I’m so glad that so many of you are excited to see my progress on designing my own sewing patterns! Yay! First of all, I think its important to establish how sewing patterns are made. Commercial sewing patterns start life as a basic sewing pattern and are either drafted on paper from body measurements or…
Since I started teaching sewing classes last year, I’ve noticed a trend from many students who have taken classes from me. We’ll discuss fit and how it can be quite an ordeal to get a sewing pattern to fit you the way you want it to and inevitably it always moves onto, “I want to…
For my upcoming wrap dress, I decided to draft armscye princess seams for the back bodice (in plain old english, this means that the princess seam originates from the armhole). Formerly, I’ve never really been fond of princess seams mostly because I just never really gave them a chance I think. But times change and…
This is an easy peasy trick and if you’ve ever dabbled in a little bit of pattern drafting, you’ve probably done this several times. Darts are basically excess fabric pick-ups that, when sewn together, create shape for your curves - you know, like for your bustline, waistline or hipline. They can also be a great way to…
