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📣 Don’t Miss Out on Announcements + Community Updates!

If you haven’t updated your notification settings, you’re probably not getting email alerts when we post announcements. That means you could be missing important news unless you’re logging in regularly.

Here’s how to take control of what you see and when:

✅ How to Update Your Profile & Notifications in the Community

1. Log into your Paid DS Membership Here

2. Go to the top left corner of the Community.

3. Click your profile image (or initials) to open up your profile panel.

4. Look for the small floating pencil icon—you'll only see it when you hover near your picture. (Nice hiding spot, Kajabi.)

5. Click the pencil to open up your profile editing options.

   This is where you can:

   • Change your profile photo

   • Edit your display name

   • Answer or update profile questions

6. Next, scroll down or navigate to Notifications.

🔔 Set Your Notification Preferences

Under Notifications, you’ll find all the controls for how (and if) you hear from us:

✅ Announcements — Choose whether you want these as email alerts or just push notifications.

✅ Mentions & Comments — You can get notified when someone tags you or replies (Note: Comments are temporarily disabled during Beta for audience safety).

✅ Updates on Your Posts

✅ Direct Messages — You must turn these ON to receive private messages.

✅ Meetups & Live Room Alerts

✅ Weekly Digest — A summary of recent activity, straight to your inbox.

There is even a Kajabi App (which is where this platform lives) you can set up on your device from the Apple or Google Stores. More on that another time…

📬 Final Step: Keep Our Emails Out of Spam

Make sure you add these email addresses to your contacts so nothing important gets filtered:

• [email protected] – For all help, access, and community support

• [email protected] – For course updates, module alerts, and event news

That’s it! You’re now in control of how the community talks to you. 🎉
Let us know if you have any questions or need help tweaking your settings.

🧵 Month 4: The Innovative Adjustor:

🎯 Master the traditional pattern adjustments every designer needs — the fit corrections that transform your sewing from "homemade" to high-end.
🎯 New fine sewing construction: Welt Pocket Construction to go with your Marilyn Shorts — a must-have skill for jackets, coats, pants, and professional-grade garments.
🎬 And now... we head to the Riviera.

🌟 This Month’s Hollywood Inspiration:

We’re recreating Grace Kelly’s iconic wardrobe from To Catch a Thief — designed by the legendary Edith Head, Hollywood’s most awarded costume designer.

You’ll unlock two Grace Kelly-inspired patterns:
👗 The Grace Kelly Wrap Beach Skirt
👗 The Grace Kelly Body-Con Dress
🎓 PLUS — the lessons on how these elegant silhouettes were engineered.

💡 A Quick Recap of What You Already Own Inside Beta:

🚀 Month 1 — The Kickstarter

👜 Gatsby Shell Blouse, Trousers, Knot Bag
📏 Measurement Secrets
🧵 Fine Sewing: French Seams, Rolled Hems, Burrito Roll, Bias Bound Seams, Muslin Testing, Seaming & Hemming

🎨  The Design Smith
📐 Build & Use Your Own French Curve
🌀 Gatsby Era Style Lines
📏 Flat Pattern Length Adjustments for your Trousers with a Cuff
📚 Essentials in Flat Pattern Design

💋 Month 2 — The Rookie Designer + Marilyn Module

🎨 This is where your design adjustments get even more creative — and you add iconic Hollywood style to your pattern arsenal!

🎬 Style Line Spotlight:

• Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic looks on film (Video Style Analysis)

✂️ Adjustment Lessons:

• Neck Drop Adjustments:
  🔽 Lengthening & Shortening Round Neck Drops
  🔽 Lengthening & Shortening V-Neck Drops

🧵 Fine Sewing Technique:

• Hong Kong Seam Finishing

🎨 Fashion Illustration Bonus:

• Fashion Illustration with Oksana — drawing your designs

👗 Unlocked Patterns:

• Marilyn Peplum Halter Neck Top

• Marilyn Side-Zip Darted Shorts

• Retro Head Scarves (Final Project Assessment Unlock)

🎓 Rookie Designer Certificate:

• Complete your assessment, unlock your certificate — and move one step closer to design mastery!

🎯 Month 3 — Innovative Designer: The Blender

🎨 This is where you unlock one of the most powerful skills in advanced flat pattern design: true custom fit through blending.

🧵 Adjustment Lessons — Blending Patterns for a Perfect Fit:

• 🔄 Blending Hip Sizes (Increase & Decrease)

• 🔄 Blending Waist Sizes (Increase & Decrease)
  Learn how to combine sizes directly on your flat patterns for precise, made-for-you fit adjustments.

🎬 Style Line Spotlight:

• Audrey Hepburn’s legendary Roman Holiday look — a masterclass in simplicity, elegance, and proportion (with bonus Diana Vreeland insights)

🧵 Fine Sewing Technique:

• Flat-Felled Seams — Three variations of this professional finish technique that takes your garments to ready-to-wear quality.

👗 Unlocked Patterns:

• Audrey A-Line Skirt

• Audrey Blouse

• Audrey Neck Scarf

🎓 The Blender Final Assessment:

• Complete your project, submit your work, and earn your Design Innovator Certificate.

🔥 And what’s coming AFTER The Adjustor?

🎯 Dart Manipulation
👑 Jackie O’s Iconic Style
🪡 Couture Lining Techniques… and we will only only be half way through at that point.

📢 Stay tuned: If you purchased around at the Beta Launch at the end of March, Month 5 will drop next inside your member portal.

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Warmly,

Margie Vaudreuil
Founder, Sewing Pattern Secrets LLC

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