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  • Better Fit: Measure, Ease & Sizing

    by Josefine Hultén
    Thank you so much for all the lovely responses and feedback I received last week about what you want to learn! An overwhelming majority said they w...
    Posted in fit

  • 6 ways to make your sewing practice more sustainable!

    by Josefine Hultén
    More and more sewists are seeking ways to reduce their impact on the environment. Here are 6 ways to empower you to create your own clothes while m...
    Posted in sewing, sustainability

  • How to start a sewing pattern business - Part 2, The design process

    by Josefine Hultén
    After more than five years of running Ploen Patterns, I thought it was time to share some things I have learned along the way.If you are intereste...
    Posted in how to start a pattern business, vera dress, vera pattern

  • How to start a sewing pattern business - Part 1, The very beginning

    by Josefine Hultén
    After more than five years of running Ploen Patterns, I thought it was time to share some things I have learned along the way. If you are intereste...
    Posted in how to start a pattern business, sewing pattern

  • How I started sewing

    by Josefine Hultén
    I was always creative growing up. I loved drawing and painting from a very young age and my parents and other adults around me encouraged me to exp...
    Posted in about, sewing

  • 7 Lingerie patterns & tutorials

    by Josefine Hultén
    Have you ever made underwear/lingerie? I have made some panties and bras in school but never really gotten in to it fully. It's time to change that...
    Posted in free pattern, patterns, sewing pattern, tutorial

  • 9 Free sewing patterns for spring

    by Josefine Hultén
    It's finally starting to look something like spring in Sweden. We have had so many fool's springs I stopped counting them. One day it's snowing and...
    Posted in DIY, free pattern, patterns, sewing, sewing pattern

  • Sewing studio tour!

    by Josefine Hultén
    I'm so happy to finally be able to invite you to the Ploen Patterns head quarters! As you might know I moved in to a new studio space a couple of ...

  • Sewing basics - 7 different seams

    by Josefine Hultén
    Let's continue the sewing basics blog series. If you missed part 1 you can find it here. Today we will dive in to 7 different seams. These are all ...
    Posted in sewing, Sewing basics, tutorial

  • Idun view A - sewalong

    by Josefine Hultén
    Follow along step by step as I'm sewing the Idun dress, view A!  Pattern: The Idun Dress, PDF pattern Suggested fabrics: Light to medium weight ...
    Posted in Idun Dress, sewalong, tutorial

  • Sewing basics - Tools

    by Josefine Hultén
    Do you want to start making your own clothes? It can be very overwhelming at first so I thought I would make a guide with the basic tools and techn...

  • My sewing machines

    by Josefine Hultén
    I recently moved in to a new studio space. It's so exciting and also so scary. I have all this space to create in and it's awesome. It's also a big...
    Posted in sewing, sewing machine, sewing studio