Sewing: Digital Downloads; My first PDF pattern

Well… I’m breaking my,”I don’t want to download any patterns,” to take advantage of the lovely pattern offered by Bryanna Johnson of Sweet Shop Sewing.

When I first stumbled upon Bryanna’s site, I read “Sweet” as “Sweat Shop Sewing”. I can’t blame it on pregnancy, perhaps middle age?

Sweet Shop Sewing Women's ruffled maxi skirt
Sweet Shop Sewing Women’s ruffled maxi skirt

 

Take a look at the above maxi skirt? Isn’t it adorable? You can purchase it on Etsy for $6.99, but you can also purchase it in on Craftsy for the same price. Craftsy is where I made my purchase. My daughter and I decided this would be a great pattern for her to sew. She loves the ruffle, but you can also make it without. My daughter has sewn other items before such as doll clothing, a few pillows, and she even helped me (a tiny bit) with the dress that she wore to the Christmas dance at her Lutheran school, but this will be the first time she will be doing most of the sewing on her own! I’ll be making one for myself also.

Of course, I’ll be there to give her pointers if she needs them. She’s hoping to start this weekend. It depends on her class workload. They give a lot of homework at her Lutheran school. If she does start her sewing project, she’ll be sure to post a writeup on her site and I’ll be sure to point you there.

I’ve already printed out the pattern. I’m planning on taping it together later today, and then transferring everything onto tracing paper. We’ll be going with the extra small. I still might need to make a few adjustments for it to fit my daughter, and that’s fine.

Do you want to know something? I STILL haven’t started on that dress for myself. I really hope I can get to it before the weekend.

4 thoughts to “Sewing: Digital Downloads; My first PDF pattern”

  1. Q – Adorable pattern! Cannot wait to see a pic of you in your creation. I’ve just recently downloaded my first “paid for” pdf. I have downloaded free ones. Good experience. You are doing what I did: Print, tape, trace! LOL! What I like about the pattern I downloaded was that I could print the basket at 65% to get a smaller size. No more “rough handed” tracings on a pattern.

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    Oh that’s a good idea, shrinking it. Hmm… I’ll have to remember that in the future. My daughter told me to “get with it” and embrace the .pdf patterns. 🙂 I either make my own patterns or have purchased them. I guess, I’ll get with it!

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  2. I hope your daughter enjoys the pattern and let me know if you have any questions about it. Ha ha on the sweat shop sewing-That’s how the name got started because my husband used to kid me all the time that I was down in my “sweat shop” when I was in my sewing room working for hours on a project. Then it somehow morphed into sweet shop. Because I make sweet things of course, 🙂

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    ThreadLover Reply:

    We definitely will. I’m going to let her read and see if she has any problems understanding. I’ll step in if she does need help. I understand, but I’ve been sewing for a while, she’s still the grasshopper.

    Thanks for explaining the reasoning behind the name and I figured that it had something to do with the fact that the clothing you make is so sweet! 🙂

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