Handmade Fashion Featurette

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DEAR SEWING ENTHUSIASTS We are super excited for this featurette and that you‘ve found us. Our new sewing patterns shop „sisterMAGpatterns“ launched only this year and we‘ve been busy creating patterns, shooting fashion and putting together the best patterns we have.

Usually our magazine is a wide array of topics but as we are moving into the sewing world we want to make sure that you can find what you want: our patterns that we create with love and a high standard for handmade modern clothing.

Who we are? sisterMAGpatterns is the long awaited patterns shop and ressource for DIY patterns and all styles from the sisterMAG team.

A sustainable and conscious lifestyle says NO to Fast Fashion and YES to homemade, DIY, individual pieces created by yourself. You know the worth of your clothes when you‘ve created every seam and detail.

For a long time handmade fashion meant jersey sweaters and untailored garments. We‘ve grown up with the understanding that handmade clothes are not less fashionable than bought ones but exactly the opposite.

Our mom Evi Neubauer studied Textile Engineering in Berlin/ Germany in the 1970s and 80s.

Because of her living in the GDR she was never able to pursue a career as a fashion designer but used her creativity at home for the most lavish garments and crazy ideas. This passion contributed to more than 50 issues of the online magazine sisterMAG by her daughters Toni & Thea with extravagant cover dresses and collections inspired by the newest runway trends.

We hope you enjoy our featurette filled with our favourite blouse patterns and an epic shoot with our Italian graphic designer Ilaria.

Enjoy!

your toni & thea

and the sisterMAGpatterns Team

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Photos: Jaclyn Locke Clothes & Styling:

Evi Neubauer Hair & Makeup:

Katharina Handel

Handmade details, versatile Model: Ilaria garments Trombí and beautiful colours: Our newest #sisterMAGpatterns Collection is one for the ages. We‘ve put together some of our favourite patterns so far and our graphic designer Ilaria Trombí wears them beautifully.

You can find all patterns for sale in our shop online: www.sistermagpatterns.com

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Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable.

The pattern features smocked embroidery at the back and the front of the blouse. It leads to an almost babydoll-like silhouette.

This and previous page : 54-1 Oversized blouse with Smock embroidery and shawl collar. Perfect to pair with pants or a shift skirt. sister-mag.com

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Smocking was used most extensively in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but is experiencing a new high with usage in High Fashion or trends like the #CottageCore Movement

Special detail: Wide cuffs with two beautiful buttons

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We love this easy outfit with a bow top and bermudas. If you now think that this is only something for summers? Think again! On Instagram we are sharing how to wear these patterns in autumn & winter.

This page: 59-4 Jersey Top with big bows and 59-3 Comfortable bermuda pleated pants

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Fun detail: the bows can me made with any colour and add a special touch to this garment.

Searching for some fun tights to pair with this bermuda? We were lucky to try out Gambettes Box – a subscription for tights – from France and are loving it. Click here to explore.

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What we love? Showing you how one pattern looks in different fabrics. This jacket was featured on the cover of #sisterMAG57 and we are now showing it in a wool fabric with beautiful buttons and embellishing outer seams.

This page: 57-1 Jacket with oversized shoulders

With a special detail: the sleeves have a sewn-in fold, which makes for a super special silhouette

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What we love: adding a little touch with a vintage brooch. You can always find beautiful ones at flea markets, vintage shops or simply search for „vintage brooch“ on etsy.com

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Nothing has been quite as popular as shoulder pads in 2020 – who would have thought? This T-Shirt was already launched a few weeks ago in our #sisterMAGpatterns shop: it is a super easy pattern made of jersey with two shoulder pads integrated. Pair it with jeans, bermudas or skirts – the possibilities are endless.

We‘ve put together a lot of ideas on our Pinterest board – click below.

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And if you want to really make a colour statement: make the whole outfit in a bold tone such as this bright yellow. We love the hue that reminds us of the falling leaves in fall. What colour would you choose?

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Want to look elegant on a budget? Stay in one colour scheme – monochrome is key.

Like this outfit with an airy blouse and bermudas in the same colour.

