BurdaStyle is open for your design submissions! You just send in a sketch of a pieces from the front and the back and a technical drawing.  See Threadbanger's fashion sketching episode here for a How-To!  Think about why that piece is not only a perfect design for you, but for other BurdaStyle members and write it up in a short essay. Make sure to mention what category you are designing for (men, women's, women's plus, children, accessories) and what fabrics you had in mind.

If your design is choosen it will be produced into a real Burda pattern, and you will receive a grant of $160 as well as high resolution picttures of your design from a professional photo shoot for your portfolio.

Email the following to submissions at BurdaStyle.com:

• Sketch from the front and back
• Technical drawing
• Short explanation of design's value to the community
• Category and recommended fabrics