I come from a family that subscribed to Hoard’s Dairyman, National Geographic, and Burda. To this day, as a farmer’s daughter, I still love flipping through the knee-high stacks of Burda magazines my mom has collected over the years. In fact, I even have a small stack of five Burda magazines that have somehow lost their way and found a home on my bookshelf.
Quilt Jacket: A Three-Year Work in Progress
Each year, I pull them out and dream of making a jacket. I’ve actually been working on triangles from my Terracotta Fiori Quilt Pattern to create a jacket. It’s a personal project I started during my first quilting cruise, that I taught with Stitchin’ Heaven. However, without a deadline, it’s hard to find the time to sew just for fun.
A Burst of Inspiration
While I was writing the pattern that Quilter on Fire‘s design for the Great Jelly Roll Bash, my quilt room became cluttered with an extra layer of quilt blocks. I knew it was time to clean up! With a creative spark in my heart, a new project quickly rose to the top of my to-do list. I dug out my Burda magazines and found the perfect jacket pattern that could incorporate these blocks and decided on the jacket from 101 from . I pulled from my stash to make these blocks. If you love stash busting projects click here for some more.
Clothing was actually my first introduction to sewing, so reading clothing patterns is second nature to me. True to form, I started working on this project in the middle of the day, finishing a few blocks, sewing them together into panels, and quilting some of the panels. I became so engrossed in the work that, by 8 p.m., I realized I needed to cut out the pattern if I wanted to keep making progress.
That didn’t stop this child of a frugal, resilient woman who grew up during WWII. I tore through the guest room closet and found three pieces of used gift bag tissue, which I used to trace the pattern.
Using Burda Style Patterns
The interesting thing about the Burda Style is that they fit all the designs from a magazine onto four extremely large sheets. This can translate into 16 to 20 different patterns with maybe six pieces per pattern, meaning you’re working with about 96 pattern pieces layered on top of each other. Burda distinguishes the different patterns with various colors, helping you navigate the complexity.
Here’s a short video showing how I used reclaimed gift bag tissue and draw out a pattern from Burda.
Jacket Alterations
Since the jacket is quilted, interfacing isn’t necessary because the quilted panels are already finished. Instead, I’ll need to focus on finishing the seams. Luckily, thanks to my experience with numerous bag projects, I know the perfect solution: binding.
The Great Jelly Roll Bash
You can get the Arc and Angle Quilt Pattern along with four other patterns in the 2024 pattern bundle. But the goodness doesn’t stop there—when you buy the bundle, you get a ticket to the Great Jelly Roll Bash on Jelly Roll Day! We’ll play games, do show-and-tell, and give out prizes. If you missed Jelly Roll Day 2024 and want to join us in 2025, sign up for email updates about the Jelly Roll Bash!
If you need a Jelly Roll, don’t worry—I’ve got you covered! Jelly Rolls and fabric bundles are on sale this month. Let’s go shopping!
More to come
I hope to finish this jacket soon so I can enjoy it all winter. Come back soon to see the finished jacket! Along with some other future blog post like:
- Halloween Door Quilt
- my newest quilt pattern in Make Modern
- deep dive into the Fields of Flowers Quilt Pattern.
