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✨ Twiggy-Inspired Diamonds and Rust Pattern Drop

✨ Twiggy-Inspired Diamonds and Rust Pattern Drop

Design Secrets' Module 11: The Redesigner

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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🎀✨ Marilyn Shorts: The Classiest Pair of Rookie Shorts You'll Ever Sew

🎀✨ Marilyn Shorts: The Classiest Pair of Rookie Shorts You'll Ever Sew

Sew your first beautifully tailored shorts—with easy darts, invisible side zip, elegant style lines, and the iconic flair of the Marilyn Monroe era. Pattern link inside!

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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💎 👑 Inside the Windsor Era: Flat Pattern Secrets, Skills and Patterns You’ll Use for the Rest of Your Life

💎 👑 Inside the Windsor Era: Flat Pattern Secrets, Skills and Patterns You’ll Use for the Rest of Your Life

💃✨Three regal patterns designed for candlelit rooms, cocktails, and winter gatherings

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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✨ Twiggy-Inspired Diamonds and Rust Pattern Drop

✨ Twiggy-Inspired Diamonds and Rust Pattern Drop

Design Secrets' Module 11: The Redesigner

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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👑 The Royal Sheathe Dress: Fit for a Queen — But Sewn by You!

👑 The Royal Sheathe Dress: Fit for a Queen — But Sewn by You!

🔥 This Isn’t Just a Dress—It’s a Statement

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💎 👑 Three regal patterns designed for candlelit rooms, cocktails, and winter gatherings

💎 👑 Three regal patterns designed for candlelit rooms, cocktails, and winter gatherings

💃✨Inside the Windsor Era: Flat Pattern Lessons, Fit Skills and Designer Patterns You’ll Use for the Rest of Your Life

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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👀 🎬 Edith Head’s Rule: Choose the Character Before the Pattern

👀 🎬 Edith Head’s Rule: Choose the Character Before the Pattern

Grace on the Riviera, Audrey in Sabrina... now use the same method for your next make.

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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Meet Kate's Luxurious Rebel Trousers: High Waisted Structure

Meet Kate's Luxurious Rebel Trousers: High Waisted Structure

Design Secrets: High-waisted structure · An introduction to linings and facings (Module 9)

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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✨ Meet Kate's Rebel Blazer - A Study in Structure, Facings and Finish

✨ Meet Kate's Rebel Blazer - A Study in Structure, Facings and Finish

Design Secrets: Lining Luminary Part 2 is here—polished interiors, clean facings, and the finishing decisions that make your blazer look truly tailored.

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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🦋✨ You’ve mastered the patterns... now this transformation happens

🦋✨ You’ve mastered the patterns... now this transformation happens

✨Sewing stops being about steps — and starts being about fit and finishing.

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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🌹✨The Silk Chemise Nightie — A Designer’s Lingerie Classic

🌹✨The Silk Chemise Nightie — A Designer’s Lingerie Classic

💫🍷Sewists! Start prepping for Valentines Day! Pattern Hacks, Fabric & Notion Links + Tutorials. Next stop — satin mastery with Design Secrets.

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil
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👒✨She Called It The Look of a Lady ✨ Audrey’s Blouse & Skirt: Now a Lesson

👒✨She Called It The Look of a Lady ✨ Audrey’s Blouse & Skirt: Now a Lesson

Inside Design Secrets: See why Diana Vreeland believed this look defined an era—and how you can sew it.

Marjorie Vaudreuil
Marjorie Vaudreuil