I spent my Friday afternoon grading knickers, it was
wonderful.
Sounds a little weird, but I loved it, there is an art to
making a great pattern, and spending time creating one, drawing in the curves
and calculating the sizing (or grading), has almost a Zen effect on me.
I can get lost for hours in my pattern making, but yesterday’s
pattern making session was especially necessary. The past two weeks have been
nothing short of chaos, we decided it was time to move house so that my
business could expand, being a bridal dressmaker and pattern creator was simply
no longer doing well in a single bedroom cottage. So finally we gave in and
bought ourselves a beautiful four bedroom house.
The house is still a stack of half unpacked boxes, but the
two most important rooms are somewhat organised. My sewing room (Yay! I have my
own sewing space... it’s AMAZING!) and the kitchen... need to be able to bake
those muffins!
We are busy putting the finishing touches, and last lick of
paint on the walk-in closet (a very important room indeed!) then the rest of
the house will slowly become organised too.
The move was exciting and stressful, so a good pattern
making session is always welcome. I am loving my new high-waist, vintage style
knickers (I always make the sample for myself first), I’ll post a few pictures
soon, and I promise to have the pattern up and available as soon as possible, I
have created the rough draft by hand, now comes the time consuming part of
turning it into a digital pattern. It will be available in sizes 6 to 22! So
everyone can give it a try.
I am also looking at doing a free tutorial on how to add
suspenders to them as an optional extra! This may take time as it will be my
first time doing such a thing, but as soon as I have come right I will
definitely share my process with you.
Thank you to my fans and your wonderful patience during my
move. I hope you enjoy my patterns (click on the button to the right to go to
my online store), and most importantly, HAPPY SEWING!
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