Hey there!

I’m Judith, a sewing pattern designer, artist, and perpetual maker.

Ever since I was small, I've wanted to make all the things. Egg carton crafts and hot glue, anyone? I’m trained professionally as a fashion designer…

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Quick CV for the curious:

  • pro pattern designer (yep, math and all!)

  • Lead Pattern Maker and Fitting Specialist at Sew Liberated

  • pattern making teacher and course community coach in Sew Liberated’s online classes including The Creative Hinterland

  • former technical designer of body protective systems

  • artist, of technical illustrations and the cute stuff!

  • talker-off of ears re: creative practice and making stuff

  • Etsy shop with printable art here

  • and with cute sewing patterns here

May 18: self drafted culottes (again) 😉 and a blousy and breezy #creativehinterland hack! The fabric i used for my top is a cotton from @heirloom_bohemia that has teeny little tufts of fabric that turned into pompoms in the dryer! 😍 #memademay2023
May 17: a quick outfit for a day where I needed to dress and go! #bedrocktee in cotton knit from @oursocialfabric , and #otisoveralls in linen from @purelinenenvy Indoor photos courtesy of wildfire smoke 😭 #memademay2023
May 16: nobody tell my kids that I sat on the coffee table 😱🤫 Today I’m wearing a #joanietop (new pattern from @sewliberated !) view A, but with hacked sleeves, and I also buttoned all the way up to change the look of the collar. The fabric i
Bonus May content - the #joanietop from @sewliberated ! This View B made in linen from @purelinenenvy is a dream wardrobe piece. Sleeves up or down, worn open or closed, a quick press to look more polished (which, let’s be real, I never do!),
May 15: starting to feel very summery! This top is one of the 12 designs in the #creativehinterland course, and was one that I didn’t expect to love, but do! It’s so breezy and flowy, and fun to wear. The fabric is thrifted rayon challis.
May 13 and 14: clever outfits took second priority to other … erm… creative pursuits. 🔨. I wore self-drafted shorts and pants, and took hallway selfies with a bag of insulation, and lifted far more broken tile than I’d prefer, bu
May 12: portrait of a patter maker checking the math. Today’s outfit had to go through a very wide range of activities, including this hour while the kids were in music class and I found a cozy spot on the floor to wait 🥰 I wore a #scouttee ,
May 11: I’m not up for being on camera today, but this top sure is! It’s a #hinterlanddress hack (in the #creativehinterland course if you want to draft your own with me! 😉), and wonderful for this kinda hot late spring day. I wore it wi