What’s Cake? Well- many of us who sew like to make fun stuff: dinosaur costumes, fluffy dresses, excessively quirky 40′s frocks and all manner of clothes which don’t see much wear. These garments and projects are the “frosting.”
Many sewists use the term “cake” to refer to useful sewn items- pencil skirts, knit tops, knit dresses, jeans: the kind of utility and casual clothes that everyone needs. Why shouldn’t sewing and wearing those kinds of clothes be great fun? Why not get the most from your sewing time (and $$) by making garments you LOVE to wear all the time? Do knit tops and jeans have to be 100% utilitarian and boring?
I don’t think so.
Right now, Cake Patterns by The Consulting Dressmaker is in production. The first pattern, Tiramisu, will be available by early November and closely followed by others. To recieve notification about the Tiramisu pre-sale and new pattern releases by email, just fill in the form:
Update on printing options: the Tiramisu pdf *will* be available as a download!
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This is so exciting! I loved the sneak peek of Tiramisu!
Oh. OH! You’re making patterns! OH!!! :D
Which is dumb of me because you’ve already been doing that, but the idea of making Cake Patterns (ha ha!) really got me excited. Which is also dumb because hello, look at all of your top patterns so far. I don’t know why, but I’m still super stoked. :D
That’s awesome, Heather… and these won’t be pdfs, but “real” patterns… So much work goes into setting it up, though! Whew.. :)
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I have to wait until November? I want to make Tiramisu now! It is just what I have been looking for in a knit dress – and I love the stripe work.
Thanks! And really, November will be here before you know it!! :)
Congratulations, what an achievement! The dress is gorgeous, can’t wait to make it.
Thanks! I really look forward to seeing what gets made from this pattern. :)
Will these patterns be available internationally??…I hope so!
Congratulations and how exciting.
Absolutely available internationally! :D
How wonderful! Can’t wait!!!!!!
Me neither! :D
How exciting, congrats! The Tiramisu looks great! Love the name too.
Thanks! :) I loooove eating Tiramisu…
Congratulations! I have submitted my name and email for further updates, and so excited to see your first dress in this teaser post. November will be here soon, but oh, I can hardly wait.
Thanks! I hadn’t gotten any emails from this form, so I checked it. Turns out there was a typo so they haven’t been going to my inbox! All fixed up now… Sorry!
WOOHOO!!!!! Fantastic!
Heheheh. Thanks Lauren! You put the idea in my head ages ago… :)
Awesome, Steph! Congrats!
Thanks, Julie!
YES YES YES YES YES. That Tiramisu dress is perfection – I must have one in my closet! I’m so glad that this is available internationally! Many congratulations on this exciting new venture!!!
Thanks, Meg! Int’l shipping is not a problem for little patterns… :)
Oooh, Tiramisu looks utterly awesome Steph!
Thanks, Ginny! :D
First of all, congratulations on completing something you thought belonged in the “too hard” box! That’s amazing enough. Combine it with the beautiful Tiramisu and it just goes off the scales. I’m very excited about this.
You’re so sweet! Thank you. :) I’ll do my best work for y’all.
Thank goodness you’ve realised your true calling. Really looking forward to your designs.
Thanks, Ruth. Sometimes it’s really hard to know what you are until you start doing it.. :)
You are the bomb, I am super happy for you!
Thanks, Beck. :D
Congrats Steph,
Will they be in paper form – please say yes as I detest trying to stick together adult patterns with 30+ a4 sheets of paper. Childrens I can do – adults nope.. :)
Yes! I hope to have a downloadable option, but Cake is good old fashioned paper patterns… :)
woohooooo – thank you :) happy to pay more for a proper paper pattern!
i love it! now we just have to wait four months- I can’t wait to whip up that flattering moveable dress. Thanks for sharing, even if it is a big tease ;)
Soon! It’ll be out sooner than you think and just before Christmas… ;)
Congratulations! How exciting for you :o) Tiramisu looks like a winner!
Thanks, zo! :)
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It’s possible that I’ve entered my name twice. I am excited for you and this new (ad)venture!
All sorted, Sarah. Thanks! I’m excited too. :)
oooh I’m so looking forward to this!!
Me too! :) Thanks for the encouragement!
Fabulous news! I’m so glad you gave yourself permission to go for it!
Thanks, Sigrid. Me too. :)
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Awesome dress and thank you, thank you for doing this! Can’t wait for your dream to become a reality…November can’t get here soon enough! :) Congrats on your accomplishment!
It’ll be here in the blink of an eye, I’m sure. :) Thanks!
From the Tiramisu land (Italy) I can’t wait to see your new pattern! Congratulations
OOooh thanks! I loved Italy, I spent about a week in Rome when I lived in London… I’d go back in a heartbeat. :)
Congratulations. I prefer paper patterns but I use printable ones when need be. I love the Tiramisu pattern – can’t wait to own it.
Yes, I think both types of patterns have their strengths, and I’m super pleased to be making a regular paper pattern. :) They will be ready very soon!
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I am so glad Tiramisu will be available as a download as well! I love dowloadable patterns, as I live in Brazil, shipping is expensive and the mail is not very realiable… I already have the fabric that I bought specially for this pattern, I can’t wait!
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Oh gosh. November seems so far away. I love the style drawing of the dress, and I can’t wait to make it up.
No no! It’s soo soon! :D
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I love the dress, but have a question. Do you think there’s enough stretch in the edges of the neckline to be able to use it to nurse a baby? My dear daughter will be needing some nursing clothes, and I am always happy to sew for her.
Yes- I think so. I made a version for my girlfriend who nurses her baby, she promised to report back. It seems to work well, I’ll be sure to report back (with photos!)
Thank you for your quick response to my question. I really love the pattern and am looking forward to making Tiramisu. There’s some silk knit fabric that’s been mellowing in the stash that could be perfect for this dress . I am not terribly experienced at using knit fabric, so I’ll probably use another fabric for my trial run.
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I just heard about you and love love love how you approach fit. I still make mostly costumes but am nearly ready to dip my toe into ‘real world’ clothes. I always need to alter, but am looking forward to getting closer to ‘me’ without having to re-write the entire pattern.
Heard where? I recently found out someone from Brisbane heard about me when she was in Portland learning to sew pants… Small world!
I really love sewing clothes I’ll wear over and over again. It frees me up to experiment with pretty finishes or use of fabric… So I hope you like what you see around here, I’d love to get you sewing clothes…