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I owe some of you an apology
- Jan 10, 2017
- joost
- 0 comments
- oops
If you provided feedback through this website's feedback form , I owe you an apology. I never reacted to you because, well, I never got your message. What went wrong? The form was configured to send your feedback via email to [email protected] . But that's an email address that's not actually...
We all need a hug after 2016, so here's some good news
When you look at the big picture, 2016 has been a truly dreadful year. I'll get to the awfulness in a minute. But first, let's focus on this website shall we? We are doing great It's been a great year for makemypattern. Our numbers are up across the board, but you don't have to take my word for it...
Announcing the Aiden A-shirt pattern
- Aug 19, 2016
- joost
- 1 comments
This Aiden A-shirt is an undershirt that is quick and easy to make. Only the knit binding takes some practice. But this is underwear, so you're going to make a bunch, right? It comes with a number of options (10 to be exact), the most important ones of those bundles into fit and style options packs...
Your shoulder length is not what you think it is, and it's ruining your shirt pattern
- Aug 3, 2016
- joost
- 4 comments
I want to take a minute to write about shoulder length, and how it is impacting your Singular Shirt pattern. The comments section on the Singular Shirt documentation page has several people writing in to complain about some sort of pointy shoulder situation at the yoke. The reasons is — invariably...
Announcing the Tokyo Top pattern
- Jul 26, 2016
- joost
- 0 comments
- TokyoTop, zero-waste
Sorcha saw this top in Tokyo last year and has been asking me to recreate it for her ever since (because Tokyo sizes are tiny). It's a very simple zero-waste top and after asking around whether people would be interested, I've decided to make it available here on MakeMyPattern. This is a different...
Hallo von Frankfurt - Migration to new datacenter
- Jul 18, 2016
- joost
- 0 comments
This morning, makemypattern.com was migrated from its old location in London to its new home in Frankfurt. And if you are reading this, that means you are browsing the site at its new datacenter. This migration was initially announced for the 1st of July , but I had to postpone it as that coincided...