This blog post is in English and German. Dieser Blogeintrag ist zweisprachig verfasst. If you’re not from Germany, Austria or Switzerland, you might have no idea what Else means. It’s a name, a short version of Elisabeth, and is pronounced Ell-say. For decades Else was just a name till the designer behind German indie label Schneidernmeistern decided to name her new dress pattern Else. This was two or three years ago. Since then the sewing community is really obsessed with ‚Else‘ and all the cool add-ons that come with the pattern. Everybody knows Else, almost everybody owns the Else pattern – Elses everywhere. Ich vermute, jeder, der näht, kenn die „Else“. Der It-Schnitt von Schneidernmeistern war allerdings immer unerreichbar für mich. Die Else geht im Original nämlich nur bis zur Grösse 46. Grmpf.