Welcome to day 3 of giveaway week! Today’s giveaway is not for beautiful fabrics or adorable patterns, but for a class to create your own patterns!
You might know Lauren Dahl from her popular blog,
Baste and Gather. Or maybe you know Lauren from the her pattern company,
Selvage Designs–home of a KCW favorite,
the Soleil Dress. I want to introduce you to not Lauren the blogger, not Lauren the pattern designer, but Lauren Dahl, the amazing teacher. Lauren has created an e-course that guides you through the process of designing your own patterns, from inspiration all the way to marketing and sales.
Pattern Workshop was founded in 2014 to provide aspiring pattern designers and sewing bloggers the tools they need to succeed in their businesses. Through highly informative videos, downloadable templates, printable checklists and detailed diagrams, students learn to use state-of-the-art software to create high-quality digital products.
If you’ve ever dreamed of designing your own patterns you know it can seem overwhelming. Actually just trying to figure out where to start can be completely overwhelming. Lauren’s course will take you from the very beginning all the way until your newly designed pattern is a reality! Just check out all this course has to offer:
So fantastic, right?! No matter what your sewing abilities, drafting experience, or Adobe Illustrator knowledge, Lauren has something to teach you. Just look at all the things her students have to say about Pattern Workshop:

Not only will you learn all about drafting, grading, and marketing patterns but you will meet a ton of people too. Lauren has set up a private Facebook group for everyone who takes this course. It’s a super supportive group of established and aspiring designers totally willing to share knowledge, answer questions, and help each other promote their patterns.
And now for the giveaway! Lauren has generously offered one enrollment in the course, Creating PDF Patterns: From Sketch to Sale ($149 value)! To enter use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter by Tuesday July 22. This giveaway is open to international entries, void where prohibited by law. Winner will receive the e-course Creating PDF Patterns: From Sketch to Sale.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Good Luck and Happy KCW!
76 Comments
I’d love to learn how to make my own patterns!
I would love to learn how to create my own patterns!
I would love to learn how to make my own patterns! What an amazing sounding course!
I’d love to win this contest! The e-course sounds fabulous!
I would sooooooo love to learn how to draft patterns for my kiddos AND lay them out in Illustrator. Dream. Come. True!
I do want to be a designer! I have tons of pattern ideas I need to put into fruition! This course has been on my wish list since it came out.
I’d especially love to design patterns for myself or my own kids.
I’d love to design for my own use. 🙂
This would be so helpful for the patterns and tutorials I share on my blog! Would love to learn more! Thanks for the intro and the chance to win! 🙂
Ooh I’ve been wanting to take Lauren’s pattern workshop SOOO BAD! I’d love to win!
Having this course would be an awesome addition to me wanting to make custom fits for my family!!
I’d love to learn pattern drafting. I did not see a Rafflecopter widget, though. Thanks!
How exciting! I’d love to learn PDF pattern making! So many design possibilities!
This course would be so helpful! I’m just starting out and teaching myself. It has been so challenging but I feel a huge sense of accomplishment when I uncover something that really helps or complete another step along the journey.
What an awesome giveaway!! Fingers crossed!
YEsssss, love the creativity involved!
Thank you for the giveaway!
would love to design patterns…I’ve only started dabbling in designing a little girl’s purse and a wallet is at testers now! but clothes are on my to-do list!
I would love to learn! I think Lauren is just fabulous; she’s very thorough and just so sweet:)
I’ve had that workshop on my radar for a while now. I’d love to be able to get my self made patterns digitized and graded!
What a great giveaway idea! I love this!
I would really like to know how to draft my own patterns, grade them, etc. Whether I’d ever sell them … well that may be another story 🙂
Heck yes, I’d LOVE to be a pattern designer! I’ve always loved sewing, knitting, crocheting, just creating, and this seems like the logical next step for me, especially since I have two growing little boys to dress. 🙂
I would love to learn how to design my own patterns! 🙂
Oh yes please! I’m itching to take this course, and saving hard to do so. Fingers crossed!
