Detail view of a woman in a red dress with a large collar and short sleeves with pointy cuffs.

Woman in a red dress with big collar and short sleeves with cuffs and a voluminous skirt.

Woman in a red dress with big collar and short sleeves with cuffs and a voluminous skirt. She has the hands in the skirts' pockets.

My new dress is loosely vintage inspired with a big grown on collar and a cuff detail on the short sleeves.

Find the free #sewing pattern here: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

You can choose between several sleeve and skirt options and even create the pattern for your very own measurements!

Woman in petrol dress and open cropped cardigan

Woman in petrol dress and cropped cardigan

I think this cropped cardigan fits extra nice over fit and flair dresses, what do you think?

Free #sewing pattern: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

YouTube video by The Dress Developer How to Create Custom Sewing Patterns from Your Own Measurements | Step-by-Step Tutorial

Want to create custom sized sewing patterns without learning to draft? My website offers a bunch of free #sewing patterns which you can feed with your own measurements!

This under 5 minutes video explains how that works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdV0...

Back view of a shirtwaist pattern on a dressform

Front view of a shirtwaist pattern on a dressform

Yes, the pattern for #shirtwaistseptember2025 is coming together nicely. Just a few more tweaks. Have to finish a different project first before I can sew this. 
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Woman in a short petrol knit dress with half circle skirt

Woman in a short petrol knit dress with half circle skirt, trying to dance :D

I'm starting my first ZUMBA class soon and I needed something to wear. So of course I made a workout dress. :D

The pattern is created with my free knit bodice and skirt dress pattern kit.

These are the settings for this exact dress: www.dressdeveloper.com/pattern-kits...

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Woman in a red dress holding a beige handbag with front pocket

Inside of a beige handbag, fully lined and with several pockets

In this fabric, the Primrose bag pattern looks like a beachbag, doesn't it? It's meant to transport my work laptop though :D

www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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YouTube video by The Dress Developer How to use a projector for sewing pattern cutting

After cutting hundreds of sheets of paper to create sewing patterns I am finally giving pattern projection a try!

I have made a little video to show you how I use an affordable projector to throw my #sewing patterns directly onto my fabric:

youtu.be/SFh-gRmtvwI

Big Update!

I have just released the layout tool to my website. It allows you to create cutting layouts, see the amount of fabric needed and download projector files

More details in the video: youtu.be/-IdBVZvsYjM

Find the layout tool here: www.dressdeveloper.com/layout/

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Woman in a red dress showing the cutouts on the v-neckline

Woman in a red dress with a long skirt and short sleeves

Woman in a red dress with her hand in the large pockets

Made a new dress pattern with extra large pockets :)

The pockets sit inside the front outer skirt panel so there are extra secure. The width of the pockets vary with your body measurements and skirt fullness.

You can find the free pattern here: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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YouTube video by The Dress Developer What I learned from sewing my own wardrobe

I spend the last couple of years #sewing a complete wardrobe for myself. Are you interested in what I have learned from it?

Check yout this video. :)
youtu.be/FNcrqMoCuLk

Woman in a red jumpsuit, opening the belt to show the wrapped back part

Woman in red jumpsuit with collar and buttons in front

Can a jumpsuit be bathroom friendly? I think it can! This free pattern makes it possible through wrapped pants.

It comes with different styles for top and pants and can even be customizes with your own measurements!

www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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Woman twirling in a blue princess line dress with wide flaired skirt and a square neckline.

Back view of a woman twirling in a blue dress with shirred back panel

Woman in a blue princessline dress, hands in the pockets

This free dress pattern hugs your figure without any closure! The secret is a shirred panel in the back.

You can customize the sleeve and dress length and even enter your own measurements to get your very own pattern!

www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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Piecing is always an option. 🙂 in the end, the pockets were only slightly too short, so that was fine in this case.

Pattern pieces ( sleeve, pocket, part of princess line panel) on deep blue fabric

Close call. Probably need to shorten the pockets to get two pairs out of it. But better than large leftovers, right? 😉 #sewing

I have decided to scrap my latest pattern and video.

I am truly sorry, but I just cannot get the fit right. And I don't want to put out a pattern which I am not 100% satisfied with.

