Is Sewist.com worth it? Is it legit?

Hello! Have you wanted to make a dress or outfit that is completely unique but has little to no pattern drafting experience? Is there a specific design that keeps you up at night but you just don’t know how how to make it a reality? In comes a website called sewist.com. The idea of this website intrigued me as I always have big dreams of dresses and things that I want to make but I’ve been sewing clothing for less than 2 years and still have so much to learn. What I liked about this website is that you have total and complete control of everything about the item. I’m going to use dresses as an example. You can pick if you want it fitted, the sleeves, the neckline, darts, skirt, do you want ruffles, the length of the skirt, waistline, and more. It uses AI to create a pattern based on the items that you select. Then you can purchase the pattern from them and it supposedly comes with instructions. Just to put this out there, this post is not sponsered in any way by the site. This is my personal opinion and experience with it. My goal is to make others aware of the pros and cons of this tool. So let’s talk about this.

Interface

It has a very nice beginner and user-friendly interface. It is simple so you don’t get overwelmed and confused by unuseful graphics and it’s easy to just click on the things that you like.

Options

For the basic items to start with they have a good variety of options. At this time for Women’s clothing they have Dress, Top, Skirt, Pants, Jumpsuit, and Lingerie. For Girl’s Sizes they currently just have Dresses and Skirts but Tops are coming soon. That said if you are looking for men’s patterns they do no carry those. Once you actually started selecting what you want after picking the main type of item the options are actually very impressive. I was surprised by the amount of neckline and sleeve options. Some of them I had never seen before. Each option has a drawing to give you an idea of what you are looking at.

Personalization

Once you get to the part where you have selected all of your options it gives you a preview of what you dress looks like. But you can actually personalzie the preview even more by adding the colors that you are going to use or selected a pattern from their preinstalled library. This helps you visualize it even more. You can also decide if you want to add seam allowance or not.

Sizing

This one kind of goes right along with personalization. One of the things that I love about this website is that it is size inclusive. I am a mid-size queen. In normal sizes I wear around a 14ish but could go one smaller or bigger depending on the design. I find it incredibly hard to find sewing patterns my size as everyone wants to make them for the thin girls or if I’m lucky they list me as a 4XL. Every body is beautiful and I’m not ashamed of my curves. However I do get frustrated easily with this lack of inclusivity. This website is different though. It goes from 4XS all the way up to 9XL. This means that no matter what size you are, you can design somethign that makes you feel confident and to me that is the most beautiful thing in the world. You can also have the sizing personalized even further by entering your measurments and then the AI will make the pattern to fit your specific body. If you do this option, keep in mind that if you sizing goes between two sizes they will pick the bigger size. You can also use the size chart to determine your size. For the users in the United States be sure that you click the inches buttons on the side panel otherwise the size chart will be in centimeters. You can also include multiple sizing optiongs if you are making the same dress for several different people or if you want to sell the pattern.

Pattern Instructions

I found the instructions complete with basic information on how to put it together. It does have a picture of your finished design in the instruction files and but when it comes to necklines it just has basic facing pictures and things however it is written in a way that is easy to follower. I also love that it’s not just limited to english speakers. You can download the instructiongs in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Russian.

Price

Last but not least, we are going to talk about price. To me this is probably one of the most important things. Patterns can be very expensive especially if they are bought from the store. I don’t know about you but I’m all about trying to save money. Can you guess how much it costs for the pattern. $3. Yes you saw that correctly. Only 3 US Dollars. You can also download a Preview for FREE so you can make sure that it’s set up in a way that you want. There is another site called Tailor Nova that offers a similar program but it is I believe $13 for the pattern at each size. However I was incredibly impressed by everything that it offers. That said if you want an additional sizing of the pattern it is $3. So if you were putting it up to sell and you wanted 10 different sizes for example, it would be about $30 ($3 x 10 patterns). To me that is still a fantastic deal.

Things I Don’t Like

I want to give you a fully transparent review and there are a couple of things that I really wish were different. For example, when selecting your pieces you have to remember and visualize what you already selected as there isn’t a Preview that updates on the side as you select things. That is one of the things that Tailor Nova has and I found incredibly helpful. Another thing that I don’t like is that you can’t upload your own picture to use in the finished preview. You are limited to the short supply that they already have in the system.

Final Word

Would I use it again? Absolutely! I loved using the designer. I input my measurements and height and it came out perfectly. I like how size inclusive it is. The different options that you can add to the design and that they keep adding even more options. This is definitly not a scam. When I first saw this the old say came to my mind “If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.” So I was worried but for $3 dollars I was willing to try it and I was not disappointed. I can’t wait to design more items in the future and browse the collection that others have made as well. If you are interested in designing your own patterns, give this a try. Did you know about this tool? Have you used this or Tailor Nova? Let me know in the comments. To finish off, I’m going to post a picture of the dress that I made using this tool. Let me know what you think.