T mes & Star DELORAINE
SERVING SOUTHWEST MANITOBA SINCE 1887
Volume 131 - No. 44
Friday, October 9, 2015
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Pattern making - a dream come true Pictured are Judy Morningstar and Ted Whetter at his Spring/Summer clothing collection show held recently at the Glen Sutherland Art Gallery in Brandon. Morningstar was the pattern maker for the collection. PHOTO/COURTESY JUDY MORNINGSTAR
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Morningstar realizes dream after 50 years by Judy Wells Dreams do come true. Over 50 years ago, Judy Morningstar attended the University of Manitoba to take Home Economics, majoring in Clothing and Textiles. Her dream had been to be a pattern maker and clothing designer. “But at that time there was little opportunity in small-town Saskatchewan to find out where there was a school or university that taught these skills,” aid Morningstar. Only one course in Flat Pattern Design was offered at the U of M, so Judy went on to do other things with her degree. Through the following 50 years, Judy has stitched, sewn, quilted, and created thousands of items. She is well known across Canada for her quilt creations and sought after for her expertise. But it wasn’t until spring of 2015 that Morningstar had an opportunity to try her hand at “real” pattern making. You know the old saying “it’s not what you know but who you know”? This was certainly the case when her friend and former classmate at U of M, Marg Whetter, suggested Morningstar’s name to a young Brandon clothing designer, Ted Whetter. It seemed Ted Whetter was looking for a pattern maker and seamstress for a haute couture menswear clothing collection which he planned to enter the Emerging Young Designer competition in Toronto. (Continued on Page 2)
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