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- Hi, I'm Gertie, you may
know me as a fabric designer,
a pattern designer, the
author of five sewing books,
or as the founder of Charm Patterns,
but however you know me, I am so excited
that you're here today
because I want to tell you
all about this Patreon
that we are launching.
So I've been thinking about
doing a subscription service
for a really long time, mostly
because I feel so inspired
on a daily basis, and I have
so many ideas for patterns,
tutorials, and projects that
I want to share with you.
Right now at Charm Patterns,
we are publishing about four to five
big beautiful, perfectly
published patterns a year,
and it's a lot of work.
And what I found is that I
just have so many more ideas
than that, that I want to be
bringing you on a monthly basis
so that's where Patreon comes into play.
Every month we are going
to be delivering you
these exclusive videos
as well as downloadable
patterns and tutorials,
so every month you're going to
be getting brand new content.
So all of this inspiration
that I'm feeling
on a daily basis, we're going
to be able to make it happen
and deliver it to you every month.
So you can expect things like
pattern hacks and expansions
for our existing Charm Patterns.
For instance, the
raincoat hooded variation
that we're doing for month one.
or we'll be doing things like
recreating a vintage dress
and showing you how to do it.
I have so many Pinterest
boards full of inspiration
and I keep thinking, oh my gosh, we could
hack the Lamour dress to make
that beautiful 50s-style dress
and show everyone how to do it.
So that's another idea.
We're going to be doing
Livestreams, Q and As, polls,
all sorts of fun stuff
to get you involved.
And what I really love
about this project is
that it will fund a free YouTube show
so even for people who
aren't able to subscribe,
this is going to help me
connect more with my audience
and bring you more sewing
education on a monthly basis.
So the reason for the
Patreon is that obviously
this all costs money,
so the monthly revenue
is going to help us hire professionals
to bring you beautifully-edited
video every month,
as well as graded patterns,
professionally-produced PDF downloads,
the ones that you know and love
from Charm Patterns already.
So I cannot wait to show you
what we've been working on,
and I really hope you love
this new Patreon subscription service.
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