Sussex Seamstress is an independent sewing pattern studio, based in the UK. With over 20 years of industry experience in both fashion houses and as a costume maker for the Royal Ballet & Royal Opera House, you can have confidence that patterns are professionally drafted and graded - you can check out our reviews to see what our customers say or see examples of our product quality over on the What You Get page. If you’d like to know more about us, visit the About Us page.

All of our patterns come with free video tutorials to guide you through all stages of construction, along with clearly illustrated instruction manuals.

You can order our sewing patterns directly here on sussexseamstress.com, as well as at other online retailers such as Minerva and Sewing Street. You can also find us on Etsy.

We offer both paper patterns and PDF sewing patterns in sizes from 6 to 30 (26 in US sizing), and ship patterns internationally. We also have a selection of dressmaking kits that include a pattern, fabric and notions over on our Dressmaking Kits page (UK Shipping only) .