Pattern Cutting - Made to Measure, Short Course Programme

Ever wished you could afford made-to-measure clothing, or could find a skirt in a shop which fits you perfectly? When you buy any mass produced item of clothing it has been made to standard industry measurements, which vary from label to label. In reality few of us are made to standard measurements so it is often difficult to find clothes which fit perfectly.

On this course you will create a skirt block to your own unique body measurements. You will subsequently use this block to create a complete skirt pattern, featuring your own styling details, which will fit your body perfectly. You will learn how to adapt your skirt block for different styles of skirt, using dart manipulation, adding in pleats, creating panels/gores and godets. This is a practical course suitable for absolute beginners, as well as those with previous pattern cutting knowledge wishing to create a personalised block, as you will all be taught to create (draft) a skirt block from scratch using only your own body measurements.

The course will comprise a series of practical, technical workshops in which participants will produce a skirt block, skirt pattern and finished calico garment (toile) which can subsequently be reproduced in a fabric of your choice. Although the emphasis of this course is on womenswear men are also welcome to bring along body measurements of a female friend/relative, or alternatively may work to the measurements of a standard dress stand/tailor’s dummy.

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