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

89.8 KB

Preview

Welcome and Introduction

10 mins
183 MB

Preview

Pattern Making Basics Readme

119 KB

Print File For Workbook

2.86 MB

Download - Conversion chart.pdf

78.5 KB

Requirements

9 mins
214 MB

Bodice Front Template

2.46 MB

Bodice Back Template

4.05 MB

Sleeve Template

2.56 MB

Downsized Template Front and Back

50.1 KB

Lesson 1 - Shoulder Adjustments

1.1 Dress Kit Information

4 mins
113 MB

1.2 Ease Allowances

6 mins
138 MB

1.3 Sloper And Muslin

6 mins
158 MB

1.4 Shoulder Adjustments

5 mins
112 MB

1.5 Sloped Shoulder Adjustment

9 mins
195 MB

1.6 Square Shoulder Adjustment

7 mins
162 MB

1.7 Forward Shoulder Discussion

4 mins
96.6 MB

1.8 Forward Shoulder Exercise

15 mins
345 MB

1.9 A Update - Forward shoulder sleeve adjustment

1.9 B Sleeve Adjustment For Forward Shoulder

14 mins
285 MB

Lesson 2 - Back Adjustments

Download -Adding A Shoulder Dart 1.pdf

332 KB

Download - Adding A Shoulder Dart 2.pdf

422 KB

2.1 Recap

3 mins
64.2 MB

2.2 Swayback: Discussion

8 mins
218 MB

2.3 Swayback: Exercise 1

13 mins
251 MB

2.4 Swayback: Exercise 2

6 mins
124 MB

2.5 Swayback: Exercise 3

12 mins
271 MB

2.6 Swayback : Full size Pattern

12 mins
304 MB

2.7 Round Back Adjustment

15 mins
408 MB

2.8 Forward Neck

19 mins
476 MB

Forward neck.pdf

54.8 KB

2.9 Prominent Shoulder Blade

9 mins
209 MB

Lesson 3 - Sleeve Adjustments

Download - Sleeves and all their Quirkiness.pdf

10.6 MB

3.1 Sleeve Discussion

4 mins
107 MB

3.3 Sleeve Adjustment Part 1

18 mins
411 MB

3.4 Sleeve Adjustment Part 2

12 mins
284 MB

Lesson 4 - Dart Manipulation

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

3.91 MB

Dart exercise - bodice-front with instructions.pdf

834 KB

Dart exercise - bodice-front.pdf

824 KB

4.1 Contour Darts

4 mins
96.1 MB

4.2 Dart Manipulation

19 mins
443 MB

4.3 Determining Bust Circle

3 mins
76.8 MB

4.4 Contour Darts: Neckline

21 mins
480 MB

4.5 Contour Darts: Armhole

13 mins
279 MB

4.6 Contour Darts: Strapless Styles

20 mins
484 MB

4.7 Conclusion

3 mins
57.2 MB

Lesson 5 - Designing With Darts

Style Lines.pdf

162 KB

Style Lines (2).pdf

56.3 KB

Additional Information.pdf

78.5 KB

5.1 Designing With Darts

17 mins
304 MB

5.2 Planning Your Design

14 mins
297 MB

5.3 Style Lines

7 mins
146 MB

5.4 Dart Control

14 mins
363 MB

5.5 More Design Ideas

6 mins
130 MB

5.6 Conclusion

8 mins
209 MB

Lesson 6 - Necklines

Image - Sweetheart Neckline.pdf

38.3 KB

Images -Cowl Neck.pdf

51.8 KB

6.1 Discussing Necklines

16 mins
356 MB

6.2 Sweetheart Neckline

6 mins
127 MB

6.3 Cowl Neck

5 mins
85.8 MB

6.4 Cowl Exercise 1

4 mins
77.5 MB

6.5 Cowl Exercise 2

3 mins
62.9 MB

6.6 Cowl Exercise 3

5 mins
108 MB

6.7 Cowl Exercise 4

21 mins
545 MB

6.8 Facings

11 mins
263 MB

Lesson 7 - Design Ideas

7.1 Button Extension

12 mins
257 MB

7.2 Lets Chat Design

14 mins
302 MB

7.3 Sleeves

14 mins
316 MB

7.4 Removing The Sleeve Dart

10 mins
197 MB

7.5 Bishop Sleeve

10 mins
232 MB

7.6 Conclusion

2 mins
33.8 MB

Lesson 8 - Sewing With Knits

T-Shirt_Tactics.pdf

3.2 MB

Grading Guide.pdf

388 KB

8.1 Knit Fabrics

17 mins
441 MB

8.2 Remove Bust Dart

18 mins
351 MB

8.3 Blueprint Exercise

15 mins
397 MB

8.4 Sizing Down

7 mins
173 MB

8.5 Grading

11 mins
272 MB

8.6 Conclusion

8 mins
209 MB