Fait main pattern

Hi everyone! I received a burgundy Ivanka Trump cardigan as a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law and I love it. Unfortunately , I don't have anything in my closet that matches my new garment. I was forced to run to Fabricville to buy some new fabric but only a yard of fabric I said to myself. Well I came out with 8 yards of different fabrics and with all kind of sewing notions. Also when I was at the cash register I saw several magazines like Burda Style and Fait Main. Well it turns out those magazines come with a complete list of patterns inside ( at least 30 I would say) for an affordable magazine price. I was immediately hooked and bought two of them.
This is Burda january 2017


Those are the patterns that come inside 


The other magazine I grabbed is Fait Main december 2016 (in french)

Those here are some of the patterns that come inside

Each magazine costed me about 6$ so I consider it a pretty good deal. I immediately started to work on a skirt. This one here.

It's a little time consuming because you have all the patterns on a same sheet and you have to find your pattern and copy every piece of it , identify it, ad seam allowance, hem allowance, cut it and once you have completed all this and only then you can cut your fabric. I cut a size 44 based on a chart of measures they give you. But oh my God, these patterns run waaay too big. At the fitting stage I ended up pinching at least 4 inches from the seam lines. On top of it, the pockets and the "passepoil" detail on them made such an unflattering bulk that I ended up removing them altogether. By this time I was so exhausted I just wanted to throw it in the garbage but some strange determination inside me just pushed me to finish this skirt no matter what. I finished it and in the end it looked like this.

And this is the back 

A little weird at the back I know but I think I'll still wear it. I gave this skirt a 4/10 rate.

The pattern on the other hand ...I don't like it. But I'm not done with this magazines, I intend to make some other thing one of these days. I'll try a Burda one next time to experience something new.

But I need to rest from this adventure for the moment. 

See you in the next post!