It’s overwhelming to me, but I would love to learn to make my own patterns!
I’ve had my eye on this course for awhile, just waiting until I have time to take it!
Yes, I would love to learn!! 🙂
I would love to design patterns for my daughter as she grows up, without spending a fortune on variations of simple patterns
At the moment I’m still learning how to follow patterns and draft my own for my three little girls. I feel like this class would not only help me with that but maybe help me earn some money to make up for my new found fabric addiction 😉
I would love to learn this skill!
I really want to learn to grade the patterns I draft and learn to adjust patterns for a better fit. This course would be perfect!
I’d really love to learn how to design and digitally prepare patterns.
my Fall goal is to get some of my patterns up and for sale- this class is just what i’ve been looking for!! fingers double crossed!
Oh me too, good luck to you in this endevor
I’d love to add my own patterns to my repertoire.
I would love to win and learn to draft patterns!
I would love to learn more about pattern design.
oh, that would be nice 🙂
This course is exactly what I need
would love to learn how to make my own patterns
I would love to win this course. I started making sewing patterns last year and would love to learn how to perfect the digitization and help the process move faster.
I have a load of self drafted patterns that I would love to PDF ify 🙂 this course could change the course of my personal history!!!
I didn’t even know about this course. I have hand drafted patterns, taken the photos, written instructs and then… They sit on my computer. I would love someone to help me all the way through the process.
Love e-courses and it would be great to expand my skills to include pattern drafting. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love this course!
This would be a lovely course to take. 🙂
By the way, the widget doesn’t show in the post itself – is that intentional??
Dang, I would LOVE to learn how!
This would be such a fun class! It covers so much and I love that what you learn here can be used for a lot of purposes not just creating and selling patterns.
Oh yes! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
I’d love to learn to design and digitise my patterns for my own use (and the munchkin’s).
Learning how to make my own patterns would be fantastic both personally and professionally!
Learning how to do in the right way would be fantàstic thanks
I’d love to learn how to make patterns!
Oh, I so so so want to do this course. I love pattern drafting and I would really value being able to learn how to do it in the digital age!
I have taken this course and released my first pattern last week! I concur that it is worth every penny and more. I have learned SO much and I have made a lot of new friends through the Facebook page as well. I just can’t say enough good things about it. It’s fantastic! 🙂
I would love to learn how to draft my own patterns! I’m at the point where I hack at existing patterns, but creating my own would be amazing!
I would love to try my hand at pattern making! This sounds like a fantastic course 🙂
We would turn some of Allegra’s fabulous skirt art illustrations into the real thing!
Another awesome giveaway! This one looks great!
Always wanted to create my own pattern…
I have just started exploring pattern drafting and would love to learn more
I’ve wanted to try Lauren’s workshop since it first came out. Everyone I know who has used it has raved about the entire experience!
i DREAM of making my own patterns!
This is absolutely exactly what I need to win 🙂
I have an eye on this course since longtime 🙂
YES, YES, YES I want to learn how to design patterns digitally, I would LOVE to win this class, that would be so awesome!
I would LOVE to be able to create patterns for the sketches I keep drawing whenever I get my hands on a pencil!!!
I’ve had my eye on this course for quite some time now! I would LOVE to know this information and be a pattern designer.
Would really like to try drafting my own patterns! This would be an awesome chance.
I love to design my own patterns and I’d really love to know how to digitize them. it’d be great to know how to do, for one day when my kids don’t require all of my time.
I`d love to learn to make patterns for clothes for my grandchildren!
I’ve made my own paper patterns but would love to be able to learn to make them on my computer
I do want to be able to design patterns. I like learning new skills 🙂
I’d love to learn more about making and producing my own patterns, thanks for the chance to win!
I’d love to be able to design my own patterns! Thanks for the chance!