30th april, tuesday

I ended up getting some scans of Spanish equivalent of Burda, called Patrones. Sizing was at first weird but I quickly realized it's just Italian sizes and pretty much my actual size 42 (EU 38, well, one I want to wear without alterations) isn't even really present. 44 seems to be workable enough and it has literally my exact bust measurement so it seems these patterns are actually made with bigger bust sizes in mind (88cm is bust circumference for size 38 in Burda yet I sew from it while having 8cm bigger measurement a without problem).

Presentation is more fun and it reminds me of more high end fashion magazines, especially 2000 and 2001 years. It was a bit behind as it still had futuristic, sporty stuff being dominant in 2001 with just few random instances of what actually was trendy in that season. Models were better than in Burda too, they truly had eye for prettier girls. Maybe stereotypes about German women's beauty are true after all?

Don't ask me how but I have pattern sheets for most of issues I want to use and I'll have to go through pain of piecing sheets together after printing and then... still having to copy them from the sheet. It has some models I wanted to always make but I was too lazy to draft my own patterns or Burda didn't have it. Patrones is pretty much lacking in jackets and coats, it usually had more dresses, then similar amount of tops, pants and skirts. Burda could get really outwear heavy in more winter issues or mostly have dresses in the summer, but here it seems it was balanced over entire year, no matter the season. It's good to have an option of use anything elese than certain German magazine, really. I want to find physical copies of these plus issues that I didn't see scanned. It definitely will be cheaper than getting American envelope patterns, I feel it. Especially with how much designer patterns Patrones had.

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I started using up a fabric I regret buying. It's thick enough so it will become placemats, aprons, baskets and maybe even a table cloth.