Looking for a source

[WeRtheOcean]

Around 4 years ago, I posted this thread:
Can anyone make this?

As you can see, the thread did not go anywhere; everyone was confused about what I was saying. Well, now I have found it. The original website I tried to reference in that thread -- now archived by the Wayback Machine. Here is what I was asking about:
The Art of Making Patterns « Pattern School

Unfortunately, there is no company name, only the reference to being in "Far North Queensland." Since there is no contact information, I doubt if I can reach out to this person; so my question is, does the community know of anyone who can take these patterns and use them? I don't have the equipment to do it myself.

 

[chris kippax]

I'd start by trying to find Stuart, maybe a facebook pattern group??

 

[WeRtheOcean]

I'd start by trying to find Stuart, maybe a facebook pattern group??

Great advice. It turns out the same person has a facebook group:

Pattern Designing For Stretch Textiles

Which links to a revamped version of the website:

https://patternschool.wixsite.com/s...3Okj64KDccZu13qhX9JZ17mgd56vQtMQ5Oc1BroQtQ0vU

Unfortunately, both the Facebook group and the website are now nothing but women's swimwear, no wetsuit-related content at all.

He did not reply to the Facebook message, so I have sent him an email using the address on his new page.

 

[WeRtheOcean]

Here is his reply to my email:

Hi Jason,

Yes that's my old site.

This is not something that just anyone can make. It's so closely fitted that it needs a very, very experienced pattern maker, an exceptional sewer, and the model at the same time, taking three or more experiments to get right. At such a close fit you can't just buy it off the shelf in a standard size .... it has to be made to perfectly conform to each body shape. I don't personally know anyone else who has this much understanding of stretch fit and construction sorry.

Regards

Stuart

So I guess the next step is to find out if anyone whom he does not know fits the above description. I have taken the precaution of creating a file of the pattern, photo, and most relevant text from the website, so that I will not lose it again. If I find someone to work with, I can provide them with it and not need to do so much explaining.