BurdaStyle Fashion Challenge

Grand Prize

Corset for the Business Professional by lw119

First Prize

(alphabetical order)

Gown inspired by Hanbok Dress and Coral Reefs by tokichu21	How to make an Irish Dancing dress with princess seams and kick pleats. by dipity

Open Back Flower Dress by antibromide	T-shirt reconstruction inspired by Prada Spring Summer 2011 Striped dress by nataliehua

Runners-Up

(alphabetical order)

Amber's Cropped Jacket by vasarian	Bra to Bustier Top by kirsten_studsandpearls	Casually Patriotic - A Scarf Dress by unexpired	Collage Dress by lillyplum	Fashionable Holes by Brooklyntonia

Flirty Garden Party Dress Reconstruction by hellovillain	From Stretch Jeans To Dress by velorna	How to make a bubble skirt by Onibaba	How to make a notch-above dress by fresa-strawberry	Lady in Red by Laura Mae

Pillowcase Pencil Skirt Tutorial by thezenofmaking	Retro Reconstructed Dress by Strawberry Mia	Ruffle dress by Jesswilde	Runway On Fire by Janel Norris	Russian Summer Fun (or Ksenia's Favorite Dress) by vinasu

43 comments	Add Comment

Jul 16, 2011. 3:42 PM

lw119 says:

Just wanted to say thanks to instructables, BurdaStyle and the prize sponsors at Singer, Amann Group Mettler, Indigo Juction and Sublime Stitching. All the prizes are amazing. The Singer 20U is a beast. I have as much fun configuring it as I do sewing on it.

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Jul 27, 2011. 4:43 PM

sunshiine says:

Congrats on winning! Your entry deserved grand!

Jun 23, 2011. 5:19 PM

mary candy says:

Amazing contest. But I'm waiting for a worldwide contest.
Is there a Sommer sewing contest, right ?
Somehow next week I 'm going to start a sewing project .
It1s not clothing ,, it's a plushie ;)

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Jul 27, 2011. 4:42 PM

sunshiine says:

Kewl! Please share!

Jun 16, 2011. 5:37 AMjimmie2101 says:

Best of luck to love4pds!!! Your loving husband.

Jun 13, 2011. 9:10 AMjimmie2101 says:

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Jun 13, 2011. 4:06 PMmdel_giorno says:

Users were able to submit entries until 11:59 PM on June 12, and a bunch of those probably weren't looked over and approved by moderators until later in the day. I think I read something like that somewhere in the rules or these comments. :-)

Jun 13, 2011. 2:42 PMswketner says:

This is a nice dress, the right person would look very nice in it. One of a kind for sure!!

Jun 9, 2011. 6:52 AM

jadekikyo says:

Scoochmaroo, thank you for answering that questions. Is there anyway you can confirm if the motor somes with the machine or not?

Jun 7, 2011. 10:10 PMTristaGee says:

Will re-fashions be eligible to win?

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Jun 7, 2011. 11:35 AM

scoochmaroo says:

We have been accepting all sorts of entries, but only garments will be eligible to win.

Jun 6, 2011. 11:11 AMcezbez says:

i have no experience but i am going to try i am going to ask my mum if she will buy me some materials i hope i can at least have a chance of winning

Jun 3, 2011. 5:32 PMjanedoemn says:

I just found this contest and I am very excited about it but I have concerns, like others who have commented here. There are MANY entries that are not clothing and there are even more entries that done actually have any step by step information with them. Will these be disqualified before the judging?

Jun 4, 2011. 7:35 PMmdel_giorno says:

As I read it, "documenting the process and/or final product of a garment " means that you can both document the process and the final product OR you can choose to just submit the final product. If the rules had explicitly stated that entrants must document both the process AND the final product, I would not have entered my corset.

An official answer might clear things up a bit though. I'd like to take the time to recreate my project step-by-step if the rules were not presented correctly, ending up in my project being disqualified; if we don't hear something soon, I'll run out of time to do so!

Jun 4, 2011. 8:11 PMjanedoemn says:

I reread it too and it seems like a snap of the final product is OK. I personally love to see the step by step!! : )

Jun 4, 2011. 8:37 PMmdel_giorno says:

Me too. I've learned so much from internet tutorials! If I'd known about this contest just a few days earlier, I would have spent some time taking photos of each step. I'd like to share some of what I've learned from tutorials and through trial and error with others!

Jun 6, 2011. 9:43 AM

jadekikyo says:

I agree with janedoemn. I think it's ok too. I'm actually glad this got brought up because I wasn't going to enter since I didn't have the time for a tutorial but now I may.

Btw, your corset is lovely! I think you stand a very good chance. I have three favorites at the moment and yours is one of them.

