BurdaStyle is a new company on a mission to share sewing patterns freely and openly, spreading the word about do-it-yourself style. We like to think of our website as a virtual sewing circle, an open-source hub of ideas, expertise, and amazing patterns you can download and sew at home. We're offering our ideas, expertise and downloadable patterns to the BurdaStyle community, and we hope that you'll contribute, too.

In the beginning, Burdastyle was simply to sublet Etsy's office space. In the end, we found out how to share ideas with creative neighbors. We gained valuable expertise on so many levels during the building and launch of our website at the Etsy Labs: craft skills, website design, Fresh Direct delicacies. (Thanks for the great cheese, Rob!) However, even more important for us as a young start up was witnessing the challenges and returns of building a company and seeing it grow.

Every day there was something and someone new. Being part of a bustling hub full of excitement and ideas has contributed so much to BurdaStyle, our open source sewing community. Thank you, Etsy -- and congratulation on a great new venture: The Storque - a great platform and a chance for us to give back a little.

Here, we will share with you how to change the dress pattern Celestina, available on our website. You can download it for free here. To find more ideas and people that like to sew and make things, join us at BurdaStyle.

See you soon!
Nora