Did you know that September is National Sewing Month over in the United States? (Isn't that a wonderful idea? An entire month to celebrate sewing!) September is also when Sewing Indie Month is being held - a month-long celebration of indie patterns. There are lots of events happening as part of Sewing Indie Month - interviews with designers, tutorials and pattern "hacks", and a trio of contests. You can find out all the details over on the Sew Independant website. Along with 20 other designers, Muse is taking part in Sewing Indie Month. Kat has been interviewed by the lovely team over at Sew Over It on their blog (which you can read about here, and get a hint about...
Do you have a print-at-home pattern that has the 'layers' function? Are you a bit unsure about how it all works? Here's a quick guide on how to use layers! Firstly, what is this 'layers' thing, and why should you be interested? Layers in a pattern are a way to pick and choose which size you want to print. Each size is printed on a different layer in the pdf file, and you can then choose which layers to show and which to hide. Then, when you go to print your pattern, only the visible layers are printed. In other words - if you're going to make up a size 42 (or any other size), you can choose to print only...
In September, there's going to be great event celebrating indie pattern designers. Called Sewing Indie Month (SIM), it's where a group of indie designers have come together for month of tutorials, interviews, sewing contests, and (best of all!) some great pattern deals. (And we're taking part! Yay!) To kick things off, there's a pattern bundle sale happening right now. Starting from the super low price of only $25, you can pick how much you pay and in return get anywhere from 5 - 10 patterns. It's a great way to build your pattern collection, try out designs from indie brands you haven't used before, and get a bit of a feel-good factor in as well, with 20% of the pattern...
A huge thank-you to everyone who purchased the new Sophie cardi during it's first week on sale!
As promised, the full sale price (less those inevitable bank fees) has been donated to the St John ambulance and emergency services - a charity chosen by the muse who inspired the pattern.
And we're excited to say that we donated a total of US $359.83, which worked out to NZ $530.17 at current exchange rates. Yay!
Thank you all so much for your support. We hope you enjoy your new pattern, and would love to see what you make with it!
Before a new Muse pattern gets released, a bunch of lovely, talented ladies test it out. They give all sorts of extremely useful feedback, particularly on the instructions and how clear they are. They're all amazing people! And they make amazing things, too. ;-) Here's a few of the Sophie cardigans made by some of the pattern testers. Several of them have blogs - why not go through and see what other fun things they make? (We'd love to see what you make with the Sophie pattern too - if you make a Muse pattern, let us know so we can add it to the 'Made By You' page. hello@sewingmuse.com ) Round neck button up variation with circular pockets...
