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#Sketch2Finish: Swimsuit Drawings Edition by Martha

Two summers ago, Martha wrote a guest post about jumping into the unknown waters of swimsuit sewing. Now, as she shows her swimsuit drawings brought

MyBodyModel Swimsuit Sketches by Martha @GariChild

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Sketchbook Chronicles: Swimsuit Edition, by Martha

I don’t know what it is but the idea of sewing a swimsuit just puts a freeze on my entire being. In my head it’s

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Bring your designs to life! ✨✨ When Dari wasn

Bring your designs to life! ✨✨

When Dari wasn’t able to find a good planner that had everything she was looking for, she decided to create one of her own by using her MyBodyModel croquis to plan out her future sewing projects.

She knew immediately that MyBodyModel was going to be a game changer for planning out her sewing projects. Not only that, but by using her own measurements, she felt like she was finally able to fully bring her designs to life. Here’s what she had to say:

“I was in love when I printed out the pages, and even more in love after I started drawing and coloring in the clothes. As I was drawing, I couldn’t help but remember my youth. When I was younger I loved sketching fashion designs. As you can tell, I have come a long way, and let me tell you, that drawing on the croquis, which was designed after my own measurements, was pretty amazing. I could actually imagine the clothing on me, and it makes a huge difference. When I was younger I tried so hard to give my clothing shape as I was drawing, but having the croquis available as a guide brings a design to life!"

Head on over to our blog to see how MyBodyModel has changed Dari’s approach to the planning process!! (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

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A key tip from Mireille: Don’t stress about the

A key tip from Mireille: Don’t stress about the details. 🚫

That is where many of us get caught up and feel like sketching is either too much or not in your skill set – which are both untrue. This stage is for exploration and making sure you get the result you desire.

For Mirielle, MyBodyModel allows her to enter into a stage of reflection before starting a new project, even though her mind always resists a little bit. Drawing for visualization has absolutely changed her approach to sewing.

She uses both digital digital and paper croquis fashion templates to explore what style she’s going for, design details, and finalizing all with a fabulous end result.

Here’s what Mirielle has to say:
“Like any practice, progress comes with practice. Try not to stay stuck right at the beginning. Then, just get started, get lost in the process, have fun. Try not to hang on too much on the result and rather cultivate curiosity and an open mind.”

Her last bit of advice? Above all, honor your shape and #YourOwnBeautifulBody! We can get behind that 💯

Head on over to our blog for more creative process tips from Mirielle! (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

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We’ve got the low-down on sewing project planner

We’ve got the low-down on sewing project planners from Elana! 📋

When Elana needed a way to organize her ideas and stay motivated, she turned to investing in her own personalized planner. Using Microsoft Publisher, Elana was able to create the planner of her dreams, altering it to fit her needs and wants.

She says:

“I designed my own planner using Microsoft Publisher, pulling inspiration from several printable options that weren’t exactly what I wanted. I love that I am able to add my MyBodyModel custom croquis to any page and can make my own sketching layouts.”

She also provides a number of recommendations for readymade options. From there she plans, visualizes, chooses fabric and sketches staying focused but also flexible.

“My personalized sewing planner is in a three ring binder so if plans change, I can just move that project page. When I come back to it later, I know at a glance what I wanted to do. I am a fairly indecisive person who also wants to sew all.the.things, so having this visual system really helps to maximize my sewing time by keeping me focused and cutting down on time between projects.”

She goes on to say:

“I know my system is working because I’ve already completed several projects.”

We love when a plan works, don’t you?

Head on over to our blog to check out Elana’s sewing planner organization tips! (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

#SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch

We have to admit—we LOVE a moodboard as a fun an

We have to admit—we LOVE a moodboard as a fun and creative way to plan a wardrobe!

However, akin to fashion mood boards is the cork board approach to planning your seasonal sewing and knitting projects and Sarah is here to tell us all about it!

1.) Once I have decided what I’d like to try and make for a given season, I sit down and sketch all the styles using MyBodyModel. I label each style with the name of the pattern I plan to use and attach them to my cork board. Seeing this board in my sewing room everyday really helps me to stay motivated throughout the season!

2.) Once I start working on a garment I transfer the sketch and swatch to my sewing notebook where I document the making process and keep fitting notes. This is quick and easy because when I first put the sketches and swatches on the corkboard, I just roll up a little piece of Scotch tape and use that to stick them on the board. Then, when I’m ready to put them in my notebook, I just pluck them off and stick them right in the book!

✨And here’s an additional tip for staying inspired!

“I try not to think of my seasonal sewing plans as set in stone – the corkboard is aspirational only! If a new pattern comes out that I’m super excited about, I’ll go ahead and make it. If I’m not feeling a certain garment I had planned to make, I don’t force myself to make it.”

