Hello Wintergreen!
I’m a Wintergreen fan and have been enjoying seeing your recent growth and exploration of new product offerings and collaborations! As a garment sewist, there is one product I’d really like to see — Wintergreen designs available as sewing patterns or kits! As professional graphic designer, I’d love to work with you to make Wintergreen sewing patterns a reality if that’s something you’d consider.
In recent years I’ve observed multiple garment and product manufacturers begin offering their designs as sewing patterns, making more of their products available and accessible to more people (see examples below). As a sewist, it’s exciting to have the opportunity to make an item by a brand I already admire and trust to produce well designed and drafted patterns. Many companies making this move have a focus on quality, sustainability, and ethical production and/or a unique signature style — both qualitites I clearly see in Wintergreen.
Home garment and hobby sewing has grown a lot over the past few years with lots of new folks picking up the skill and participating in robust online and in-person communities to share projects and knowledge. While there are currently pattern companies that offer outdoor gear and apparel patterns (see examples below), Wintergreen products have a unique character and existing following that I think makes a great candidate for offering sewing patterns and/or kits.
I’ve got the design skills plus the sewing experience to be able to produce a sellable home sewing pattern sewists would love using. Let me know if you’d be interested in working together! If sewing patterns aren’t a possibility right now, let me know if you’d be open to working together on any other projects that may be a good fit. Thanks for your time!
Abby Hill
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Products to Patterns
Businesses who have added or shifted to offering their garment and product designs as sewing patterns.
Winsome Goods
Winsome Goods was founded in Minneapolis in 2014 as an apparel line, creating simple, modern, clothing, sustainably and ethically made in the USA.
Transition to Patterns
The studio transitioned to a “Sew It Yourself” business model in 2021 and produced some of their most popular designs as at-home sewing patterns.
Details
Formats: PDF or Print
Pricing: $16-$25 each.
Fringe Supply Co.
Fringe Supply Co. was an online retail shop focused on selling “Nice Things for Makers.” They are most well known for their popular range of knitting bags, thoughtfully designed and ethically produced in Nashville, TN.
Transition to Patterns
After deciding to cease production and retail operations, Fringe Supply Co. partnered with a well-established independent sewing pattern company, Grainline Studio, to produce and sell patterns for their popular bags. Thus far, both the Fringe Bag (sold for $65 new) and the larger Town Bag (sold for $95 new) have been released.
Details
Formats: PDF or Print Pattern, Various Kit Options
Pricing: $3—$55 (various combinations of patterns/kits)
Field Bag Pattern / Fabric+Notions Kit / Notions Only Kit
Town Bag Pattern / Fabric+Notions Kit / Notions Only Kit
Elizabeth Suzann
Elizabeth Suzann is a Made in the USA clothing brand, focused on sustainability.
Transition to Patterns
During the pandemic, they decided to scale back their production and began to offer fabric and patterns for some of their popular designs.
Details
Formats: PDF
Pricing: Pay What You Can ($15 full price)
Misha and Puff
Misha and Puff is a premium clothing company mainly offering knitwear for adults and children. They focus on sustainability, quality, fair treatment, and thoughtfully made products.
Addition of Patterns
As part of their sustainability mission, the Misha and Puff Studio offers knitting patterns, supplies, and mending services. Knitting patterns offered are children’s patterns from the archives, and not current offerings in their finished good product lines.
Details
Formats: PDF
Pricing: $5.50-$15 for individual or bundled patterns
Roberts Wood
Roberts Wood clothing features an innovative approach to textiles and construction. They also offer sewing patterns for select garments to provide an exclusive insight into the studio’s signature pattern-making, textile and construction methods.
Alabama Chanin
Alabama Chanin produces well-designed and thoughtfully made goods for the person and the home. They elevate and merge design, craft, and fashion with their distinct styles and construction methods. The School of Making offers patterns, kits, and workshops centered on signature Alabama Chanin techniques and designs.
Vogue Patterns
In perhaps the longest standing example of the product-to-pattern offering, Vogue Patterns (a commercial, “Big 4” pattern company) has decades of history in offering garment sewing patterns for pieces from well known fashion designers.
Current Landscape
Existing pattern or supply companies in the outdoor/activewear market
Green Pepper Patterns
Outdoor Clothing & Accessories / Women / Men / Youth
Green Pepper offers sewing patterns for outdoor clothing and accessories for adults and children. A relatively well known company among longtime home sewists, they are not well known outside of the home sewing industry.
Thread Theory
Outdoor Clothing & Accessories / Women / Men
The market for sewing patterns for men is much smaller than the market for women’s patterns. Thread Theory is known for high quality mens wear patterns (both of their own line, and highlighting other quality men’s patterns). Many of their patterns are outerwear or outdoor friendly. They also provide women’s patterns on a smaller scale.
Jalie
Activewear / Women / Men / Youth
Jalie is known for providing quality sewing patterns in a wide range of sizes, many of which are activewear or outerwear patterns. Well respected and well known in the home sewing industry, but not the most current in terms of designs or marketing.
Rockywoods
Fabrics & Supplies for Activewear and Outdoor Clothing / Patterns
Rockywoods is an online fabric/notions store focused on outdoor, outerwear, and gear friendly fabrics and supplies. Their pattern shop mainly stocks Green Pepper Patterns.
Commercial Patterns
Outdoor Clothing & Accessories / Women / Men / Youth
Commercial pattern companies (McCalls, Butterick, etc.) have a vast catalog of patterns including womens, mens, and kids patterns for activewear, outerwear, and outdoor accessories. Patterns can be difficult to locate, especially if out of print. Commercial patterns are also not always the most beginner friendly.
Seattle Fabrics
Fabrics & Supplies for Activewear and Outdoor Clothing and Gear / Patterns
Seattle Fabrics sells marine, industrial, outdoor, recreational fabrics as well as notions and patterns for outdoor use. They carry patterns from a variety of makers but are not well marketed or promoted.
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