Pattern Making Basics - Tips and Techniques

Are you looking to enhance your fitting and pattern-making skills? This popular online course is perfect for you!

With over 50 videos, step-by-step exercises, and a printable workbook, you'll create your own reference guide—a valuable resource for sewing your garments. While the course is based on our Sure-Fit Designs Dress Kit, the techniques are versatile and can be applied to any basic pattern.

Course content:

Fitting and design ease
Identifying and correcting fitting issues
Dart manipulation
Contour darts
Designing with darts
Identifying style lines
Necklines
Sleeves
Pattern changes for knits

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Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to the Pattern Making Basics Workshop.pdf

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Welcome and Introduction

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Pattern Making Basics Readme

Print File For Workbook

Download - Conversion chart.pdf

Requirements

Bodice Front Template

Bodice Back Template

Sleeve Template

Downsized Template Front and Back

Lesson 1 - Shoulder Adjustments

1.1 Dress Kit Information

1.2 Ease Allowances

1.3 Sloper And Muslin

1.4 Shoulder Adjustments

1.5 Sloped Shoulder Adjustment

1.6 Square Shoulder Adjustment

1.7 Forward Shoulder Discussion

1.8 Forward Shoulder Exercise

1.9 A Update - Forward shoulder sleeve adjustment

1.9 B Sleeve Adjustment For Forward Shoulder

Lesson 2 - Back Adjustments

Download -Adding A Shoulder Dart 1.pdf

Download - Adding A Shoulder Dart 2.pdf

2.1 Recap

2.2 Swayback: Discussion

2.3 Swayback: Exercise 1

2.4 Swayback: Exercise 2

2.5 Swayback: Exercise 3

2.6 Swayback : Full size Pattern

2.7 Round Back Adjustment

2.8 Forward Neck

Forward neck.pdf

2.9 Prominent Shoulder Blade

Lesson 3 - Sleeve Adjustments

Download - Sleeves and all their Quirkiness.pdf

3.1 Sleeve Discussion

3.3 Sleeve Adjustment Part 1

3.4 Sleeve Adjustment Part 2

Lesson 4 - Dart Manipulation

Designing-Basics-by-Sure-Fit-Designs.pdf

Dart exercise - bodice-front with instructions.pdf

Dart exercise - bodice-front.pdf

4.1 Contour Darts

4.2 Dart Manipulation

4.3 Determining Bust Circle

4.4 Contour Darts: Neckline

4.5 Contour Darts: Armhole

4.6 Contour Darts: Strapless Styles

4.7 Conclusion

Lesson 5 - Designing With Darts

Style Lines.pdf

Style Lines (2).pdf

Additional Information.pdf

5.1 Designing With Darts

5.2 Planning Your Design

5.3 Style Lines

5.4 Dart Control

5.5 More Design Ideas

5.6 Conclusion

Lesson 6 - Necklines

Image - Sweetheart Neckline.pdf

Images -Cowl Neck.pdf

6.1 Discussing Necklines

6.2 Sweetheart Neckline

6.3 Cowl Neck

6.4 Cowl Exercise 1

6.5 Cowl Exercise 2

6.6 Cowl Exercise 3

6.7 Cowl Exercise 4

6.8 Facings

Lesson 7 - Design Ideas

7.1 Button Extension

7.2 Lets Chat Design

7.3 Sleeves

7.4 Removing The Sleeve Dart

7.5 Bishop Sleeve

7.6 Conclusion

Lesson 8 - Sewing With Knits

T-Shirt_Tactics.pdf

Grading Guide.pdf

8.1 Knit Fabrics

8.2 Remove Bust Dart

8.3 Blueprint Exercise

8.4 Sizing Down

8.5 Grading

8.6 Conclusion