Jalie 101 : Sewing Instructions

What would a pattern be without instructions? One big puzzle! Since the very beginning, Jalie pattern have always included illustrated instructions with French and English text, along with black and white illustrations. Jeanne always sketches the instructions first and then they are redrawn in Illustrator and translated to English People were not keen on having to go back and forth between text and illustrations. To solve that, we decided to put everything together, images in the middle and texts on both sides, like this: Instructions of our latest Bobbie top That is the format used for all patterns since 2014 (pattern numbers 3460 and up). We are always happy when we can find ways to make our customers' lives easier :) A Very Important First Page Always take the time to look at the first page of the instructions! It contain essential information: A // LINE (TECHNICAL) DRAWINGS Front, back and different views that are included in the pattern. You might h