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Ever tried shirring on your sewing machine? It's n

Ever tried shirring on your sewing machine? It's not as difficult as you might think ☺️ All you need to do is wind elastic thread on the bobbin and regular thread in the needle. Stitch rows 1 cm apart and the elastic will evenly gather the fabric.
Tip: you can use a bit of steam from your iron to make it shirr even more.
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Yay, Exciting news! As of October 1st we (me and t

Yay, Exciting news! As of October 1st we (me and the talented illustrator @vandijck82 ) will be renting this awesome location downtown Culemborg. As it is located in the Zandstraat we will call it ZANDPAND.
What’s going to happen here?
📍 In the first place it will be our workspace, where I will work on new designs for Rosie & Me and Iris will work on her illustrations.
📍 Besides this I will regularly open the doors for @rosiesnaaicafe offering sewing classes and workshops.
📍And it will be a store! Where you can find all illustrations by Iris as well as some fun DIY gifts.

More info on Rosie’s Naaicafé agenda will be posted @rosiesnaaicafe shortly!

Lots of work to do still, but super, super excited about these plans!
Hope to meet you there ❤️
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Excited to share another Daisy Dress option 😍 T

Excited to share another Daisy Dress option 😍 This pattern comes with two skirt variations: full circle and flared. So in case you find a circle skirt to much skirt for certain occasions, then you can make this flared variation instead. Great for a nice pattern matching project like this beautiful blue and white gingham 💙💙💙
Fabric by @fibremood
Bought @villa_sassefras 💌
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Remember the striped circle skirt? Well here it is

Remember the striped circle skirt? Well here it is! The Daisy Romper now officially has a sister - meet the Daisy Dress 👗
She comes with both a circle skirt as well as a flared skirt.
With the announcement of this new pattern variation, I would also like to inform you of a few changes that we're making to our patterns. We decided that our printed patterns will go out of stock (sorry printed pattern
lovers! 😔) and that we will switch to only selling pdfs patterns. Even though I personally love our printed patterns and pretty booklet it turns out to be too much work for a small company to manually assemble, print, fold, mail. Plus translating all files into two languages... I wish to put more time into offering new patterns throughout the year, so I had to make these tough decisions.
Phew, glad I got that of my chest 🙏. Now, this also means that the Daisy Dress is available as an English pdf file only. But not to be too disappointed printed lovers!!! As I have tried my best to offer these files to the best possible quality! Meaning: they now come in both A4 / US Letter
size as well as A0 size - they include size layers (yay!) - the pattern shows both cut lines and stitch lines (another yay!) - and sizes are differentiated by both colored lines as well as different line strokes (triple yay!)
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One last note regarding the Daisy Dress. I did my best to get the full size range out by today...but sadly I need to wait for a few technical updates.
That means that the A4 / US Letter is temporarily only available up to size 44 / 14. Hopefully by next week they will include all sizes up to
size 54 / 24
Size A0 is already available in the full size range!

I hope you're up for some last summery sewing. Or perhaps think of a Xmas fabric Daisy Dress already! 🎄 In the end the fun part of sewing (one of the
fun parts that is) is that the fabric decides how your creation will look!
Now I will poor myself a nice glass of wine, cheers! 🥂
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This year so far brought some challenging moments.

This year so far brought some challenging moments. Plans I was working on for Rosie & Me had to be put on a low burner as I sudddenly switched to home schooling my two little girls.
The Gina dress is again waiting patiently for my attention 🙃
However in the meantime I thought to at least make a variation of an existing pattern. I got pretty excited about a striped circle skirt idea....Found this lovely stripe at @trickledownfabrics.
It's so summery and sunny and happy! I absolutely love it! ❤️
Excited to share the making of this fun circular bias cut puzzle.
More about the pattern variation will follow soon ✂️✂️✂️
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Working late...or forgot to turn the lights off? O

Working late...or forgot to turn the lights off? Or a little bit of both 😬
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My 2 little girls started to go back to school aga

