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29 Sep Two Layer Jersey Dress

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Be Inspired!

Identify the elements in a design that you particularly like. Using your drawing skills to re-work these elements in a design more suited to your needs or your market. This is the beginning of design development in any new season, when you look to the top end of the market for inspiration.

15 Sep The Dolman Coat

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So many fans dropped by on Saturday to work on our #PatternPuzzle, the conversation went on for most of the day. And it seems it is the anonymous pattern shapes that cause the greatest dilemma. After all, they could be almost anything.

08 Sep Simple Tuck Shift

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As they say, the simple things are often the most difficult. Or so I found out this weekend with the #PatternPuzzle. What looks like a very simple style was in fact, one of the most difficult patterns I have done in quite a while.

01 Sep Random Tucks and Pleats

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The Saturday #PatternPuzzle was the usual flurry of answers and great ideas from all our fans. This weeks' bias cut dress with asymmetric placement of large tucks is fast becoming a favourite and already the pattern has been made for the first toile.

25 Aug Stretch Skirt Block

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This is the very first of my Pattern Fundamentals that will occasionally interrupt the regular #PatternPuzzles. We are hoping to give you all the opportunity to prepare the necessary blocks to make better use of our Pattern Making instructions on the blog.

04 Aug Tuck and Panel Dress

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Our fans made quick work of the #PatternPuzzle on Saturday morning. In the end, they realised that most of the design detail was on the back of this garment with the front remaining quite clean.

28 Jul Triangle Drape Dress

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It is the simplest of shapes and elegant to boot, the Triangle Drape Dress #PatternPuzzle was solved in an instant by our resident pattern champ Mioara. You may remember her recent contribution to our weekly fun - a very clever #PatternPuzzle. Our choice this week was inspired by Meegan Williams sending us a link to her favourite dress. And she was right, it is not a complicated style. Made in a lightweight silk/rayon jersey knit, the kimono style drapes beautifully through the side seam area as it collapses over the hip and hugs the thighs.

21 Jul The Apron Dress

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The going was tough early Saturday morning with very few attempts at guessing the detail in the #PatternPuzzle. Julie Eilber came the closest when she suggested it may be pregnant manatee. Later in the day Em Pea Horgosi came to the rescue and provided all the answers.

14 Jul Drape Collar Extension

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Saturday was fun with loads of great answers in our #PatternPuzzle. The final piece of the puzzle was the 'long pointy thing' that had nearly everyone stumped. The grown-on band collar is an extension of the front drape in this bias cut top.

07 Jul Shoulder Drape Tee

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The Saturday #PatternPuzzles have featured many 'on-trend' fashion styles and this week is no exception. The shoulder drape featured is currently popular and turns up in many fashion collections. Our fans were excellent at spotting all the design detail and solving the puzzle.

Using My Blocks

29 Sep Two Layer Jersey Dress

15 Sep The Dolman Coat

08 Sep Simple Tuck Shift

01 Sep Random Tucks and Pleats

25 Aug Stretch Skirt Block

04 Aug Tuck and Panel Dress

28 Jul Triangle Drape Dress

21 Jul The Apron Dress

14 Jul Drape Collar Extension

07 Jul Shoulder Drape Tee

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