What is the course about?
This course will introduction you to the core skills of pattern cutting, enabling you to use basic blocks to create simple patterns. You will learn how to drape on the stand and how to extract a pattern from your design and reproduce it in toile fabric.
This course is for beginners. Basic sewing skills are desirable but not essential.
- Using a standard size pattern block to draft simple patterns (skirt or top)
- Basic manipulation techniques to create a variety of styles
- Use balance marks, grainlines and other technical information
- Making and using toiles as part of the process of creating a finished pattern
Through demonstrations, discussions, workshop practice, one to one instruction and guidance.
Pattern cutting materials will be provided. Please bring a notebook, pen and pencil
- to use a standard size pattern block to draft simple patterns (skirt or top)
- to use basic manipulation techniques to create a variety of styles
- to use balance marks, grainlines and other technical information
- to make and use toiles as part of the process of creating a finished pattern
You can develop your skills further on one of our short courses or take an accredited course in fashion starting in September.
