I’m Julia Van Der Sommen, creator of Pattern Room and a 30-year veteran of the fashion industry. I’ve worked as a pattern maker, designer, and manager across onshore and offshore manufacturing. After decades of seeing startups struggle with poor-quality patterns, endless revisions, and wasted money, I knew there had to be a better way.
That’s why I founded Pattern Room — the world’s first online pattern catalog with over 2.5 million professionally fitted, production-ready patterns available in just 48 hours. Now, you don’t need to gamble with overseas suppliers or spend 12 weeks waiting for patterns that may not even work.
Skate Free or Die
“Our business would not exist right now without you. That was a very embarrassing mistake on our part to not have patterns. I don’t know what we would have done. I would have figured it out, but it would have been way more painful than it was.”
Rally Cap
“The fantastic thing is that you were absolutely right — what I experienced with other suppliers was a mishmash, but your system brings confidence and consistency.”
MWW on Demand
“People are amazed when I tell them we can produce garments within days. The ability to get high-quality, consistent patterns quickly is essential to our business, and Pattern Room makes that possible.”
“I have worked in the fashion industry for over 30 yrs as a pattern maker, garment technician and product developer. I know first-hand how frustrating it is when you send a tech pack to a manufacturer and receive a terribly fitted garment in return, only to spend hours writing up notes for simple changes.
I created Pattern Room with a simple mission, to reduce poorly fitted garments in the world and to make it easier for you to build a business you love by reducing this one bottle neck in the process."