I might revisit this pattern someday, but right now I need a break from that damn thing. I do have ideas, though. :D

Oh, I’m looking forward to that Kermit dress!

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Bugfix Day!
I made some small corrections on my free #sewing patterns: cutting instructions on facing, neckband width and hem addtion.

I always appreciate if you let me know if you have any problems while creating a pattern on www.dressdeveloper.com - I can only fix bugs I know about. ;)

YouTube video by The Dress Developer How I drafted an empire line pattern

If you are interested into a little behind the scenes: I have documented my process of creating an empire style top for my upcoming dress pattern.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzRc...

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YouTube video by The Dress Developer An introduction to Pattern Hacking

My sewing patterns are highly customizable, but you might still want to adjust them. So here is an introduction into pattern hacking!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiWK...

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White Boxershorts with red floral pattern on a half scale dressform.

White Boxershorts with red floral pattern on a half scale dressform. A hand is showing where the pockets sit.

You can use this free pattern to sew Boxer Shorts, Payama Pants, Sweat Pants and so on. The pattern is available in European Sizes 32 - 60 and can also be created with your very own measurements! (Don't mind the example is sewn at half scale)

www.dressdeveloper.com/pattern-kits...

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YouTube video by The Dress Developer How to sew a stretchy hem with the Herringbone stitch #sewing

I made a big mistake with hemming my latest sweater dress with plain whip stitches. The hem broke after 2 wears because it yould not stretch with the fabric. So I redid the hem with the good old herringbone stitch. This one should last! ;)

www.youtube.com/shorts/PdwGe...

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Collage of four photos of different sleeves: A sleeve with stretchy cuff, a simple streight sleeve, a sleeve with buttoned cuff and a short sleeve. Over it the text: "All the sleeve patterns you'll ever need"

Your pattern has no sleeve or you don't like the sleeve it came with? Just measure your armscye and arm and let my software create a new sleeve for you, no math required.

Check out my free sleeve pattern kit: www.dressdeveloper.com/pattern-kits...

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A woman in a red princessline dress with collar and short sleeves, hands in the pockets

A woman twirling in a red princessline dress with collar and short sleeves.

I love princessline patterns! This dress has a little collar, much flair at the bottom and closes with a perceived thousand buttons. I feal this is so me. :)

Free sewing pattern (kit): www.dressdeveloper.de/baukasten/pr...

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A woman in a red sweater with large shawl collar smiling into the camera.

A woman in a red sweater dress showing off it has pockets. On the left a line drawing of the dress pattern.

This sweater can be sewn as a dress too! Choose between a big shawl collar or a narrow neckband, lengthen it and flair it at the hem. Just as you like. :)

Free pattern: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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Pattern Tetris is fun! 😄

Two pattern pieces, dress back and sleeve spread out on fabric on a table.

Let me tell you a little cutting trick. This dress flairs out at the bottom so I cannot cut front and back next to each other. But if I move the fabric fold a bit, I can wiggle one sleeve out of it. When I cut the front, I will flip over the sleeve and cut the opposing one. Save fabric! #sewing

Photo of a woman in a green shirtwaist dress covered in drawings of little elephants. The dress has a Peter Pan collar, short sleeves and a half circle skirt. On the left is a line drawing of the pattern.

Photo of a woman in a green shirtwaist dress covered in drawings of little elephants. The dress has a Peter Pan collar, short sleeves and a half circle skirt. On the left is a line drawing of the pattern. The woman has her hands in the pockets.

Yes, this dress is covered in little elephants. :D It is made from one of my pattern kits, so it is highly customizable! This one has a Peter Pan collar and a half circle skirt.

Free pattern (kit): www.dressdeveloper.com/pattern-kits...

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Yes, I can see that

The different hood types displayed as photo and line drawings: A simple two-part hood, a three-part hood and a three-part hood with facing and lining

So I made something a bit different. With this pattern www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter... you can create a hood pattern for basically every top pattern.

What do you think? I might do something similar for sleeves, would you be interested?

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Sportsbra and panties on a dressform, seen from the front.

Sportsbra and panties on a dressform, seen from the back.

Are you interested in free underwear patterns? :) They are great stashbusting projects!

Panties: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

Sportsbra: www.dressdeveloper.com/sewingpatter...

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