Free EU36 PDF
Pink bow wrap mini
A wrap skirt knotted under a bow at the hip, over a cream underskirt.
Journal
Dress stories, with the patterns attached
Each story follows one reference dress: what the first draft got wrong, what was fixed in the shared engine, and exactly what you can download. Six stories have passed digital review; the seventh is still a work in progress, and each says so.
Free EU36 PDF
Pink bow wrap mini with a pleated underskirt
The bow on the left, a shorter skirt and a sunray-pleated underskirt.
Free EU36 PDF
Red gingham button-front mini
Eight 22 mm buttons close the centre front of a sleeveless A-line.
Free EU36 PDF
Navy gingham off-centre button mini
Seven buttons down one princess seam. The opening now meets the neckline without a step and stays closed at the bust, and the full package is ready.
Free EU36 PDF
Pink bow keyhole mini
A bow at a bound keyhole opening in the neckline, with bust darts.
Pattern preview
Yellow shoulder-tie maxi
A low curved waist seam and a skirt gathered at the sides, flat in the middle. Early drafts lost both; the engine learned zoned gathering.
EU36 pattern overview · PDF package not yet published
Work in progress · drawing approved, fit not tested
Pink pinstripe back-bow mini
Soft ruching across the front was once read as a skirt ruffle. Now it is its own layer, over a plain supporting front.
EU36 overview · printable package only as the workshop example (work in progress)
Developer stories
How the patterns and the site are built: the engine, the agents that work on it, and what went wrong. Each one is a dated record, not a finished result.
Developer story
How a Stitchu pattern is made: the layers under one dress
The chain under every pattern: the reading, the photo tools, the pattern graph, the C++ engine, the drawing, the sizes, the PDFs and the checks. What each layer takes in and writes out, and which lane owns it.
18 October 2026 · numbers from the red gingham mini · nothing sewn yet
Developer story
Why we split Stitchu into four work lanes
One day of work on the engine, the website, a new account service and the site's pages, each in its own lane. Where the lanes waited for each other, seven problems that passed green tests, and what is still open.
17 October 2026 · engine, web, accounts and marketing lanes · nothing sewn yet
Process
How a pattern is made: one dress from photo to PDF
The red gingham mini step by step: the reading that was corrected by hand, the drawing, four pattern pieces, the four PDFs and what has not been checked.
17 October 2026 · real drawings and PDF pages from the published package