The Pattern Pages

May is the month that we celebrate another year of bringing The Pattern Pages to you! I promised to keep you posted, and I can now let you know that Emily and her partner Max have had a baby boy, Ted, so this issue is extra special as we welcome him to our family too! He arrived at the end of March and mum and baby are doing well. This good news has given us an excuse to include some of our favourite maternity sewing patterns and also adorable patterns for newborns (so cute!). It’s difficult to know where to go for these sorts of patterns so we’ve put together a go-to listing for you - you never know when it will come in handy! Linnea Larson shares how to…

CROSSWORD WINNER A huge congratulations to Rosey Watson our winner of the Issue 30 crossword competiton! Back in issue 30, we included a sewing-related crossword to complete. Thanks to Janome for sponsoring this with the Coverpro 3000P machine worth £1000 as the wonderful prize. This prize had us all swooning over having a dedicated coverstitch machine to professionally finish off projects! We had an amazing response that readers really enjoyed completing (we’ll have to do it again soon). “I’m very pleased to let you know that the machine arrived and I have watched the video on Janome’s website, tried out all the stitches, which involved rethreading, removing needles and it’s a very easy machine to thread!” www.janome.co.uk AROUND THE WORLD The Das Blaue Tuch (translated as ‘Can’t Go Naked’) team…

FREE pdf pattern The Juniper Smock Dress & Tunic Download here DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS - Available from the 'Readers Area' on www.thepatternpages.com website by logging into your account OR PRINT SUBSCRIBERS & READERS - Available from the 'Readers Area' on www.thepatternpages.com website with code TPP32JSDAT What a great way to celebrate our 6th birthday of the magazine with our own sewing pattern! This pattern can be made as a loose-fit smock dress or tunic. It features a subtle wrap bodice with yoke that sits at the bust while slightly gathering into the front and back panels. The floaty style is so easy to wear! There’s no zips or fastenings to worry about and the neckline is finished with a neat facing. The ¾-length sleeves are sewn in while flat so you…

 www.maison-fauve.co.uk | www.maison-fauve.com  maisonfauve How did you get into sewing and know that you wanted to give up your day job as a Dental Surgeon to concentrate on being a Pattern Designer? I started sewing by accident seven years ago when I was expecting my second son. I always loved fashion and designing clothes. I contacted a seamstress to sew some of my designs but she insisted on teaching me the basics of sewing and patternmaking skills. I was passionate and quickly started creating my own patterns and showing my work on Instagram. My designs were successful, so I thought “why not offer the patterns for sale?" I had friends who had a printing company, who helped me to create a website and it started as a passion project. After six years,…

For those not in the know, what is MyBodyModel? MyBodyModel is an innovative app which lets you design and plan your sewing projects on a body outline that looks just like you! Input your body measurements into the app, and MyBodyModel creates a totally custom croquis (an image of the outline of your body). Then you can download your digital fashion sketchbook and draw your fashion designs on top of it, either with pen and paper or digitally using your favourite sketching app. It’s a really empowering way to get creative and envision your new garments as they’ll actually look on your proportions. It’s hard to imagine how garments will look on your body at the best of times so how can this tool help sewers? Being able to picture…

“Slash pockets can be a little bit trickier than a standard in-seam pocket due to the bias edges that the diagonal line creates, but I promise you they are really enjoyable to sew, and not too hard! This tutorial will walk you through one of my favourite types of pockets. This pocket is used on my Valerie Raglan Dress and the Natalie Gored Skirt, and creates a lovely diagonal line that makes an elegant style feature.” What is a slash pocket? A slash pocket is a type of pocket that creates a triangular opening for the hand to slip into easily. It’s created with two differently-shaped pocket pieces that sew onto the diagonal opening on the main garment. The diagonal lines can be used in a way that is complementary…