Fennel Goods Kids Patterns

Fennel patterns are designed and drafted by Hilary Heaviside. After attending Fashion Design School at FIDM and working in the apparel industry for over 20 years, Hilary has honed her skills in garment fit and technical design. In the recent past, she taught Pattern drafting, Draped design, and Garment construction at the Santa Rosa Junior College. The birth of her daughter, Fia, who serves as her inspiration and muse, inspired her to start designing and creating patterns for children's play clothes. Thus, "Fennel" was born - named after the culinary, medicinal, and dye plant that has naturalized itself to thrive in Sonoma County where Hilary resides.

Being a mother, Hilary sees first-hand how kids move and grow, enabling her to design garments that encourage ease of movement during play and span frequent growth spurts. Fennel patterns are thoughtfully drafted to accommodate the unique proportions, movements, and needs of children’s bodies. The garments are versatile and sturdy, meticulously constructed to become treasured heirlooms. 

Hilary strives to make her sewing patterns an enjoyable learning tool. She uses minimal words, leaning heavy on pictorial diagrams to demonstrate garment making techniques that produce professional looking clothing. The illustrations in her pattern instructions are extremely detailed, which enables the reader to easily zoom in to a specific area to better understand a step.