starting a sewing pattern business
Alexandra Vrolijk Alexandra Vrolijk

starting a sewing pattern business

As I mentioned on insta stories, I’m going to talk about what my working life looks like right now. I’ll start with explaining how I got here, to give some context to why I decided to change things up - even though that means I have (a lot) less $$ to spend each month. Further down this post I give you some insight into the sales numbers and expenses for 2021 and 2022 as well.

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Hacking the Sienna sweatshirt pattern
Alexandra Vrolijk Alexandra Vrolijk

Hacking the Sienna sweatshirt pattern

In this post, I will be sharing two ways to hack the Sienna Sweatshirt pattern: a raglan sleeve, and a side slit instead of a waistband. My favourite hack is turning the regular sleeve of this sweatshirt pattern into a raglan sleeve. It’s quite a versatile pattern as it’s unisex and the design is simple, which makes it really easy to add some features if you like. Color blocking, shortening or lengthening, topstitching in different ways… There are a ton of things you can do to personalise your sweatshirt pattern!

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