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…

Judith, a pattern designer, is looking at the camera with a slight smile. She's wearing a white top and pink neck kerchief. She has short brown hair and pink glasses, and also wears blue jeans. The image is softly lit with deep shadows.

Quick CV for the curious:

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

  • 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