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About Our Dressmaking Course 101
Our Dressmaking Course 101 covers how to draft your bodice / torso block using your body measurements along with a proportion chart to help you achieve a great foundation draft. At Pattern Academy, we recognise the challenges that not having accurate and proportionate measurements can pose for those new to pattern drafting. Hence we have provided a Size and Proportion Chart to help you with your daft.
Another unique feature of the method taught in this course is that the provision for bust dart intake is calculated based on cup size. So, it is not a one cap fits all approach as used in many pattern making books or commercial patterns.
Above all, the steps in our Dressmaking Course 101 are also broken down into bite size steps, to make it easy for you to follow along the drafting process and draft your own bodice / torso blocks.
What does the Dressmaking Course 101 offer?
In this Dressmaking Course 101 you will learn how to take measurements needed for drafting the bodice /torso block.
You will then go on to draft the front and back bodice/torso block patterns professionally using the measurements obtained along with the corresponding proportions on the chart.
This lesson includes how to calculate for your front shoulder dart, your underarm proportion, bust arc and bust span, among other skills you will learn along the way.
Who the Dressmaking Course 101 is for?
- This Course is for a large variety of “students” — firstly, it is for beginners who want to learn how to draft fitted front and back Bodice / Torso blocks.
- It is also for intermediate designers who want to learn how to measure for an individual body, or dress form, and draft a pattern to fit specific measurements.
- It is also for advanced designers who want to make ”bespoke” or “made-to-order” designs to fit specific customers.
Is there a pre-requisite for this course?
No prerequisites for the Course. All you need is to have your tools to hand.
Tools needed: tape measure, pattern paper, pencil, eraser, square ruler, curved ruler (French curve and Hip curve), straight ruler, tracing wheel, scissors are the basic tools needed.
What is unique about this course?
The uniqueness of the drafting method used in this course is that it takes into consideration and caters for different cup sizes so that, the need for a full bust adjustment is minimised if not eliminated.
This course is the foundation that will help you sew well fitted garments for yourself and others. Once you learn how to make individualised bodice/torso block patterns professionally, you can easily style them according to the design of your garments by following the steps in our subsequent garment making courses.
A bodice block is a representation on paper of the upper part of your garment; from shoulder to waist. A Torso block is one that extends up to the hip. If you have ever wanted to learn how to draft the bodice/torso block – this step by step tutorial is for you!
I am going to walk you through the process of creating, to a professional standard, a female bodice/torso block, one step at a time, so that you can start creating sewing patterns from it that fit perfectly.
Learning Outcomes of the Dressmaking Course 101
Upon completion of this Dressmaking Course 101, you will be able to effectively and efficiently:
– take measurements needed for drafting the bodice /torso block
– complete calculations needed for drafting – calculate for cup size
– draft the back and front bodice/torso block blocks professionally using the measurements obtained along with the corresponding proportions on the chart
– shape the back and front bodice/torso blocks using darts – true your dart legs
– true your seams
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Also, check out how you can scale your blocks here, as small scale versions of your block is perfect for practising pattern making.
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