My 2 little girls started to go back to school again this week. After weeks of homeschooling ... which in the end turned out to be months. We've had beautiful moments together ❤️ As well as quite some challenging moments 🙃. I missed my work. Where did the quality Rosie & Me & Me & Me time go?
This week I've been back into the office again. Some more regular hours instead of an hour here and there....
Today, on a rainy day, cup of tea, nice music, catching up on projects that were suddenly dropped months ago.
Very thankful that we can pick things up again 🙏
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Sometimes you realize that you wish that you cut y

Sometimes you realize that you wish that you cut your skirt just a tad longer 🤭. To gain a little extra length (how much depends on how much hem allowance you included) you could decide to finish the hem with binding tape instead. It makes for a fun finishing touch. But most importantly, you now only need 0,5 cm hem where I added 2 cm for hem allowance. Giving 1,5 cm extra length to my skirt 😅
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I'm experimenting with adding size layers to our p

I'm experimenting with adding size layers to our pdf patterns. A lot of work, but I understand this will be so much easier for everyone.
Now as I'm getting into this I need a little feedback. Hope you can help 🙏

1.Would you prefer different line strokes (like a dotted line, vs a striped line, etc.) in black ink to differentiate sizes? Or would solid lines in different colors work as well? You can still print in grey scale to not use colored ink of course.
When you have the option to select one size layer it seems less important how they are differentiated. Except when printing more then one size...would people do that? 🤔
2. I thought maybe people would appreciate to see both the sewing line as well as the seam allowance (see 2nd photo). Is it just me that likes this visualized or do other people like this as well? It's quite impossible when all sizes are stacked, since there will be to many lines running into each other. But with single layer sizes it will be possible and perhaps could be helpful? 🤷‍♀️ Would love to hear your feedback! Thank you! ❤️
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Being a Dutch based pattern company that sells pat

Being a Dutch based pattern company that sells patterns internationally, I offer our website and patterns in English. But besides designing patterns, I also give pattern and fit related workshops. Which I offer in Dutch. This works perfectly fine, but sometimes creates a little confusion. Since the communication to our customers via social media is in English, people think that the workshop is offered in English as well. When I communicate about these subjects in Dutch it feels disrespectful towards our English speaking followers 🙃
Soooo, I’ve come to a solution (which I probably should have thought about a long time ago already 🙈) - > making a separate Instagram account for workshops and classes!
This account is called Rosie’s Naaicafé and can be found here: @rosiesnaaicafe
Here I will post all related topics in Dutch!

I have also updated our homepage by adding two big buttons. One being ‘The Patternstore' in English and also one called 'Rosie's Naaicafe' in Dutch.
Hopefully this helps and is more clear for everyone. Thank you for your support and understanding 🙏.
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💙 Gingham Love 💙 Some challenging pattern ma

💙 Gingham Love 💙 Some challenging pattern matching for a Daisy patternhack ...so far so good ✂️✂️✂️
Now aim for pattern matching sewing as well 🤓.
Fabric from @fibremood
Brought to me by @villa_sassefras 🙏
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We have something fun to share 💝 Since it’s

We have something fun to share 💝 Since it’s almost Mothersday. We are offering a ‘buy one printed pattern & get one free’ - sale.
For all sewing Moms, Mom-to-be’s, friends that are Supermoms, or to anyone that has the most loving Mom!
(sale starts today and ends Monday May 11th)
Use the coupon code: thebestmom
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It's a new month, which means I am officially star

It's a new month, which means I am officially starting in a new office room as of today 😍.
This awesome room is located in the same old furniture factory that I was already working from.... But with the upgrade to this bigger room we will now have windows that can actually open!! Yess, fresh air 😅.
Excited to be working here with my inspiring roomies @anneke_van_der_straaten and @leklifestylemagazine.
Now all I need to do still, is to move my sewing room... ✂️❤️✂️

