A pattern pyramid has been formed! I was a lucky recipient of the goods and I'm stoked to be able to pass the goods on to one of you.  This pyramid is jammed packed with some rad patterns.  Why you ask of my use of words like rad and stoked...uhhmm I haven't a clue...Legend has it this pyramid formed in Australia, making it's...

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As promised I am going to attempt to walk you through my fitting process for the Lady Skater.  I am by no means a fitting guru.  I really kind of blindly lead myself through this but it worked.   I recently took Joi Mahon's Fast Track fitting class on Craftsy and I used some of what I learned here in my fitting.  I...

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This pattern is like a sweet melody. My second version of the Lady Skater made in a fun animal print jersey from Fabric Mart. This version fits a little better in the back as I fudged some more alterations. Promise I will be posting my muslin pics from the first version later this week. I have a few things I want to try...

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Oh yeah peeps the Lady Skater got game.  If you haven't made the Lady Skater yet I'm begging you to just do it! This is a downloadable pdf pattern available here.  Since Valentine's Day is just ahead I used a red ponte knit from my stash.  It's a very stable knit so it's just the right weight to wear in the cooler temps...

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Next up for my TNT pattern challenge, let's talk dresses.  With dresses it's reaaal easy to get sucked in to a complicated dress pattern because it's sooo pretty and yes I wanna feel like Cinderella!!  But that's a problem, the pattern is so complicated there is no way you ever want to make it again, even if it did fit perfect, it's too...

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I think I have gotten most of my patterns picked out for my TNT pattern challenge.  Today let's talk tops.  For those of you just tuning in my goal here is to find a TNT (tried n true) pattern for each of my chosen categories that is adaptable for work and play attire. Obviously the purpose here is to get the fit down...

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