(((Caterina Fake just walked off stage with an award here. Okay, that sure makes sense.)))
(((Check out this time-honored German sewing-pattern company getting all Tim O'Reilly today. Like CRAFT magazine needle and thread! How entirely 2007 of them.)))
(((I used to quip that there was no good reason for every "illiterate Kurdish rug-making housewife" to be forced to use broadband Internet, but that halcyon period is now officially over. Yeah, if you can network with the other social-media rug-makers over open-source "Sewpedia" patterns, you can probably briskly kick the ass of every other Kurdish rugmaker in your village marketplace. No place left to hide from Internet creative imperialism. Well then, good luck with that.)))
http://www.burdastyle.com/content/about_us
Create your Fashion!
Welcome to BurdaStyle, your destination for do-it-yourself style. We like to think of this website as a virtual sewing circle, an open-source hub of ideas, expertise, and amazing patterns you can download and sew at home. We want you to learn something new every time you visit BurdaStyle. We want this website to inspire you. And most importantly, we want you to get involved: We're offering our ideas, expertise and downloadable patterns to the BurdaStyle community, and we hope that you'll contribute, too.
SHARE & SHARE ALIKE
There are many ways to be a part of BurdaStyle. Discuss sewing tricks and fixes with members of the BurdaStyle community. Add your sewing term definitions to the ones in our Sewpedia, or check out tips in our user-generated photo and video How Tos. Explore other users' creations in the Gallery, and upload photos of your own. You can even barter or sell what you make through BurdaStyle: Burda is the first established pattern publisher to release its designs under a creative commons license, allowing members of the public to market their BurdaStyle creations in limited editions.
THE BURDA IN BURDASTYLE
Launched as Beta at DLD 07 on January 21st, 2007, BurdaStyle is a project of Hubert Burda Media Marketing & Communications Research & Development department. BurdaStyle is inspired by Burda Mode which was founded by Aenne Burda in 1949, Burda Mode is now published in 90 countries and 16 languages, and Burda patterns are recognized everywhere for their quality and consistency and, especially, for the incomparable accuracy of their fit. This exact-fit standard has been developed and perfected by Burda Mode over many years, and is the company's legacy. We at BurdaStyle are proud to carry that legacy forward.
