Two more days to enter April {GIVEAWAY}

The beautiful Butterick 6582 retro pattern is packed and ready for shipping.  Who's the lucky winner? Everything will be revealed on Tuesday, the 1st of MAY!!!!

There is still time to enter though. So don't miss out! Go to our Giveaway page- NOW!

Soon, our third free downloadable pdf is coming out! This time is will be something different: Here is a hint to give you an idea:

I am afraid it could be a week or two before the pattern is out, as I just got some proper pattermaking software, so stay tuned)))

Happy Bank Holiday Weekend))))

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Betty J. Paper Bag Skirt

Inspiration: originally made by Rachel from House of Pinheiro, based on Betty Jackson Paper Bag skirt (Ready-To-Wear AW 2009/10 collection) ,




Pattern: As you know I have only started seriously working with CAD pattern drafting, and I have encountered a few issues with drafting on the screen. To start with as it looks quite scaled, it is much harder to judge the measurements and distances. So what you "draw" on the screen can be different when it is printed out in real size. I had to alter the pattern three times before the final version. I probably had all those alterations avoided if I was drawing on a piece of paper.

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Best Software for Pattern Making

When in comes to pattern drafting, think DRIVING. 

It sounds very scary for those who doesn't drive, tension, panicking, fear comes to mind. "You will never get it right!"- the voice  keeps ringing in your ear,  "Told you so", every time you hit a small bump on the road, and so on and so on. You keep learning, sometimes the hard way, you are getting through, until you realise that the voice is gone, you catch your mind wandering somewhere else and the whole thing feels like a second nature to you.

Drafting your patterns can seem very intimidating, but it is a really amazing skill and it can take you to a completely new level of possibilities. The good old paper and pencil method certainly is great, but with the introduction of various 2D CAD designing software makes it much more efficient.

If your dream is to design paperless patterns, you must first look at what kind of packages are out there to suit you best

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