Great news: August is Pattern Hacking Month at the Curvy Sewing Collective!
What does that mean? Well, as we did for our past theme months, we’ll have a combination of inspirational and how-to posts on altering sewing patterns to achieve a specific look or stretch out the utility of a favorite, well-fitting pattern. Tutorials, round-ups, tips and tricks… everything you need to get hacking! Get your scissors, tracing paper and creativity ready!
To join in the pattern hacking fun on social media, use the Pattern Hacking Month hashtag, #Curvysewinghacks! If you’ve got an idea for a post, or want to share the details of a hack you’ve done, comment below or send us a message!
I have material and patterns on sewing machine for years now and fear of messing up keeps me at a stand still I am hoping this Blog will help.
Sounds like a really fun thing to do.
This is perfect timing for some maternity hacks….. 🙂
I love this concept and would love to contribute. I sent a message last week indicating my interest, and hope it ended up in the right place. Please let me know if you didn’t receive it.
Hi Yvette, we don’t seem to have received a message from you, but I’ve followed up with you via email!
How do I sign up.
Just follow along here on the blog, Jeanne. If you want to receive the blog posts via email, you can enter your email address in the box on the right hand side that says “Subscribe to posts by email.”
Great timing! I hack the heck out of patterns for my kids, when I bother to use them at all, but I am hesitant to hack patterns for myself because my curves intimidate me! I finally did a sort-of hack last week when I put the Decades ESP dress bodice with the Decades Cats Cradle skirt and altered the skirt to have in seam pockets rather than patch pockets. It was successful but only because it was such an easy “hack”, everything matched up perfectly without any adjusting on my part.
Sounds like you’re a successful hacker, Heather!
This theme will be interesting for me because I don’t hack patterns. I studiously follow the instructions as this is how I most enjoy sewing – via the control in what is otherwise a chaotic world outside of sewing.
But I have found myself occasionally wanting to be that sewist who hacks patterns because I perceive it to be a creative act, so…I feel dissonant about the whole idea for myself. I am curious to see if a strategy for approaching a hack is suggested, or is it just a mashup in the end? Get to it and do it, or are there some guidelines to follow?
The thought of putting time and money into a potentially unsucceful effort makes me choose the safest route most of the time.
The posts for August will be a combination of strategies, resources, and tutorials for specific hacks. Hopefully, you’ll find at least some of them inspiring for your hacking ideas.