Let's Learn to Sew invites you to join us for a year of apparel pattern drafting that will build your wardrobe and skills by learning various skills and techniques. So make this coming year the year you design a custom-fitted wardrobe.
Rethinking Your Wardrobe
What We'll Cover
Each week a new article and video will be released. You can join anytime, but in order to have a strong foundation, we suggest you start at the beginning of the series.
- Tools and supplies that are essential
- How to use the essential tools
- Key measurements for basic blocks
- How to draft several types bodices
- Drafting skirts
- How to draft pants
- The essentials for manipulating darts
Garments Covered
- T-Shirt
- Blouse
- Leggings
- Pants
- Skirt
- Jeans
- Tank top
- Shorts
- Fashion hoddie
Pattern-Making Tools
Anytime you learn a new skill, you will have to learn the terminology and the tools of that trade. Pattern Making tools and supplies can be as simple or complex as you’d like. You will need paper, a pencil and a few rulers. If you're new to pattern-making, this article will show you the essential tools you'll need to get started.
Pattern-Making Sketchbook
The pattern-making sketchbook is perfect for fashion designers, sewers, knitters, and fashion students to create patterns. The 100-page fashion design drawing book is fantastic for aspiring designers to draw, design, and draft patterns.
Sketch Your Style is a fully interactive guided sketchbook for anyone who loves fashion and loves to doodle, sketch, and draw. Inside, you’ll find step-by-step instructions for drawing and personalizing figures. Included are more than 50 inspirational exercises and prompts. that will help you bring your creative vision to life. From exploring periods in fashion history and fun trends to the work of influential designers. Each exercise is introduced with lively visuals and followed by pages where you can try out your own ideas. Some pages are blank, while others have printed templates, such as figure croquis or fabric swatches, as guides.
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