Relevant Websites

  1. Mood Sewiety [Blog]. https://www.moodfabrics.com/blog/

A great resource for sewers for all levels and backgrounds, covering a wide range of topics like fashion trends and history, tutorials and guides, garment style explanations, a circle skirt calculator, along with its own collection of free patterns including standard garments as well as sportswear, lingerie, cosplay and more.

  1. The Australian Sewing Guide [Community Organization Website]. https://aussew.org.au/

The Australian Sewing Guild provides assistance and guidance to further the sewing knowledge and skill of its members and aspiring sewers across Australia through local sewing groups, online tutorials, events, and challenges and competitions. They also have a sewing tutor directory if you are looking for one-on-one instruction.

  1. Patternreview.com [Online Review Site]. https://sewing.patternreview.com/

An online sewing community page, this site provides 1000’s of sewing pattern and sewing machine reviews from community members worldwide. A great resource for exploring patterns and seeing finished versions and getting advice on level of skill needed, tricky techniques, fitting issues and any other pattern problems.

  1. The Sewing Directory. (n.d.). Independent Pattern Companies A-H [Webpage, page 1 of 3]. The Sewing Directory. . https://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/independent-pattern-companies/

A good guide for exploring different sewing patterns and fashion styles, this site lists independent sewing pattern companies from around the world providing a brief description of the type of patterns provided and a link to their site, many of which provide a free pattern for subscribers.