WHY WE DON'T SELL PATTERNS FOR CLOTHES

Every once in a while as we post one of our designs on social media, we get a comment like this: "Oh, it's lovely, is there a pattern?"

And we always say "no" and point them into direction of one our clothes making courses. As every single garment that we make, wear and showcase follows the same principles that we teach in our pattern drafting courses.

If we were to start selling ready sewing patterns, instead of teaching you how to make them, it would go one of the following ways.

1. Using standard sizes

1. We choose a sizing table from any open source or brand.

2. Design & grade a garment for these standard measurements.

3. Ignore everyone who's in between the sizes or has any special requirements (bigger belly, bigger boobs, bigger bum, higher, taller, longer-shorter limbs).

4. Ignore the idea of a different body type & individual posture: standard measurements don't allow for different bodies.

5. Result: another ready sewing pattern that doesn't work for the majority of people and gets [well deserved] bad reviews.

2. Using Liza's body as a standard & grade from it

1. I design something that works perfect for my body: my measurements, my posture, my pear body shape, my height.

2. We then go ahead and grade the original pattern.

3. We create different sizes with a condition that every single one of them is the exact perfect proportion of my measurements. If you smaller - you are smaller in a precise perfect scale, if you are bigger - your measurements are bigger in the exact precise scale.

4. Also you must be a pear shape, the exact specific pear that I am.

5. Result: another ready sewing pattern that doesn't work for the majority of people and gets [well deserved] bad reviews.

Question: why would we deliberately create a product that is by default not inclusive? Why would we deliberately create & sell something that most likely won't work? Why would we betray everything we believe in?

All (absolutely ALL) garments follow the same basic design/construction principles. Clothing comes in endless variety of designs, decorative elements and different fabric combos. But the base is always the same. And by learning the base, you open for yourself the world of designing and making anything you want. Based on your measurements, your body shape and your style.