Pattern Progress

Have I mentioned Lauren Dahl's Pattern Workshop and how great it is?  Oh I have?  Well let me mention it again!  It's fantastic!  I am learning SO much!  Not to mention the Facebook group where I have met a lot of new friends.  We are all learning together and sharing our experiences and expertise.  

I am working on my first PDF pattern.  I hope to be in testing within a couple of months.  Any volunteers out there willing to sign up?  This isn't an official call, but I'm hoping some of you will give some thought to testing the pattern when the time comes.  I promise, it isn't a difficult pattern by any means.  Just a simple little dress in sizes 3months - 8years.  At least that's the size plan for now.  Even novice sewers should have no problem with this pattern.   

I am almost finished with the infant sizes.  Just a few more pieces to draw up and then I will be ready to put some markings and seam allowances on them.  Then on to the bigger sizes.  SO exciting!  

I have also begun working on the illustrations that will go along with the instructions.  Even I am impressed with how professional they look so far.  The illustrations have been pretty easy using Lauren's methods! :)  

I can't wait to finish this pattern up and be able to make it available to you!  

Happy Saturday and Happy Sewing! 

Pattern Workshop

I mentioned a couple of posts ago about Lauren Dahl's amazing course called Pattern Workshop. It is truly a remarkable experience!  You can read more about it on Lauren's Blog.

Last week in the course of just a few hours, I went from nothing but an idea in my head to this...

And from that to this....

This course has taught me so much about drafting a pattern on my computer from nothing but measurements.  This is something that I have wanted to learn how to do for a very long time, but information was scarce.  Like a well kept industry secret or something.  Now, I literally feel like I could just throw out all of the paper patterns from McCalls, and Butterick, and Simplicity that are just taking up space in my studio because I don't need them... I can do it myself and have exactly what I want!  No more tracing and cutting and spreading and dealing with huge pieces of paper and trying to keep my two cats from parking themselves in the middle of all of it. LOL.  

I highly recommend the course for anyone who is interested in pattern design!  

Pattern workshop

Hello all!  I feel like I have been away forever.  I finished the sew along posts a couple of weeks ago and scheduled them to post on the right day, so I haven't written a post in probably  2 weeks!

In the meantime I have been having a ton of fun with a new course I have been taking.

Have you heard of Lauren Dahl's Pattern Workshop?  It is fantastic!! I have learned so much already and I am only a little over halfway through the course!  It is all about how to use Adobe Illustrator to draft patterns right on your computer.  How to do all the illustrations, and diagrams and how to digitize hand drawn patterns.  It really is wonderful, and Lauren is awesome about taking the time to answer questions as needed.  I highly recommend you check it out if pattern drafting is something that you are interested in.  You won't be disappointed!

Making a PDF pattern was one of my goals for this year and I am moving right along with it!

Here is a sneak peek!  I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm getting there.

I have a lot more to share, but that will have to wait for a later post.

What are you working on?