Looking through a Sewing Pattern catalogue is inspiring! The New Season is upon us and Winter or Summer is fading into the background. We are thrilled to see the New Season releases.
There are reasons we are attracted to the patterns we choose to buy.
Some are:
The fabric used to promote the garment
The tailoring details
The draping Style
The designer
The lines of the garment
The colour the model is wearing
The model! We want to look like her
Simple with few Pattern pieces
Complicated and many pattern pieces
Lifestyle needs
Dart placement
Decade Pattern was produced
Comfort
Stretch or woven Fabric
Fashion trend
How much fabric the pattern needs
Body shape
Body proportion
Sewing skill level
Your sewing friends have made it
Pattern Catalogues are like dating sites!
We look at the photo, we read the facts, we choose based on what is important to us.
We purchase....we date....
the connection is made.
Hope!
We take it home and hope for the best.
We might be a bit too nervous to take it out of the packet, so it sits in the pattern collection waiting. It is not alone. There are many patterns here waiting. Hope is still alive.
We have purchased a Hope!
Hope it works on my Body
Hope I find the same fabric so I can have exactly the same garment
Hope it fits
Hope I can look exactly the same as the model
Hope I look like I'm in fashion
Hope I feel fabulous in it
Hope this garment will give me wardrobe options
Hope I have the same success my sewing friend had
There is a lot of pressure on this sewist/pattern relationship. It's make or break.
Looking at the reasons behind our choices helps us make better choices.
Sometimes it's best NOT to make the Patterns in your collection. They could be time and fabric wasters.
If you date a dangerous guy because you want excitement, then you may get more excitement than you bargained for! Good thing patterns are addictive and not dangerous!
Look at your WHY!
Save yourself from wasting your precious time and fabric.
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