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We're glad you found us.

Brindille & Twig was founded in 2010 by Melissa Hendrickson, who realized her apparel technologies degree had prepared her to create an entire wardrobe for her first child. Proficient in pattern making, garment construction, fitting, and finishing, soon, she had published dozens of pdf patterns. Now thousands of sewists around the world call Brindille & Twig patterns their favorites – these are the patterns they make again and again. With our strong cohort of sewists in the Brindille & Twig Sew and Tell group, each pattern and tutorial has been tested and discussed. And the group just keeps growing! Melissa lives in Colorado with her family and is completing coursework in industrial design.

We make patterns for active, curious kids 
and their grown-ups.

Brindille & Twig is now run by Kristen Taylor and John Dimatos (hi!) We used to live in New York and L.A., and now we have two children and live in Atlanta. Kristen worked  with journalists making documentary television, building online communities on the old internet, and working on podcasts. John worked in 3D printing and in small-scale manufacturing; he built Kickstarter’s design and tech outreach team.

We love what happens
when people make things together.

We work with an expert patternmaker with more than 25 years of industry experience so every pattern is graded professionally. The incredible BT community of sewists all over the world then jumps in to test that each pattern lines up with our size charts and is fun to sew. Sometimes we make seven prototypes before a pattern even gets to the tester version! The more you sew BT patterns, the more you will see why people sew their favorites in each size up the chart as their children grow. We are endlessly inspired by Scandinavian design and think kids should have clothes that move with them as they explore the world.