This page: 59-3 Comfortable bermuda pleated pants 08-6 Airy lightweight blouse with long sleeves Bag & shoes: Zara Socks: Falke sister-mag.com

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Ready to wear bermuda shorts in fall? We love this preppy look with high-knee socks. White from head-to-toe.

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We are all-in for Oversized blazers this year. Our new pattern can be made in lighter materials or in a thick wool for lower temperatures. Wear it open and loose or tie it with a belt from the same fabric. The oversized, attached pockets give it a more playful feel.

This page: 59-5 Oversized blazer with attached pockets

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One thing not to be missed for our new issue: our new blouse patterns in the sisterMAG Patterns Shop!

Starting now you will find the sewing patterns for all the numerous blouses and tops form our past fashion shootings and sisterMAG issues in the shop. sister-mag.com

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Whether loosely falling, with voluminous puff sleeves, high-necked collars, long or shortsleeved ... we are sure – with this selection, each of you will find what you are looking for!

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This blouse with lapel collar is ideally made of cotton in a color of your choice. The blouse is sleeveless, has a collar and on the front side a button panel that allows opening and closing. On the left side there is a piped pocket above the chest.

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This embroidered velvet top with V-neck s a real eye-catcher.

It is ideally made of velvet and embroidered with small flowers from an embroidery thread of your choice. Even in winter the garment can be perfectly combined to a coat.

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This chambray blouse is - as the name suggests ideally made of chambray.

It has a collar and on the front side a button panel that allows opening and closing of the garment.

Above the chest there are also two pockets on the left and right. The short sleeves are slightly rolled up on both sides.

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This airy, pleasantly soft blouse is ideally made from a material such as calico or other transparent dress or blouse fabrics. On the front side there is a button panel and a loose collar that can also be buttoned. The sleeves are cut wider and about three quarters of the length.

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This fancy blouse captivates by its cut and the details. It has a wide cut collar and a button panel on the front, which is visually enhanced by high-quality pearl buttons. The sleeves cover the whole arm length and are cut like balloons. The model is suitable for everyday use as well as for more chic occasions.

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This fancy blouse impresses especially by the unusual gathered frill collar covering the neck. It is sleeveless and falls further down from the chest like a babydoll. Depending on your taste, you can choose a plain or gaudy fabric for the top. On the back there is a closure with snap fasteners for easy access.

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The tiered sleeveless peplum top is the new statement top of your wardrobe. Shot for sisterMAG issue 50 it can be styled both for summer or winter. The silhouette looks like a giant babydoll and could even be elongated to a dress. We love the look of the classic pinstripe but many patterns will look lovely.

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This sewing pattern for the wide and long-sleeved blouse has a fancy cut and is rated rather medium in difficulty.

This blouse is ideally made of a light blouse fabric. It has a classic shirt collar, a concealed button panel on the front and two buttons on each sleeve. It falls loose and can be combined in many ways!

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Text: Christian Näthler

Tracing the history of a garment for the people

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The biography of the blouse is a story of swings settling in equilibrium – from peasantry to posh to class agnostic, and from male to female to androgynous.

Though the blouse has been a mostly unfamiliar entity in my life, I do have notions of the things I do not know. My personal history with it dates back about 20 years; I remember my mom trying not to burn hers with an iron.

To my understanding, it is a women’s garment. But the one I remember most is the “puffy shirt” worn by Jerry Seinfeld while promoting a benefit to clothe the

homeless. Elaine, who set up the benefit, is incensed by Jerry’s pageantry: “You‘re supposed to be a compassionate person! That cares about poor people! You look like you‘re gonna swing in on a chandelier!” She likens him to the Count of Monte Cristo, of the eponymous 1844 novel by Alexander …

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Theresa Neubauer, Antonia Sutter Lisa Bagdadjan, Theresa Baier, Carolin Kralapp, Christina Rücker, Marie Luise Ruf, Norell Sanatpour, Sophia Werner

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Theresa Neubauer (Art Dir.), Ezbah Ali, Malgosia Cvetinovic, Marie Darme, Gabriela Morales, Lale Tütüncübaşı, Ilaria Trombí

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Lea Becker, Ira Häussler, Martina Klaric, Christian Näthler, Dr. Michael Neubauer, Elisabeth Stursberg, sisterMAG Team

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