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Meet the Speakers
Meet Your Host
Christina HadleyDike
I’m Christina HadleyDike, a digital pattern maker and educator who helps sewists move beyond commercial patterns and confidently create their own. Through my teaching, I focus on making pattern making feel clear, approachable, and grounded in understanding the why—not just following steps or formulas.
I’m the founder of the Digital Pattern Drafting Academy and have supported hundreds of sewists as they transition from sewing patterns to drafting them, both digitally and on paper. My teaching style is warm, encouraging, and process-driven, with a strong emphasis on fit, design analysis, and reusable foundations.
I believe pattern making doesn’t have to be intimidating or overly technical to be powerful. With the right framework and guidance, it becomes an exciting creative skill that grows with you.
When I’m not teaching, you’ll usually find me drafting new patterns, filming tutorials, cheering on makers as they build confidence—or heading out on bike adventures whenever I can.
Meet Your Speakers
Sheredith Hardy
How Projector Sewing Changes the Pattern Drafting Process
Sheredith Hardy is a Projector Sewing Educator with over five years of experience helping sewists use projectors to simplify and enhance the sewing process. She teaches sewists how to confidently move from paper patterns to confidently using a projector for sewing. Sheredith is an educator with over 12 years of classroom experience. Now, she is the creator of three online courses that teach you how to get started with projector sewing and transfer paper pattern skills to the digital realm. Known for her friendly, straightforward teaching style, she breaks down complex topics into clear, easy-to-follow steps that actually make sense. Through her website, YouTube channel, and online courses, Sheredith helps sewists save time, reduce frustration, and rediscover the joy and excitement of sewing that projector-based sewing brought back into her own life.
Mia Green
Patternmaking for The Home Sewer
Mia Green serves as the Director of Education for a local quilt shop in Plano, Texas, and she is the founder of The Couture Beauty & Sewing Academy, where she teaches sewing to adults and children both online and in person. Known for her partnerships with various Texas cities, Mia leads fashion camps, professional development workshops, and creative team-building experiences for creatives. Her mission is to empower individuals to build skills, express their style, and create with confidence.
Monika Potaszynska
Creating a custom sleeve pattern from scratch for laptops, tablets and books
"Monika is a bag designer and sewing educator who loves helping makers design bags their own way. She works with sewists who are comfortable at the sewing machine but feel unsure about how to turn an idea into a pattern.
Through her membership, the Bag Maker Community, Monika shows makers how to draft bag patterns from scratch, adjust sizes, and add their own design details. She teaches in a practical, easy to follow way that focuses on understanding the process rather than memorising steps.
Monika believes learning to draft your own patterns gives you more freedom, more confidence, and a lot more creative fun, even if you are just getting started."
Kathryn Paterwic
Researching for sewists and cosplay
Redfield has been teaching costuming at a magnet art high school for 12 years in addition to competing in international craftsmanship competitions for 8 years. She is just as comfortable in the cosplay judging room as in front of a room full of the most curious cosplayers. Having experience with both professional and less conventional costume techniques
Charlie Nebe
Altering Patterns
Charlie is a YouTuber focused on making and creative exploration through crafts like sewing, embroidery, macrame, drawing, and much more!
Krystal Peto
Fit That Lasts: Seeing Fit Clearly Before Fixing It
Krystal Peto is a fashion designer with a professional background in technical design and fit modeling, specializing in product development and wearability for mass-market apparel. Her background includes work with brands such as Calvin Klein, Under Armour, Tahari, BCBG, and Aeropostale.
Known for her ability to read fit through fabric behavior, balance, and anatomy, Krystal approaches fit as both a technical and human problem. “If a garment looks good on a hanger but fails on the body, you’ve already lost the customer. In the mass market, the product has to speak for itself.” This perspective comes from over 10 years of experience training her eye to catch every detail and ensuring each element of a garment is thoughtfully considered before it ever leaves the factory floor.
Beverly Johnson
Cloning a Favourite Bra
Beverly Johnson is your Fairy Bra Mother and she has been teaching bra-making to enthusiasts of all ages and all skill levels, from nervous newbies to seasoned professionals. Author of 11 books and designer of over 3 dozen sewing patterns for intimate apparel, Beverly still remains passionate about making intimate apparel.
