It’s Muna and Broad’s first birthday party on the 15th of November and we’re planning on celebrating for the remainder of the month. It’s pretty amazing to think that after 1-year of working on patterns, it was possible to make M&B my full-time job!
The 15th of November is the anniversary of our website launch and our first pattern sales, so that’s when we’re counting from. We actually launched the Torrens Box Top as our first paid pattern, and then eventually went back and added extra sizes and full instructions to previously free the Glebe Pants and released those too!
How did we start?
We launched our Glebe Pants as a free pattern, which was available in 3 sizes, a 54″, 56.5″ and 59″ hip. Makers signed up to a newsletter to get the file which had very minimal instructions printed on the A0 file.
There was absolutely no hand-holding in the pattern instructions and we fielded so many questions from enthusiastic beginners who were very confused by the minimal instructions, that we realised that there was a great need for beginner friendly patterns for plus-size makers!
Here I am in my first pair of
Glebe Pants , which I made using special linen I’d been saving and fortunately the fit was great!
What have we done?
In the past year, we’ve released 15 (!!) patterns, joined Patreon, built an amazing community online, and generally had an amazing time! In the middle of the year, I was thrilled to be able to quit my job and start working from home full-time on M&B!
We’ve really released a mix of sewing patterns, but they’re all things that we want to wear ourselves! I’ve now got a new favourite bralette, a very happy undies drawer, and the linen shirts and shirt dresses of my dreams!