Jun 4, 2011. 10:18 AMaimeee says:

I hesitated entering the contest until I read this part, "submit a Step By Step, Photo, or Video Instructable documenting the process and/or final product of a garment you’ve either sewn by machine or hand, knit, crochet...". I'm one of the people that just entered my final product thinking it might not be accepted but it was taken anyway.

Just enter your project and see what happens! If anything, we'd all love to see what you've made.

May 31, 2011. 8:53 PM

BJdaWonderKid says:

Well I don't see where the instructable peeps have replied. I will not put my entry in until the question is answered. I agree that there are some entries that should not be in this contest. If I wanted jewelry I would enter into the Dremmel Jewelry contest. I have entered some of the Burda Style contests and they are very strict on their contests i would think that this would be that way also. Hopefully someone will clarify the entries so others can enter.

May 16, 2011. 7:05 PMJ.H.G says:

"This contest is focused solely on garment design and construction, not accessories."

Doesn't this disqualify several of the entries already?

I'm not trying to be a downer. I'm just wondering if I missed something.

May 29, 2011. 10:18 AM

annahowardshaw says:

Could a staff person weigh in on this? It now looks like jewelry is accepted. If that is the case, everyone in the Dremel contest should know that they can also enter this one. Thanks!

May 25, 2011. 5:25 PMmslaynie says:

I have to agree... I see several entries that are not garments, period. I make no comment about the quality of the entries... but they aren't garments, so I'm surprised to see them accepted as entries.

May 21, 2011. 7:46 PMEx Machina says:

It does seem a bit odd that the non-garment projects passed muster! I'd like to know how that works.

May 21, 2011. 6:49 PM

zerickat says:

I'm with J.H.G. on this. Which is it: "This contest is focused solely on garment design and construction, not accessories" or any fashion related entry? According to "How To Enter", all entries must be approved by a moderator before being included in the contest. A couple of the entries are definitely questionable under the garment design/not accessory rule, and one in particular may be questionable under the general fashion related rule. I was planning to enter this contest with my first contributions to the Instructables community, but the guidelines seem vague enough to actually hinder fair competition.

May 27, 2011. 1:30 PM

emilygracedavis says:

Does the prize also come with the required motor for the sewing machine?

May 25, 2011. 3:30 PMddusablo says:

Can you enter if you live outside of the U.S?

May 9, 2011. 12:46 PM

Adum24 says:

Im sure people wil take this if you can but are duct tape clothes allowed?

May 23, 2011. 5:40 AMkinderlissie says:

Theres no reason why not, you could even make the pieces out of duct tape and then stitch them together (its easier than it sounds).

May 12, 2011. 2:21 PMrattatner says:

"either sewn by machine or hand, knit, crochet or a combination of garment creation techniques"

I don't see why not! as long as it 'is' clothes.

May 11, 2011. 12:17 PM

Vintiquities says:

I don't think so, the rules say there has to be some machine stitching or hand stitching. Unless you know how to "sew" on duct tape, seams like that would be pretty hard as sticky as it is LOL

But a duct tape clothing contest would be sooooo cool!

May 25, 2011. 5:22 PMmslaynie says:

Actually, no. It says it must be "a garment you’ve either sewn by machine or hand, knit, crochet or a combination of garment creation techniques."

That means you can enter:
* a garment that you've sewn by machine
* a garment that you've sewn by hand
* a garment you've knitted
* a garment you've crocheted
OR
* a garment you've made using a combination of garment creation techniques

Since using duct tape does give you a finished garment, I think it would be acceptable. That's just my opinion, though.

May 9, 2011. 2:23 PM

poofrabbit says:

The way I read it, it sounds like traditional material, or at lease some traditional elements. I'll be interested to see what the instructable peeps say. :)

May 10, 2011. 3:44 PM

Adum24 says:

K thnx

May 9, 2011. 4:43 PM

ChrysN says:

I think duct tape is acceptable. The requisite is clothing, that's my guess.

May 21, 2011. 11:37 AM

PaleoPunk says:

The BurdaStyle website (www.burdastyle.com) is an almost-as-cool-as-Instructables website for sewer's with thousands of pictures and lots of free patterns.

May 19, 2011. 2:38 PM

mary candy says:

lol until now only 9.

May 12, 2011. 7:39 AMNumisi says:

Only US entries? The only time I wanted to join a challenge...

May 12, 2011. 8:00 PMalexus1325 says:

Ya, I was super excited when I read about it on the BS blog. Then I got to the line "US entries only." Maybe I'll get a post office box in Sault, Michigan just so I can enter these US-only contests...

May 12, 2011. 7:52 AMps123 says:

me too. Pretty please can we have something similar for UK members