One of the fun parts of making your own clothes is

One of the fun parts of making your own clothes is that you can decide to make it exactly the way you like. Not only choose the fabric, color and pattern, but also (when you get to have a little more experience) you will be able to adjust the pattern ✂️✂️✂️
When you have a favorite pattern (being pleased with the fit) you might wish for more of a variety in your closet. Of course you can re-use the same pattern over and over creating an entire new look using different fabrics, but also with small design changes👗
Els from Lola with love made several Brooke dresses already (this was her 5th!) and then thought she wanted one with sleeves and without the collar! Et voila, see the result here.
You hardly recognize the Brooke dress!
So this photo is actually from quite some years back. But since I still get questions if it is possible (and allowed…so sweet people ask me this ☺️) to add a sleeve. Then I always refer to this post in The Me Gallery as inspiration.
Before starting to add a sleeve to your Brooke dress it is important to know that the armhole shape is drafted for a sleeveless look. This means the armhole was raised (to cover your bra) and the shoulder width was brought inwards a bit. When wanting to insert a sleeve, you would need to reverse this. Just as much as your body shape needs and to make your sleeve fit.
Have fun experimenting!
And thank you again @elsbinst for sharing your post, way, way, back! It's brought lots of inspiration to other sewists up to this day 🙏❤️
Fabric by @lottemartens_exclusivefabrics
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Oelala! 😍. Check out this stunning combination

Oelala! 😍. Check out this stunning combination made by Marjolein. She made the Brooke dress AND a matching Carpet Bag.
The main dress fabric was used as a contrasting binding and lining for the bag. And the main bag fabric was used to make the binding for the dress.
Love it! ❤️
And eventhough the occasion she made it for was canceled 😔 it also makes for a perfect Easter look! And, I hope for many more occasions yet to come ✨
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Trying hard to #stayhomeandsew 💖. As the weathe

Trying hard to #stayhomeandsew 💖. As the weather is changing, I thought to bring you some summer sewing inspiration 🌞
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To #stayhomeandsew is resulting in some wonderful

To #stayhomeandsew is resulting in some wonderful creations 😍 Marianne made this lovely Carpet Bag. And eventhough she accidentally attached the handles on sideways, she actually likes it this way now ☺️. The awesome fabrics are from @dubbelpunt.be.
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Being involved in the sewing community you could n

Being involved in the sewing community you could not have missed all the face masks that are being made across the globe. Of course I also wanted to jump into it right away myself…but honestly was hesitant at first. I had been reading such inconsistent and varying opinions from people. How safe was this? I was worried that we would provide something that could be seen as a ‘false safety’ and therefore create dangerous situations. The more I read the more I was lost.
Fact is that face masks do not protect against Corona. It’s also clear that home sewn masks cannot replace a FFP (Full Face Protection mask, class 1,2, or 3). However most experts say they are better than nothing when it comes to preventing the spread of the virus! I realize that due to the shortage, there are people that work in the front line, where there are no medical masks available. Like for example nurses that provide home care for elderly or other people that are at higher risk.
I also read that some doctors are wearing the homemade fabrics over surgical masks, trying to prolong the coveted masks’ limited life spans!
Just after all this reading and contemplating I got a personal request from the sister of a local doctor. This doctor requested the home sewn masks for her patients. I was so happy to hear that I could actually help her! After that, a new request came from a nursing home.
So, I’m convinced now! I believe that we can help!
When it comes down to making the choice between no protection or a home sewn mask, the choice is easily made.
Going through my fabric storage and bindings bin, while home schooling the kids, I started contributing making face masks. I believe, that we, as a sewing community, can provide a very welcomed product. Hope to have inspired you! Stay well! ♥️🙏♥️
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Personally I ❤️ the neckline shape of the Elis

Personally I ❤️ the neckline shape of the Elise Blouse. However, some ladies asked me how to raise the neckline 🤔, as they found it just a tiny bit to revealing.
Ok, I know, I know, not all body's have the same chest height and or body shape, so definately wise to check the neckline depth before cutting your fabric ✂️✂️✂️.
We have written a tutorial on how to raise the neckline and adjust the collar accordingly.
Check out our Tips & Tricks page ( 👉link via our homepage) for all our tutorials 🙏.
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Stay home and sew.... Cutting your fabrics whereve

Stay home and sew.... Cutting your fabrics wherever there is room (kitchen floor will do). Kids will love to help you and learn new skills in the meantime 🤓.
To support the #stayhomeandsew community we offer 30% discount on all printed and pdf patterns. Coupon code: stayhomeandsew ❤️
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