Sarah also started knitting, so she’s been using the corkboard method for her knitting projects as well!

What do you think? Are you inspired to give the corkboard method a try?

To check out Sarah’s corkboard approach to seasonal sewing, head over to our blog (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

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Be your own body model and design your wardrobe wi

Be your own body model and design your wardrobe with the confidence that your clothes will look and feel as amazing as you are. ✨

Here are 5 ways to use MyBodyModel:

✨ See how clothes will look on your body shape
✨ Try out patterns, fabrics, & yarn before committing
✨ Plan an intentional wardrobe
✨ Try new looks & explore your personal style
✨ Plan your sewing or knitting projects with confidence!

Make sure to get your FREE preview if you haven’t already! Just click the link in our bio to get started!

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

#SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #BulletJournal #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch #FibreMood

Where are all of our knitters? 🙋🏻 We LOVE h

Where are all of our knitters? 🙋🏻

We LOVE how MyBodyModel has become a go-to for knitters in the fashion sketching community ❤️ It enables knitters to think through in advance the choices they will need to make along the way–fit, length, gauge, and myriad of potential design and style variations.

Diane has this say about how MyBodyModel has helped with her knitting projects:

“The worst thing is to spend hours and hours knitting a garment only to find out that the style didn’t suit my body. This was my story before I started using MyBodyModel. Drawing on my personal body croquis helps eliminate the disappointment of knitting a garment, only to have it not look good after finishing it. "

Here’s a lovely gallery that we’ve curated of some amazing knitter’s sketches using MyBodyModel croquis!

Do you use MyBodyModel to assist in your knitting projects? 🧶

To read more stories about how people are using MyBodyModel to help plan, sketch, and create me-made wardrobes, head over to our blog (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

#SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #BulletJournal #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch #FibreMood

Watercolors vs stamps 🤔 Sometimes pencils and

Watercolors vs stamps 🤔

Sometimes pencils and markers can get, well….boring. So, we’ve loved seeing a few guest bloggers try new ways to get their ideas out on paper—watercolors and stamps!

Adding a creative spin to her sketching, Kari used watercolors to color in each one of her looks from her mini-capsule wardrobe. With her initial goal of 24 me-made pieces, Kari found herself close with the help of her body model and what it brings to the sewing game.🎨

While on the other side of the spectrum Leanne brought her sewing bullet journal to life with the help of a stamp. She ordered a 3x2 inch custom acrylic stamp from Etsy. She says that she’s obsessed with using it in her sewing journal. Here’s what she had to say:

“Something about the stamp making it look like I actually drew the croquis, as opposed to it very obviously being something I cut out and glued on, makes the pages seem that much more seamless.”

Watercolors vs stamps—which one would you be more prone to try?

Hop on over to our blog as Kari shows us how she uses watercolors and Leann show us how she uses stamps to create the wardrobes of their dreams! (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

#SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #BulletJournal #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch #FibreMood

Let’s create a cohesive wardrobe out of patterns

When it comes to sewing, Ciara has learned that he

When it comes to sewing, Ciara has learned that her body is truly unique and no mass-produced croquis is ever going to truly reflect it. Good thing for MyBodyModel’s custom fashion croquis templates using your real body measurements!

Based on the proportions of her unique body she has developed specific preferences for how she prefers to dress. Ciara explains her preferences:

“I don’t think a pronounced sleeve head does my narrow, slightly sloped shoulders any favors. I have a short torso & a prominent belly, so I really prefer waistbands to hit at my natural waist—not too high & not too low. I have long legs, which I think are best showcased by skirts hemmed just above the knee.”

Perfect. Now not only is she aware of her specific proportions, she also knows what she likes and what she doesn’t. She continues:

“I was really impressed with how much my croquis resembled me. I instantly printed out the eight croquis page, because I’m all about rationing paper and I like to see a selection of outfit ideas side-by-side so I can think creatively about how to combine pieces into different outfits. I cracked open my bullet journal to my master list of planned sewing projects & started sketching.”

Now to the fun part - sketching! Designing on a body figure that looks like you can be empowering and even life changing. Hop on over to the blog to see more of Ciara’s sketchbook chronicles!

To read more stories about how people are using MyBodyModel to help plan and sketch wardrobes that make them feel confident, head over to our blog (link in bio).

Ready to start designing clothes for YOUR body? Create a custom fashion croquis (body outline sketch) based on your measurements with MyBodyModel. It's free to see your body model preview - and then you can create a printable and digital fashion sketchbook, featuring your personal croquis! Start your free preview today at mybodymodel.com.

#SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #BulletJournal #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch #FibreMood

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