Julie DeMaggio
3 Things You MUST Know About Fabrics - to create a good sewing pattern
Julie DeMaggio is an experienced designer, fashion educator, and entrepreneur. She makes sure you have your knowledge of fabrics covered, so you can design and create the most successful projects.
Ali Morris
Gape darts and contouring
I'm Ali, and I came up with the idea of Creative Bobbin when so many people were asking me how I learnt to make dresses.
I've been working in the fashion industry my whole career, I was lucky enough to know from an early age what I loved doing. I learnt my first skills off my mum, as she had also been sewing her whole career, then in 1992 I went to college to study fashion and textiles.
In 1998 I first worked in New York, where I learnt a lot, very quickly! After 4 years I headed to London where I worked for big retailers for 5 years.
In 2007 I entered the bridal market, almost by accident, making bespoke dresses, which I still do now, and still love! I keep getting told I make it look easy, so I thought I'd share how easy it can be.....
Josefine Hultén
Common fit problems and how to fix them
Josefine is a Swedish pattern maker with 10+ years experience in the fashion industry. Her grandmother taught her how to sew and she started making her own clothes at the age of 9. She’s sharing her knowledge of fit, technical design, and creative pattern making with the sewing community. She helps her mentees create their dream wardrobes and understand fit on a deeper level.
Minna Konttijärvi
From Basic Block to Sculptural Skirt: Mastering the Panel Technique
Minna Konttijärvi is a Finnish patternmaker and designer currently living in Milan, Italy. She’s been making patterns for over a decade. Her patterns are a mix of traditional and creative techniques.
Minna specializes in textures and volumes, frequently incorporating geometric forms and various types of folds into her designs. She dedicates a lot of time doing half-scale pattern experiments in cotton muslin to see what’s possible. For her, it’s a way to brainstorm ideas, like sketching with fabric.
Minna has been sharing her passion for this amazing craft through tutorials on her blog, theshapesoffabric.com, and Instagram posts since 2017. She is grateful for the opportunity to inspire sewing enthusiasts worldwide to learn how to draft their own patterns.
Rory Duffy
Fit and Figuration
A Savile Row–trained Master Tailor, he is Director of The Handcraft Tailor Academy (HTA), a leading institution dedicated to preserving and advancing the craft of bespoke tailoring. Founded ten years ago, HTA has trained students from around the world in traditional handcraft techniques and professional tailoring standards.
He also works as a Made-to-Measure consultant, advising brands and ateliers on pattern development, fit, and production quality. He is the author of Pattern Drafting for Bespoke Menswear: The Imperial System, a practical reference for tailors and designers seeking precision in bespoke pattern cutting. Committed to education, he previously served as part-time faculty at Parsons School of Design (The New School), New York City, where he taught bespoke tailoring and pattern drafting.
Through teaching, consultancy, and authorship, he continues to champion excellence in menswear craftsmanship and the transmission of traditional tailoring knowledge to new generations.
Stina Smith
Predicting Fit Problems Before Sewing: Using Body Measurements to Anticipate Garment Behavior
Stina Smith is a fashion designer and sewing educator specializing in fit and pattern adjustments for real bodies. She teaches sewing and design workshops across Norway and London, UK, helping sewists understand not only how to sew garments, but how garments actually behave on the body.
Her teaching focuses on clarity, wearability, and reducing frustration in the fitting process. Rather than relying only on measurements, she helps students learn how to observe movement, balance, and garment behavior to anticipate fit issues before sewing.
Through her classes and online teaching, Stina aims to make pattern making more approachable and less intimidating for beginner and intermediate sewists.
Jayda Ellis
Draping patterns for 3D structures
Jayda Ellis is a couture fashion designer, draping expert, and founder of JAELL. With nearly a decade of professional experience and over 11 years in design, she specializes in developing original patterns through advanced draping techniques. Jayda has designed for artists such as Fantasia, Queen Naija, Erica Campbell, and Naturi Naughton, and her work has been featured on the Tamron Hall Show, Bravo TV, Essence, and more.
