I love a good sneak peek, don’t you? Â The pattern I’m working on currently is for the Verona Dress. Â My testers are knocking it out of the park again, and the resulting Verona dresses are looking even lovelier than I could have hoped! Things are on track to be able to release in time for {…Continue Reading}
It’s here! It’s here! Â After months of hard work, countless test garments, and thorough proofreading, my first little pattern collection, the Haven Acres Mini Collection has been released! Many of my fab-o testers have blogs and signed up to tour with me. Â Today we have three sewing bloggers who will share some of their {…Continue Reading}
We’re all wrapped up with the testing portion of this whole pattern making process for the Haven Acres Mini Collection. Â Now we’re left with editing; creating charts and graphs and layouts. I need to take a minute to talk about pattern testers. Â They have been so fantastically amazing. Â This has been like six weeks of {…Continue Reading}
Testing a pattern is a group effort, requiring a team of volunteers to sew trial garments, proofread, and tech edit.  Every person is unique in the testing process, each bringing their own particular skills to the table.  I’ve been thinking a lot about how all these different types of testers work together to become an amazing machine, {…Continue Reading}
I’ve been working away on my next pattern – only this will be a three-pattern collection called the Haven Acres Mini Collection. The three pieces will be the Sweet Pea Cap, the Haven Acres Blouse, and Dressage Leggings. Â The plan is for all three to be sized to fit newborn through 12 years. The {…Continue Reading}
Phew! Â It’s been a whirlwind of activity getting the LOL Swing Top ready to release! First, let me say I have the. most. amazing. testers ever! Â The way the LOL is constructed requires a precise combination of pattern pieces and bias measurements. Â Then I went and complicated things by testing both knits and wovens at {…Continue Reading}
The last day of a tour is always the most difficult to write, because it means we don’t get to continue on in a never-ending parade of LOL Swing Tops. Â Thanks so much to all of my talented testers! Â Today’s tour participants were both flash testers who joined at the very end to test the {…Continue Reading}
I asked my fabulous testers for the LOL Swing Top if they wanted to participate in a pattern tester tour to show their hard work and there was a resounding “yes”! Â The tour proper will kick off on Monday, but one of my testers and fellow Pattern Workshop students wanted to get a head start, {…Continue Reading}
How’s everyone doing? Â My amazing testers and I have been working to get the LOL Swing Top perfected for release. Â It’s at a point right now where most sizes are looking just about right, but I need a little more testing on the largest sizes for the woven version. Are you {…Continue Reading}
As I was preparing to get the LOL Swing Top pattern ready for testing, I decided to give a knit version a try. And lookie there! Â It worked beautifully! Â If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already seen this, but I figured I should get something a little better than cell phone pics. Â Yesterday {…Continue Reading}
