2020 Feb 28th

Introducing Miss Bonfire/Sofiona Designs

Well, people asked and we listened! Or more accurately, we "premonitioned". The Miss Bonfire hoodie was already in the works when we released the girls Bonfire version so you have no idea how hard it was to keep that to ourselves for the last few months! Myself and Sherri looking cool in our Miss Bonfires. (Like for real. It was really cold out). The misses size range is something Sherr…

2019 Nov 1st

Introducing the Bonfire Hoodie/Sofiona Designs

Who doesn't love a nice cozy sweater?  With this in mind and in keeping with the Sofiona style of fun angles and details, I set out to design one.  For any new project we usually begin with a basic vision and a name.  I had a vision, but I needed a name!  I wanted something that would evoke those cozy feelings, but also sort of work together with the Rocky Shore Tights name (be…

2019 Jul 10th

Introducing the Narwhal Swimsuit/Sofiona Designs

Sherri questioned me a bit on the name for this Narwhal Swimsuit.  In the end I think I just wore her down.  (It kind of reminds me of how my husband and I "agreed" on a name for our youngest daughter, come to think of it.)  If you're not already aware, Sofiona Designs names all their patterns after items/animals/weather/etc. that we can find local to us.  While we don't have N…

2019 Jan 28th

Raven Meet Rhubarb/PDF Pattern/Sofiona Designs

If you've seen the Raven dress, you'll recognize the Rhubarb. Or vice versa??? Long ago now, when I first started dreaming this pattern up, it was this knit sweater dress style that was first in my mind. Then things just kept going, I thought about woven versions and the Raven was born and released first. Now I'm SO excited to finally have this version, the Rhubarb, also available and it is eve…

2018 Dec 22nd

A Christmas Present From Us/Sofiona Designs

Merry Christmas!!! Just in time for the holidays, we would like to introduce you to the Pinecone Skirt and the Aurora Raglan. Two patterns that go well not only with each other, but also with our Starry Night and Railway patterns.We won't just "introduce" you to these two patterns, no, we're also going to give them as our Christmas present to you! These are yours for free using the code in the Sof…

2018 Nov 9th

What About Sofiona Designs??/Sofiona Designs

Now that it's officially out in the open, what exactly do we feel that Sofiona Designs will bring to the PDF table? I'm so glad you asked! There's our names, our goals, and a special charity that we have chosen to support.A tester asked us one day about ourselves and what we wanted them to share about during this upcoming launch and going forward. My answer was (and still is), we are nothing overl…