✨ What’s Behind the Seams: Your Look Inside Design Secrets

Whether you’ve dipped your toes in with our 5-pattern sampler site, joined the full Sewing Pattern Secrets database, or enrolled in the Design Secrets course itself—this is where it all comes together and we start to have fun!

Design Secrets is the curriculum behind the curtain. Since our beta launch in March, it’s become the most transformational experience we’ve offered yet—not just a course, but a map through the eras of fashion that shaped how clothing moves, fits, and lives on the body.

Each module includes a set of patterns inspired by a fashion icon of the time—figures who didn’t just follow trends, but changed them. Through their silhouettes, fabric choices, and construction details, we study how Marilyn influenced curves, how Audrey redefined proportion, how Grace embodied elegance through structure, and how Jacki's restraint became a political and cultural statement.

You’ll master fine sewing techniques, learn the flat pattern adjustments used by professionals, and decode the style lines that defined icons like the Gatsby’s girls, Marilyn’s curves, Audrey’s balance, Grace’s structure, and soon—Jacki’s restrained power and sheer class.

👉 Today, we're giving you a full walkthrough of everything unlocked so far—what you've already gained, and what’s just ahead.

👉 What’s Up Next?
The Jacki Era — Module 6: The Poised & Polished Designer — where you’ll refine your fine sewing foundation with couture-inspired techniques, hand-finished details, and precise construction that creates timeless, understated elegance.

👇Below we take a look back at how far you’ve come—and where we’re headed next.

Warmly,
Margie Vaudreuil
Founder, Sewing Pattern Secrets + Design Secrets

⚠️ Heads Up: The Price Is Going Up This Month

If you’ve been thinking about joining Design Secrets, now is the moment.

The current $97 price is going away this month — and will increase to $107 as we expand into new offer tiers, including monthly, six-month, rent-to-own, and 12-month premium packages.

So if you’ve been watching from the sidelines—or sitting on the fence—don’t wait. This isn’t just a price increase. It’s a shift into a more advanced program structure with premium-level pricing to match.

Module 1: Apprentice Starter Kit (The Gatsby Era)

Theme: Foundational techniques, confidence-building projects, flat pattern intro

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • Beta launch welcome

  • Community setup

  • Measurement mastery (videos + chart system)

  • Neckline finishing essentials

  • Fine machine sewing (hems, seams, finishing)

  • Flat pattern intro

  • First project unlocks and sewing confidence building

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Shortening and Lengthening a Cuffed Trouser (monthly flat pattern adjustments)

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lessons:

  • French Seams

  • Rolled Hems

  • Bias Bound Seams

  • Neckbands, Facings

  • Burrito Roll (Video Tutorial)

  • Machine stitched hems

  • Overlock seam finishes

  • Utility and clean tape seams

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • Gatsby Era style breakdown

  • Vogue Through the Decades analysis

  • Diana Vreeland perspective on early 20th-century lines

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Test Samples (Muslins)

  • Fabric Whisperer Fact Sheets (Sequin, Satin, Wool Suiting)

  • Printable charts & toolkits

  • Quizzes to unlock: Knot Bag, Shell Blouse, Trousers

  • Certificate: Apprentice Level

Module 2: Rookie Designer (Marilyn Era)

Theme: Playful glamour, neckline drama, youthful polish

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • Retro scarves and halter projects

  • Intro to fashion illustration

  • Neckline shape adjustment techniques

  • Fine seam binding methods

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Neck Drop Adjustments (Round + V-neck variations)

  • Shortening/Lengthening round neckline

  • Increasing V-Neck depth

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lesson:

  • Hong Kong Seam (Clean bound edge)

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • Marilyn Monroe Style Analysis (Video)

  • Neckline evolution

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Fashion Illustration with Oksana

  • Scarf patterns sent after final quiz

  • Certificate: Rookie Designer

Module 3: Innovative Designer – The Blender (Audrey Hepburn Era)

Theme: Refined proportions, blended sizing, Parisian elegance

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • How to blend waist and hip sizes

  • Capsule sewing logic

  • Seaming for movement and neat interior

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Blending Hips (Increase + Decrease)

  • Blending Waist (Increase + Decrease)

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lesson:

  • Flat-Felled Seams

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • Audrey Hepburn’s Roman Holiday style

  • Balancing clean lines with ease

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Certificate: Design Innovator

  • Complete Audrey Capsule (Skirt, Blouse, Scarf)

Module 4: The Adjustor (Grace Kelly / Edith Head Era)

Theme: Retro glamour, structure and sophistication

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • High/low bodice fitting

  • Rise adjustments for pants

  • Historic tailoring insight from Edith Head

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Bodice lengthening/shortening

  • Pant rise changes

  • Flat butt / full seat

  • High / low armhole

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lessons:

  • Welt Pocket Construction

  • Single Bias Bound Halter Finish

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • Edith Head’s vision in To Catch a Thief

  • Grace Kelly silhouette deconstruction

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Final project assessments

  • Quizzes for Wrap Skirt and Bodycon Dress

Module 5: The Manipulator (MTM)

Theme: Dart transformation, power through structure

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • Dart rotation and bust shaping

  • Strong structural control in flat pattern

  • Fitted capris and layering neckline tops

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Converting Bust Dart to Princess Seam

  • Bust-to-Waist Dart creation

  • Moving dart to mid-armhole

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lesson:

  • (In Dev) Mitering a Corner Hem (Kick Pleats + Vents)

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • “The Pant Revolution You Saw on TV”

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • MTM Capri Pants Pattern

  • MTM Mock Turtleneck Pattern

Module 6: The Poised & Polished Designer (Jacki Era)

Theme: Couture lining, political polish, timeless tailoring

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • Advanced lining structure for skirt/jacket

  • Clean finishing from underlining to tricot

  • Princess shaping prep

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lesson:

  • Princess Line Contouring

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lessons:

  • Understitching

  • Mitering Hem/Vent Corner

  • Lining the Jackie Skirt

  • Tricot Bound Seams with Zigzag Stitch

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • “A Woman Before the White House”

  • Jacki's early wardrobe influence

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Cross-module prep for jacket lining (ties into Modules 9 & 10)

Module 7: The Sleeve Wizard (Princess Diana Era)

Theme: Grace in movement, soft drama, royal evolution

• ✅ What to Expect:

  • Refined sleeve adjustments and cap shaping

  • Royal silhouette through layering and fit refinement

• 🧵 Flat Pattern Adjustment Lessons:

  • Bolero Sleeve Armscye Adjustment

  • Slash and Spread Sleeve Manipulation

• ✨ Fine Sewing Lesson:

  • Shoulder shape pressing and finish

• 👗 Style Line Lessons:

  • Diana’s evolution from soft romantic to bold structured sleeves

• 🎁 Bonus Lessons:

  • Bolero + Clutch pairing guidance

  • Styling for formal & semi-formal wear

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Warmly,

Margie Vaudreuil
Founder, Sewing Pattern Secrets LLC

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