February ranks in the bottom three because most commenters felt that while it had an excellent range of “wardrobe staple” type patterns, there wasn’t anything extra special about the patterns included in this issue. I don’t think it has packed quite the punch that 2017 or 2018 did (we had some pretty fantastic issues the past few years), but there wasn’t anything that was a total dud either. Overall this has been a pretty decent year. Let’s start with my picks for the least exciting issues of 2019: In 3rd place, we have the stunning sheath dress from April, in 2nd the awesome bouclé jacket from November, and in 1st the cool moto jacket from March! All of these have innovative design features, and would result in some really stunning garments.Īnd with the individual pattern awards declared, let’s look at which issues provide the most versatility to the stash: Now, moving on to the good stuff, here are my picks for the best Burda Patterns of 2019:
In 3rd Place, we have the Burda Plus Anorak from February, in 2nd Place the massive sweater dress from December, and winner of BWTF for 2019 goes to the lacy romper from June! I figured we should get the less awesome stuff out of the way first, so here are my picks for the 2019 BWTF Awards: In case you need a quick refresher, here are the links to all of my Burda Reviews from 2019:Īs a recap, here were my top picks for patterns from the year, in order from January-December:Īnd these were my bottom picks from the monthly issues in 2019: I think most people have been disappointed that the Burda Plus and Burda Easy magazines have resorted to using reprints from the catalog or regular monthly issues, but on the whole I think this has been a rather positive year for Burda releases. Things dropped off a bit for me over the summer and fall months, but there are some great designs in the late fall/early winter issues as well.
As has become tradition here at Doctor T Designs, it is time to look at another full year of BurdaStyle Magazine, and take a moment to appreciate all of the patterns and inspiration we’ve gotten in 2019! This year started off great – I think the designs in the January-June issues were great adds to the stash.