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+author: "joostdecock"
+caption: "Remember when we were allowed to go outside?"
+date: "2021-01-17"
+image: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/hl5bw8cj/site-content/0faad5ded9176b4cf9e58cf5b05a939ba7670363-1920x1272.jpg"
+intro: "The Bella bodice block for womenswear"
+title: "The Bella bodice block for womenswear"
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+We've just published a new pattern on this website: [Bella, a bodice block for womenswear](/designs/bella/).
+It's a block with bust and waist dart, and a waist dart at the back.
+
+My goal when venturing into womenswear was to make one foundational block from which 
+we could then spin out a range of different garments.
+
+Which is why we have [Breanna](/designs/breanna/), which I designed from scratch.
+Unfortunately, it hasn't been the end-all be-all that I — perhaps naively — hoped it would be.
+
+For Bella, I worked with someone from the industry to implement a design that is commonly
+used for commercial garment making. As such, I am curious to see how this one will pan out.
+
+My initial plan was to also make a variation with a shoulder dart at the front, to replace the bust dart,
+but in the end I settled for getting it released, rather than work on it longer.
+
+Which brings me to:
+
+##### I'm taking a break from womenswear
+
+I feel like I'm expending a lot of effort here for little result.
+It's getting me down, and I need a win.
+
+I want to work on something that I can not only design, but also make and wear.
+Something that gives me joy, and makes me feel like I know what I'm doing.
+
+So while I'll still help out people who want to design for women themselves,
+I am taking a break from womenswear. 
+
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