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My Personalized Sewing Planner, by Elana
As the holiday frenzy starts to die down each December, I find myself looking ahead to the new year. For a planner like me, that
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Designing for my post mastectomy body with my body model croquis, by Tina
Today’s guest blog post is by Tina, who was one of our testers for the new omit-bust croquis option. Tina shares how she used the
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Paper vs. Digital Fashion Drawing: My Creative Process, by Mireille
Guest blogger Mireille shares how she uses MyBodyModel’s paper vs. digital fashion drawing templates for each step of her creative process – from style exploration,
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MyBodyModel Designer Spotlight: Katie Kortman
This month’s featured designer is the amazing Katie Kortman: artist, fabric designer, creator of the #thehandmadehustle, #sewhappycolor, and #posingwithproduce! Katie has brought so much fun and
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Sewing Planning for Rebels, by Jess
We designed MyBodyModel fashion templates to fit a wide range of planning styles. In today’s guest blog post, Jess shares how she uses her body
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MyBodyModel: Sewing Planner or Life Goals Planner?
We’re almost two months into 2019, and I’ve been taking a different approach to my goal setting this year. Instead of writing out my goals
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MyBodyModel Sketch to Finished! Cozy Winter Clothes, by Megan
Since her last post, Megan’s been busy using her MyBodyModel croquis and sewing planner! Today she shares her winter makes along with her original sketches,
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Planning my Late Fall/Early Winter Sewing Queue with MyBodyModel, by Dari
When I first heard of MyBodyModel, I was on my way to work listening to the Love to Sew Podcast in my car. I was
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Regaining my Sew-Jo with MyBodyModel, by Pam
I used to sew for my daughters when they were little, but for one reason or another had not sewn in 10 years or more.
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From Sketch to Finished Makes: Digital Edition, by Diane
By now it’s a well known fact that I love using MyBodyModel croquis to sketch clothes that I plan to make. I use my Apple
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From Sketch to Finished Makes: My Amazing Body Model, by Mel
Hi, it’s lovely to meet you here. For anyone who doesn’t already know me I’m Mel from Handmade by Ditsy Tulip. Now, let me start
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4 Ways that I’ve Used MyBodyModel to Plan My Sewing Projects, by Megan
When Erica asked me to be a tester for MyBodyModel, I was thrilled for more than one reason! Firstly, I couldn’t wait to see some
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![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? #SewingPlanner #MyBodyModel #FashionSketching #SketchAndSew #MyBodyModelStyle #SewingProcess #SewingSketch [Image description 1: A stack of Elana’s go-to tools for sewing project planning laid out on her desk includes her planner surrounded by colorful pens, a pencil and a cup of coffee.] [Image description 2: Elana’s “Projects to Make” pages from her planner laid out on her desk surrounded by pens and stickers.]](https://www.mybodymodel.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)