This week we feature Cheryl Kuczek, a blogger and designer who makes her own sewing patterns. Over at Paradiso Designs, you can see some of Cheryl’s handiwork. She has a whole collection of pleather designs out this year, and offers classes and tutorials for making items based on her patterns. At the blog that accompanies Cheryl’s pattern website, she talks about the various sewing shows she attends and the sewing classes that she teaches. We asked Cheryl a few questions and here’s what she had to say!

 

I started it in 2008, but it has really been a very slow start. I recently decided to pump up the volume to reach my audience of sewists, and give them something that will benefit them in their sewing, especially when they are using my patterns. I am completely guilty of designing and publishing a great pattern, then of course after the publishing thing, I find new things I can do with the pattern. So I am finding the blog is going to be the best place to chat up the benefits of what I am doing to whoever is using my patterns, and of course so much more!