Hi Friends,

Welcome to the December 2022 Designs by Jude Insider. It has been a magical year with Club Grace and Designs by Jude (and the season is not over yet!), but December and the Holiday Season are a beautiful time to pause and reflect on some of the wonderful memories from the year. Tamara Casey of Designs by Jude has collaborated with the Virtual Doll Convention to create a monthly pattern for Club Grace, a virtual doll club started by VDC for the Grace Marie Fitzpatrick doll designed by Robert Tonner. Each month's designs ranged from casual to fancy to flirty, and each was expertly designed and offered to the members of Club Grace. Along with the patterns. Tamara also created videos for the members to learn how to make the garment. Below are some photos of Tamara Casey’s patterns for Club Grace throughout the year, as shown by the members who created them with their own “spin.” We hope you enjoy this Insider Blog; thank you for reading it all year.

THE DOLL PODCAST - FEATURING TAMARA CASEY

Tamara Casey is on the December episode of The Doll Podcast! Listen to this episode to learn about Tamara Casey and her inspiration to begin her business. You are going to love it!

About the Episode (Written by The Doll Podcast): Tamara Casey is the creative force behind Designs by Jude, a design house offering over nine hundred doll sewing patterns. Tamara joins fellow sewing enthusiast Louisa Maxwell to share her journey as a designer. Sewing new outfits are one of the most creative parts of doll collecting, and Tamara’s pattern collection offers designs for over sixty types of dolls. Her Youtube channel has over 4,000 subscribers, where she gives step-by-step tutorials to allow doll lovers to release their inner couturier. CLICK TO LISTEN

HUGE HOLIDAY $5.00 PATTERN SALE!

Do not miss the biggest pattern sale of the year from Designs by Jude - still in FULL swing!! The sales item change every morning. Click the Sale Items tab from the Shop by Category menu. Be sure to scroll to the second sales page to view all items. Happy Holidays!

HERE IS A QUICK LINK TO SHOP THE SALE

The Club Grace Pattern of the Month from Tamara Casey is “Frosty Air.” The pattern features a fully lined coat dress with long sleeves and a rounded collar. There are four godets in the hemline to add a flirty flare. Also included are a holiday hat and fuzzy muff. Our members were thrilled to receive this pattern which coincided perfectly with the theme for December. You can see a video below on how to make this pattern on Tamara’s YouTube Channel. Read below for an adorable variation of this pattern for a 10” Patsy-sized doll. The pattern was created in sponsorship of the 2022 SPARK campaign to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The pattern is provided free of charge from 12/3-12/31 to encourage you to partner with us to provide funding to find cures and save the lives of children.

DESIGNS BY JUDE FUNDRAISER FOR ST. JUDE

“Why I'm fundraising for St. Jude - The holiday season always reminds me of the many blessings that occur during the year. In gratitude for my health, family, and business, I consider ways to pay it forward in my community. As a cancer survivor and a mom, I want to support St. Jude as they continue to find cures and save children. I hope you will join me. As a thank you to my customers and friends in the doll community for partnering with me for this campaign, I have designed a doll clothes sewing pattern called Christmas Spark. The pattern will be free and available through 12/31/22 on our website. Check out the pattern and access details on December 3rd on the Designs by Jude YouTube channel.”