WELCOME! Lorraine Torrence Designs offers patterns, fabric, books, ideas and more to help, teach, and inspire you in your quilting making and creative Garment making. Join me here for learning, fabric lust, and love of everything fiber!
New quilts and garments added! Check out my Products page, Quilts and Garments for Sale! I have been adding more quilts and garments to my Quilts and Garments for Sale Page for holiday shopping. These will be here as long as they last and more quilts and garments will be added weekly!
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VIDEO TUTORIALS ARE HERE!!
Check out my three video tutorials, all of which, are up and ready to watch on my Lorraine's Lessons/Video Tutorials page. They are Design Essentials: A Short Primer, Making and Using Your Own Bias and Straight of Grain Tapes in Quilts and Garments, and Pattern Fitting Fundamentals. To watch any of these videos, hover over "Lorraine's Lessons" in the horizontal menu at the top. Then click on Video Tutorials and you'll be on the right page. OR... just click HERE!
Third Reprinting of Design Essentials!
The third reprint of Design Essentials is freshly back from the printer in Hong Kong and ready to be your trusty companion when it comes to design principles and elements. There are also 5 chapters of design approaches to inspire you and keep you learning something new.
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Pattern SALE!!
We are continuing to offer a 25% discount on all garment and quilt patterns until the end of December! Click here to browse our patterns and give your creativity a jump start! Stay Creative and Stay optimistic! Click here to start shopping!
DVDs
My Sewing With Nancy videos, Fashion Sewing: Plain to Fabulous from the two Shows, which aired in January of 2017, are still available in the Wisconsin Public Television website. You will also find a DVD of the two Fashion Sewing: Plain to Fabulous shows on this website for the Spring reduced price of $10!