Build the wardrobe,
not another single garment
The CMC Wardrobe Blueprint is a guided cohort where you sew a coordinated fall capsule with me. Eight pieces. Four of them sewn together on camera, one for each pillar of the 4F Method.
This list gets in on September 25 — four days before anyone else.
No payment and no commitment. Joining the list doesn’t hold a seat — it gets you through the door first.
Eight pieces. One wardrobe.
Not eight separate projects. Eight pieces chosen to work with each other, in one palette, so that what comes out the other side is something you can actually get dressed from on a Tuesday morning.
This season’s palette is black, olive, white and muted gold, with two coordinating prints. Three colors that go with everything, one that makes an outfit look decided, and two prints so eight pieces don’t read like a uniform.
The four we sew together
One anchor pattern for each pillar of the 4F Method, sewn start to finish with me on camera.
Fit
Saida Pant
What your body actually needs at the hip and the seat. Everything after this is easier.
Flatter
Ishan Top
Proportion, balance, and where a seam sits. The pillar most instruction skips.
Function
Naima Jacket
The layer. Princess seams, a real closure, and the reason it gets two weeks instead of one.
Feel Fabulous
Karima Dress
One piece, whole outfit. The one you’ll reach for without thinking.
And four to complete it
Latisha Top · Iman Top · Inaya Pant · Suraiya Skirt
These four round the capsule out. You sew them on your own timeline, with the same fit thinking behind them — and you leave the six weeks with a written plan for each one rather than a vague intention.
How the dates fall
September 25 — Enrollment opens to this list. Four days ahead of everyone else.
September 28 — Last day to join the Collective annually and have a seat held for you.
September 29 — Enrollment opens to everyone.
October 4 — Enrollment closes, 11:59pm ET. Sooner if the cohort fills.
October 12 — We start sewing.
November 22 — We finish. Four days before Thanksgiving, on purpose.
Six weeks, two to five hours a week depending on the garment. Content drops Monday morning, the live check-in is Thursday at 7pm ET and recorded either way.
About the fifty seats
The cohort caps at 50, and that number is real. It’s how many people I can look at fit photos for and still be useful to each one.
Some of those seats are already spoken for, and I’d rather be straight with you now than have you find out on the 25th.
If you joined the Collective before August 27, you have a spot. Monthly or annual, the Blueprint is included in your membership and you’re not racing anyone. Get on the list anyway so the enrollment details reach you first.
If you join annually on or before Monday, September 28, you have a spot too. The annual tier includes the Blueprint, and that date is the one way left to stop watching the calendar.
Every seat after that goes in the order people enroll. Being on this list puts you four days at the front of that line, and that’s the whole advantage. It isn’t a reservation.
If the fifty fill before October 4, enrollment closes early and I’ll say so the day it happens.
Who this is for
Confident beginners and up. That means you’ve finished at least one garment start to finish, you can follow a pattern without someone next to you, and you can put in a zipper.
If you’ve never finished a garment, I’d rather you wait for Spring than come now. The Naima jacket is a real jacket, and I don’t want you stalling in week four on something you weren’t ready for yet. That’s not a judgment. It’s a timing thing.
Modesty here means whatever it means to you. Some of us cover fully, some of us don’t, and every piece is drafted so you can take it where you draw your own line.
Get in first
Enrollment opens to this list on September 25. Nothing to pay, nothing to decide today.
Zahiyya
You’ve spent long enough trying to squeeze into patterns that weren’t made for you
It’s time for patterns that start with your curves, honor your modesty, and support your real life — with a community and mentor walking beside you.
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