Your wardrobe is an act of design. Let’s treat it like one.

Join Between the Seams, a weekly invitation to move beyond standards and claim your creative agency as a maker or designer.

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What’s Between the Seams?

Clothes making can be a lonely pursuit, but your creative journey shouldn’t be. Whether you are a dedicated knitter or a professional designer, Between the Seams is where we deconstruct the industry “standards” to find the perfect fit — for your body and your business.

Every Friday, you’ll receive:

  • The Structural Authority of Style: Insights into garment architecture, fit, and proportions.
  • The Mindset of Mastery: Reflections on slow fashion, self-acceptance, and intentional design.
  • Behind the Studio Door: The first look at new patterns, course enrolments, and my personal design puzzles.

Choose your Tuesday deep-dives:

Beyond our Friday connection, you can tailor your experience to match your focus:

  • Pattern Spotlights: For the makers. Bi-monthly guides on customisation, new releases, and making patterns work for your unique shape.
  • Gauge Readings: For the professionals. Bi-monthly technical deep-dives into grading, business ethics, and the industry view from the drafting table.

Between the Seams is a weekly letter written from the perspective of designing, making, and wearing clothes as an act of empowerment, fuelled by self-care, self-acceptance, and self love.

That’s how it began for me, as a little girl twirling in dresses and cardigans made by Mum and Grandma – and I want the same for you, too. I bake this philosophy into every pattern, course, and resource I create.

The form you have selected does not exist.

Natalie Warner | Knitting Pattern Designer and 4th Generation Dressmaker

I design size- and shape-inclusive modern knitting patterns for clothes makers who want their garments to fit well. Clothes should serve you, not the other way around. You alter clothes to fit you, not alter yourself to fit the clothes. This is at the heart of everything I do. I also offer a range of online knitwear design courses, covering everything from illustration to pattern grading, and consultancy services.

If you’re enjoying my content, you can get more by reading my blog, which features several articles on garment fitting, alterations, knitwear design and sewing pattern reviews, following me on Instagram or Pinterest @natalieinstitches, or signing up to my newsletter. And you can find out more about me here. Welcome!