![Fashion design with MyBodyModel custom croquis: Ruby sits at a table in her sewing studio surrounded by colorful thread, dress forms, and sewing machines. She is wearing a blue tee shirt made from her own Arm Candy Tee sewing pattern, and sketching on a sheet of paper that has six small My Body Model croquis figures on it.](https://www.mybodymodel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ruby-sketching-with-MyBodyModel-480x360.jpg)
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From Fashion School to Indie Pattern Designer: Breaking Design Standards with MyBodyModel
Ruby, indie pattern designer and founder of Spokes & Stitches, shares her creative journey toward a new, nurturing approach to fashion design that welcomes people