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.
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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…
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…
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…
We fell in love with the general shape of the Miss Limestone right from the start but went back and forth on whether it should be a coat or a cardigan. In the end we decided there HAD to be a way to make it work as either one.As a coat it works well with a number of different woven fabrics. Try out a colourful plaid flannel, a luxurious wool, canvas with a fun print, etc. As a cardigan it is d…
It's swimsuit season! (Or so I've heard.....we DID just get another dumping of snow earlier this week.) Last year we didn't actually have a new swim pattern and it felt a little weird so this year we decided to make two: The Minnow and the Pike! You can read more about the Pike Swimsuit on the blog post HERE. Or keep reading below to learn a bit more about Minnow.
Check out these cute…
