creative pattern making Tag

18 Aug

Posted at 05:51h in Pattern Making, Pattern Making Instructions, Pattern Puzzle Sewing Patterns, Sewing Pattern Alterations, Sewing patterns, Stretch Patterns by
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It's not unusual to get comments about the Jersey Twist Top that some think that the neckline is a little low for their personal modesty.  And I totally get that.  I'm not one to show too much decolletage and often lift the neckline of many of my patterns.  So if you've purchased my sewing pattern for the Jersey Twist you might be interested in the following post and the pattern making instructions to change your own sewing pattern.

10 Aug

Posted at 13:28h in Pattern Puzzles, Womens Knit Block by
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It's taken me far more time than is reasonable to get my act together and make some pattern making videos.  Over the coming weeks I'll be releasing one video each week on my Youtube channel that shows the development of a few of my pattern puzzle designs into final patterns.  Be warned they're not the greatest quality videos but I'm hoping they're good enough to show the process for all you budding pattern makers out there.

04 Jun

Posted at 10:00h in Pattern Puzzle Sewing Patterns, Sewing patterns by
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At long last I've finished the PDF Sewing Pattern for the Body Twist Pattern Puzzle.  It's a very large one piece pattern for the body of the garment with a double layer sleeve and ribbed neck trim.  It's a soft and generous twist without being too tight.  The construction is as simple as a tee-shirt without the need to finish any hems.  Body and sleeves are double layers turned back on themselves.  You'll find the history of this pattern development in these blog posts.

28 Sep

Posted at 15:39h in Pattern Puzzle Sewing Patterns, Pattern Puzzles, Sewing patterns, Stretch Patterns, Womens Knit Block by
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This is where it all started...  The Off-the-shoulder Twist Top from so many years ago.  This design was originally inspired by one of the dutch designers in a mens silk knit tee.  It has graduated from a mens tee to an off-the-shoulder model to finally a boat neck tee style.  It's this final version that I'm now preparing as an online PDF sewing pattern to add to the website.  Make sure you're subscribed to my newsletter so you're the first to hear about the pattern release.  You'll find the sign in box in the footer of my web pages.
The sewing pattern has been released:  Body Twist Tee PDF Sewing Pattern

29 Sep

Posted at 18:36h in Garment Construction, Pattern Puzzle Sewing Patterns, Sewing, Sewing patterns by
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The fabulous thing about this pattern is that for many it can be made in a woven or a knit fabric.  The Drape Back Tunic sewing pattern is available as a one-size only pattern with instructions to increase the size and length printed on the pattern.  These images are for the sewing instructions for woven fabrics but I will make notes regarding the sewing instructions you need for knit fabrics.  If you cut this pattern as it is in a woven fabric it'll fit up to Aus Size 12.  If you cut it in a two-way (four-way in the US) stretch knit fabric that has some elastane content it can fit up to a Aus Size 22.

03 Aug

Posted at 16:37h in Garment Construction, Pattern Puzzles by
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I'm beginning to love this skirt pattern - as long as I can find the right fabric to make it work.  Sometime last year I made this first sample and learned a lot about construction issues with drape patterns.  You'll find the original Pattern Puzzle post on the well-suited blog - Waterfall Jersey Skirt.  In this post, I'll discuss construction and be looking for solutions to some of the issues.
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