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Miss Fern Tiered Skirt/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Miss Fern Tiered Skirt/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

With yet another pattern coming out, it's almost starting to feel like regular business around here. Almost. Full disclosure is that 2022 kicked us in the behind and we have a lot of ground to recuperate to help move us forward again. We've talked a lot about what styles we "should" design for you and want we want to design. Those 2 things don't always line up. So while we pull ourselves up…
Polar Sweater Dress/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Polar Sweater Dress/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Living where it snows eight months of the year means that warmth, comfort and style are often on our mind when designing. That's why we created the 'Polar Sweater/Dress' pattern - to make sure you look great and feel cozy no matter the weather! This versatile knit dress pattern is designed to work with mid-weight knits that have 30% stretch, and it boasts front princess seams, optional front…
The Half Zip Clover Hack/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

The Half Zip Clover Hack/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Today we have a special guest that has been testing for us for awhile now and has created a hack for Clover that we think you might enjoy. If you're subscribed to our newsletter you may remember seeing this hack in one of our monthly inspiration newsletters, but if not, here it is. (If you're not subscribed to our newsletter, consider it. It's the best way to make sure you are aware of any new in…
New Gift Giving Patterns/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

New Gift Giving Patterns/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

This December Sofiona Designs has released a whole bunch of new patterns with handmade gift-giving in mind. Some are meant as stand alone gifts and one is a way to accent other Sofiona patterns. Let me show you! The first one we released is the Solar Flare Potholders and people have been loving these already! These started years ago now when Trish made up some potholders for herself after a sty…
Sizing Up A Swimsuit/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Sizing Up A Swimsuit/Sofiona Designs/PDF Patterns

Something became clear to me as I recently worked on the Pike swimsuit - my girls are pretty much done with the girls' size chart and I better just accept that. As designers we aren't in a place yet where we're ready to add swim to the junior miss line and yet here I am with a kid who needs suits and is 2 sizes outside of the size range. Now I have the benefit of using my software to draft her…
The Miss Wood Lily Pant/Sofiona Designs/PDF Pattern

The Miss Wood Lily Pant/Sofiona Designs/PDF Pattern

These pants were first thought up as one part of a full outfit after perusing a couple online RTW stores to see what teens were buying these days. There were so many fitted crop top options being offered, but we didn't feel inspired to make a pattern for one ourselves. So what then? How about the rest of the outfit instead?!?! We imagined a high waisted pair of pants (maybe even with a bit of…