Juliana Sissons at the V and A

The talented and inspiration Ms Sissons

Juliana's knit design

If you live fashion and you adore knit you will absolutely LOVE this: Knitwear designer Juliana Sissons has an artist residency at the V & A with open workshops and drop in sessions: Check it out: Juliana will have special access to the Medieval Renaissance Collection for inspiration, study and research - July to December.

Oh! And I forgot to mention her book! Part of the Basics series: Basics in Fashion Design - Knitwear - available at Amazon

First Steps in Pattern Cutting

I have been busy working on my personal toile at my Tuesday evening pattern cutting class with the wonderful Julianna Sissons (an inspirational fashion designer who teaches at the London School of Fashion, Northbrook College and Brighton Uni and has run workshops at the Victoria and Albert Museum). I have decided to take my time and record it step by step. I hand stitched in turquoise thread all the major fitting lines for my personal toile. Here are the front and back sections. I will be working on the sleeves next before the fitting and fiddling process begins.