original pattern plus instructions on how to modify it.

Next to that variation we would love to see your idea of what the Malissa dress could look like as a cocktail dress.

Design and sew a variation of the Malissa dress and send a photo to team@burdastyle.com . The dress with the most votes will be part of our professional photo shoot along with the BurdaStyle creation.

Additionally, the winner of the contest will receive a CD of high resolution photographs from the photo shoot, a look book with prints and cards with the image on it for you to hand out to friends.

Send in your photo of your variation to team@BurdaStyle.com by the 23rd of September, along with a brief description on the pattern changes you have done. TIP: Keep it simple. If you are the winner, we will ask you to create the how to explaining the pattern changes as well!!

This sounds like so much fun… if I only had the time. First off I’d get rid of the long sleeves and I’ve never been crazy about high necklines. Hmmm, maybe cinched at the waist with a belt.

Thanks to Erica Bunker for introducing me to Sewing.PatternReview.com. This site has it all – a sewing knowledgebase, reviews of sewing books and sewing websites, and contests.

Erica writes about the Mini-Wardrobe Contest which she’s entering - good luck Erica! I went to the site and found a few more sewing contests posted including a Beginner Contest, a My Pattern Contest and a Stash Contest – all starting June 1st.

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