Hi! I’m Victoria, the leader and teacher behind Confident Patternmaking!

I’m a heart-led entrepreneur, plant lover and former organic farmer, an amateur astrologer and herbalist, and mom to my one-year-old daughter Paloma. I’m also trained in the Italian tradition of patternmaking and tailoring!

In 2020, I completed the 400-hour Master course in patternmaking at Istituto di Moda Burgo, one of the top fashion schools in Italy.

Since then I've worked with hundreds of students to develop made-to-measure patterns for their dream designs. This has exposed me to an incredible array of different design and troubleshooting scenarios. I've observed patterns in the patterns (forgive the pun!) that have allowed me to develop my own methods and formulas for pattern drafting.

My story starts back when I was farming. My income as a farmer had very physical limits—it was capped by how many crates I could load into the van to take to market!

One day I was out in the field harvesting and bunching kale with a podcast in my ears.

The podcast was an interview with an indie pattern designer who was talking about selling digital sewing patterns.

In that moment a new path forward opened up for me.

I was blown away by the idea of digital products.

The idea that I could create a digital pattern once, and sell it over and over again felt like the holy grail to me, a farmer schlepping vegetables out of the field to earn my keep.

I knew intuitively that there was a promising future for me in patternmaking.

And I know from the success of so many of my students that patternmaking holds a promising future for you, too!