We’re a quarter of the way through 2021 now, and it’s time to take a peak back at all the content on The Creative Curator blog and work out whether anything needs updating – or worse yet, deleting! 😮 During this process, I create a post on the top sewing posts and best pattern making posts as decided by YOU!
To know what you’re enjoying here on my site, I use Google Analytics and this fab tool shows me the most visited pages on the website, as well as the average time people stick around for.
Using this info, I created this post of the top 15 pages on the blog through 2020. They’re all linked up, so feel free to click over and have a look at anything you may have missed! 🙂
1. 15 Types Of Clothes Fastenings
This is a very popular guide to the various ways that we can fasten clothing. There’s more to life than buttons and zippers and from this post you’ll have a much larger variety of ideas at your fingertips next time you start a sewing project and want to change things up a little!
2. Pattern Making Basics
This started out as an epic 30,000 word email series, which then became a paid course. I’ve simplified it for free access by turning it into a series of pattern drafting tutorial posts now.
This is a great place to start if you’d like to learn more about drafting your own sewing patterns.
3. Making Patterns From Woven Clothes
Do you have favourite clothes made from woven fabrics that you would just LOVE to clone and make again and again? This tutorial walks through the process of copying woven clothes into a new sewing pattern!
4. Pattern Making Tutorials
This was a post about pattern making a couple of years ago that has consistently been shared and read. It is now my main pattern making blog page, with all my pattern making tutorials listed.
A great place to start if you would like to learn all about patternmaking!
5. How To Put Eyelets In Fabric
Another firm favourite with my audience – learning how to put eyelets in fabric is a winner!
Although this tutorial was written early in 2018, it has done well ever since, perhaps because more people are looking for ways to make their own clothes and bags? It’s a great step by step guide to adding eyelets to fabric.
6. Make Your Own Sewing Patterns
Another winner – I have a feeling my audience loves me for my pattern making and pattern drafting tutorials? – is this article on the five techniques used for making sewing patterns.
As well as drafting patterns from scratch, there are other methods to make patterns and you can learn about them in this article!
7. How To Draft The Female Bodice Block
This tutorial will walk you through the entire process of drafting a female bodice block from scratch! If you want a bodice sloper that will fit you, based on your own body measurements, then this is the bodice pattern drafting tutorial for you!
8. How To Read Sewing Patterns
Great for sewing beginners getting started with sewing clothes, this is an in-depth guide on how to read sewing patterns, covering pattern symbols, lay plans and much more!
9. Pattern Making Tools
If you plan to learn more about pattern making, you’ll want to check out this list of my top pattern making tools! This list covers the basics that I recommend starting with – but you can always add more tools later on!
10. Best Pattern Making Books
These are the best pattern making books available to buy, whether you’re new to pattern making or well practiced and looking for something to help you be more creative!
11. Top 5 Sewing Patterns For Sewing Beginners
This is a sewing post that I make sure to frequently update in order to make sure that the list really does contain the best easy sewing pattern for beginners!
If you are a sewing beginner – or perhaps just fancy an easy sewing project! – this list of 5 sewing patterns for beginners is a great starting point!
12. Sewing For Beginners
This is one for the sewing beginners – how to get into sewing! All of my free sewing tutorials are on this page, listed in order that they should be worked through.
If you want to learn how to sew your own clothes, these are the best sewing tutorials to get you started!
13. Dart Manipulation: Types Of Darts
This is such a great guide on the types of darts used in dart manipulation! And there are two tutorials that follow showing you how to manipulate darts by pivoting and the slash and spread dart manipulation method!
14. Full Circle Skirt Pattern
Another very long tutorial post, this full circle skirt pattern tutorial is great for anyone wanting to sew circle skirts at any time of year. I’ll be updating this in December with some photos of my winter circle skirts!
15. Types Of Pockets
A great way to revamp old clothes or make your new ones a little bit more ‘wow’ is to add pockets – and this guide to the different types of pockets will surely help you choose the right pocket type for your needs!
There you have it – the 15 top posts from the whole of 2020! It’s fascinating how the list has changed compared to 2019, clearly more people are interested in learning pattern making than learning sewing, which is great for me, as pattern making and draping are my favourite activities!
Final Suggestion
For those who are here for the pattern making, why not have a look at the courses I have available in my shop? One popular one is my drape and contour for beginners course, which you can buy with lifetime access! winner!