Belladonna Blog

From Spellbook to Sewing Pattern: Brewing a Digital Sewing Pattern from Scratch🖤✨
From Spellbook to Sewing Pattern: Brewing a Digital Sewing Pattern from Scratch🖤✨
Hello, stitch witches! 🖤✨ Today I’m pulling back the velvet curtain on what actually goes into creating one of my sewing patterns. Because pattern magic doesn’t just happen. It’s stitched,... Read more...
Worthy of Fabulous Armour: an interview with Sarah Dionne
Worthy of Fabulous Armour: an interview with Sarah Dionne
I have the pleasure of introducing you to the fabulous Sarah Dionne - life coach, newsletter expert, retired burlesque dancer, and gorgeous model! You’ll see her around the Belladonna socials and... Read more...
The Belladonna Guide to Holiday Gift Making
The Belladonna Guide to Holiday Gift Making
Ah the holidays! As an introvert, this time of year can be glorious - as long as I don’t have to venture outside of my house. Rather than having to... Read more...
The Birth of Belladonna Patterns (and the Persephone Top)
The Birth of Belladonna Patterns (and the Persephone Top)
(Above: Initial concept drawing of the Persephone top)   When I first began conjuring up this sewing pattern, I had just been gently nudged from my previous job—set adrift and... Read more...
Handmade and Heartfelt: Why Slow, Homemade Fashion Is Worth Every Stitch
Handmade and Heartfelt: Why Slow, Homemade Fashion Is Worth Every Stitch
What is Fast-Fashion? What is Slow-Fashion? Is one better or worse than the other? I can’t exactly tell you what to think about that, although I have my personal opinions... Read more...
Witchy Wedding Guest - Sewing McCalls M8195
Witchy Wedding Guest - Sewing McCalls M8195
In September 2022, my friends Kat and Daisy were finally able to have the big wedding they always dreamed of, and I was lucky to be the MC at their reception!... Read more...
A Shirt for My Boyfriend - Sewing McCalls M6044
A Shirt for My Boyfriend - Sewing McCalls M6044
I've been making clothes for myself for a long time. At least, since I was 17. What we typically identify as "feminine" clothes have a wide range of difficulty. For example, I... Read more...