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Pattern Drafting

Puff Sweater

I really love big sweaters. This pattern, “Puff”, is my love letter to big sweaters. The sleeves are extra long and wide, with tapered cuffs.

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The Captain’s Cardigan

I drafted a stylish over-sized cardigan jacket! Drafting tips and all the details ahead… My drafting process goes one of two ways: I either know

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Sam Shirt with Pintucks

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the Fitted Shirt City… ahem…in other words, I finalized my button-down shirt

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Adding Perfect Pintucks

Pintucks are a great way to add texture and interest to a garment. I’m particularly fond of pintucks on shirt collar, so I’m sharing how

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Garnet Dress Confidential

A summery rayon tunic dress. I’ve made this pattern a few times, but I haven’t really gotten into the details which is the useful stuff!

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Fitted Shirt 3.0

I’ve been chasing the Perfect Fitted Shirt since I started drafting for myself. It’s the reason I started drafting in the first place! My previous

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Dark & Stormy Shark Dress

Taking a bite out of my self-drafted sloper dress! ▲ ▲ ▲ Shirt dresses: the ultimate meld of masculine and feminine. Originally referred to as

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Garnet Tunic Dress

Turning a blouse pattern into a tunic dress! With summer approaching, I wanted to make a nice, cool dress. Rayon is light and breezy, perfect

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The Circle of Skirts

Somehow, in the last several years, I’ve only made one circle skirt. Its a simple gray chambray, high-waisted with belt loops. In warm seasons, I

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Fitted Shirt 2.0

Drafting a new fitted shirt. It’s been a couple years since I drafted my first fitted shirt. I really struggled with it, trudging through muslin

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