Known for her signature statement silhouettes and couture craftsmanship, Jayda teaches designers how to translate creative vision into well-constructed, luxury garments built from their own custom patterns. Through her courses, workshops, and mentorship programs, she empowers emerging and established designers to master draping, refine fit, and confidently build signature pieces that position them as leaders in the fashion industry.
Karen Wooten
Customizing Patterns Based on Your Own Measurements
I’m Karen of Made by KarenM Sewing Patterns! I sell PDF and physical sewing patterns, and design and sew formal wear. I’m self-taught and cater to skill levels from beginner to expert. I began to sew for others in 2014 and learned through YouTube, trial, and error. As a new designer, and not being able to charge as much as more established designers, I often looked for ways to save money on fabric to maximize profits. In order to stop re-inventing the wheel for every new client, I decided to start creating patterns I could reuse, and launched my first sewing pattern, the 4 Yard Mermaid Gown with Godets in 2019. Originally known as KGc Sewing Patterns, I rebranded in 2022 to KarenM Sewing Patterns. Since founding, through mostly organic social media marketing, the brand has reached over 11,000 sales, and over 1,200 reviews with a 4.9 star average rating.
Annette Lennerup
From Inspiration to Pattern Plan
Annette Lennerup has spent over 20 years inside the fashion industry, working behind the scenes turning design ideas into real garments that make it onto the shop floor. After seeing talented designers struggle with production, costly mistakes, and confusing technical processes, Annette made it her mission to bridge the gap between creativity and manufacturing.
Today she helps fashion startups and product designers understand the full journey from inspiration to production, guiding them through concept development, technical design, and working with manufacturers.
Through her platform and community, she has helped hundreds of founders learn how to:
• Clarify their design ideas
• Turn sketches into technical plans
• Communicate effectively with manufacturers
• Avoid expensive production mistakes
Her work combines industry experience, practical teaching, and modern tools like AI to help new brands move from ideas to real products with confidence.
Alexandra Wall
How to Add and Remove Volume with Slash and Spread
Alexandra is an award-winning fashion designer, pattern cutter and creative consultant, and the founder of Digital Pattern Library. She helps sewists feel confident in the clothes they create through professional sewing patterns, digital learning resources and her fashion membership, The DPL Atelier.
Living with scoliosis, she understands the transformative power of well-fitting clothing and teaches the entire fashion process through her signature Create, Cut, Contour, Construct framework, guiding students from concept to finished garment.
Having worked with over 400 global fashion brands including AllSaints, Calvin Klein and KTZ, Alexandra now focuses on helping hobby sewists and ambitious creatives unlock their inner fashion designer, turning two-dimensional ideas into thoughtful, confidence-boosting garments.
Lorraine Henry
Measuring Made Easy with the Two Easy Tapemeasure Set
Lorraine Henry is a professional dressmaker/teacher with more than 40 years of experience. She holds a degree in Clothing and Textiles and has been a teacher at a university and also at many Sewing Expos during those years. Her favorite subject to teach is acurate measuring and pattern alteration. With a wealth of knowledge she wishes to to share with anyone who desires to know more in this field.
Inna Shumitska
Why a Dress Form Can Transform Your Pattern Making (And How to Choose the Right One)
I make patterns for anatomical tailor’s dress forms.
I design and sew for my own enjoyment. Over the years, my hobby has turned into a passion and a business I truly love.
Although my main profession and career were related to financial management, I have continued studying pattern making and sewing in parallel for the past 10 years.
The combination of several pattern-making methods, a love for geometry, and modern CAD software allows me to design virtually any type of garment.
I believe it is an eco-friendly choice to give a second life to clothing that is no longer being used.
At the beginning of my journey in garment creation, I didn’t need a dress form. But as soon as I started sewing evening and wedding dresses, I realized I absolutely needed a tailor’s dress form. Of course, a high-quality mannequin could have been purchased, but at that time in Ukraine it cost as much as an “airplane wing.”
So the idea emerged to create a mannequin from accessible, affordable, and widely available materials. That’s how BetterSew mannequins were born and I use them myself and am very satisfied with them.
