Media and Mentions
Pattern Room has been featured in industry publications, trade events, podcasts and print industry conversations because it solves a real problem in garment development: getting reliable, production-ready patterns faster.
Created by Julia Watts, founder of Sample Room, Pattern Room brings 30+ years of pattern-making and product development experience to modern apparel businesses, sportswear manufacturers and garment teams.
Production-ready DXF and Ai patterns, backed by 30+ years of garment development experience.
Articles, features and media mentions
Ragtrader
The Founder of Ragtrader Frazer McEwing interviewed Julia for a 2 page article on Pattern Room as a growth Disrupter in the Pattern Making Space
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Itma News
Pattern Room was showcased in the ITMA Daily News Magazine in 2023. 1 of a small % of people highlighted to the ITMA audience.
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Mimaki Microfactory
Oct- 2024- Panelist and participant in the Mimaki Digital Textile Microfactory Event in Los Angeles USA
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Industry events and partnerships
Pattern Room has been part of industry events and conversations across fashion, textile production, digital print and apparel manufacturing.
Podcast, Interviews and industry conversations
Critical Fashion Studies Podcast
April 2023 -Julia joined the conversation to discuss garment development, pattern making and why fit problems often start long before production.
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The Software Matrix
Dec 2025- with Chris Minn-Recorded with Julia in Australia, this conversation dives into the reality of pattern making in a global industry facing skills shortages, rising complexity, and increasing pressure for speed and consistency.
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Jim and Shelby show
Dec 2024- With Jim and Shelby - Pattern Room is very printing-adjacent as they sell patterns to be printed on to garments.
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Texintel
April 2024 with Debbie McKeegan- Size and garment fit are essential for the Apparel industry if it is to reduce waste. We take a deep dive into the challenges and the benefits of digital production.
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Australian Fashion Council
Oct 2022-Was a panelist on the Make in Melbourne Conversationsfor Australian Fashion Week with Australian Fashion Council
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Textile Nerd Podcast
With Dan McGowan and Lore Atone-There’s more at stake for textile designers, makers, and manufacturers to execute the right fit than meets the eye.
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Print Island
Jan 2026 - With Richard Askam-
Julia has spent 30 years as a pattern maker, the person who takes a designer’s sketch and turns it into something that can actually be made. And after watching the same questions and the same garments repeat for decades, she built Pattern Room, a tech platform that flips product development on its head.
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Dye Sub PodCast
Jan 2022- With Jim and Shelby - They share some incredible information about their company and the intricacies of hte garment industry
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Why this matters
Pattern Room is not a generic online pattern shop. It was built from decades of real garment development work through Sample Room, then shaped into a digital catalogue for businesses that need faster, more reliable pattern solutions.
If you are managing sportswear, uniforms, activewear or production development, these industry conversations all point to the same thing: better patterns reduce guesswork, save time and help you get garments into production with more confidence.