Flat Pattern Design I Series

This beginner pattern making class is intended for both home stitchers and fashion design students. You have design ideas, but don’t know where to start in making them a reality.

In this class, you will learn the basics of drafting a pattern, which is used in sewing to cut pieces for a garment!

All students will use the same size for the basic bodice and skirt blocks so that the focus is learning fundamental techniques, such as dart manipulation, slash-spread, pivotal-transfer, pleats, gathers, style lines, contouring, and adding fullness to aid in the design process.

We will sew muslins for some of the pattern manipulations. If you desire to create a customized block to your measurements, you may use lab time to work on that.

There will be sewing machines to use in class when needed.

Prerequisite: Must have some sewing experience. Garment-making experience is preferred, but not required. 

Bring with you to class:

• A spool of 100% polyester thread
• Mechanical Pencil
• Notebook to write notes
• Eraser
• 2” x 24” gridded see-thru ruler
• French curve
• Hip Curve
• Notcher
• Awl
• Tracing wheel (for pattern making, not garment making)
• 3 yards of muslin
• Fabric scissors
• Tape measure
• Dressmaker straight pins