Pattern Cutting for Made to Measure Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This made to measure pattern cutting course will provide you with a chance to study the core skills involved in pattern cutting for womenswear, using your own body measurements. This method is used for couture and bespoke garments, usually designed and produced for individual clients.
You will study the basics of custom-fit block making, creating a personalised bodice (and one-piece sleeve block - time permitting). Working at your own pace, you will then make your pattern into a toile and learn how to fit the toile to the body, adapting the pattern accordingly. You will leave us with a personalised bodice and sleeve block, ready to draft into patterns that will have a perfect fit - unique to your body.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone, aged 18 and older, interested in pattern cutting for made to measure, regardless of prior experience. Beginners are welcome, as are those looking to expand existing knowledge.
Key information
Topics covered
- Cutting room kit and terminology
- Measuring and compiling size charts
- Customising for a bespoke fit
- Working-pattern drafting and annotation
- Understanding fitting procedures
Learning outcomes
- Understand the practical knowledge of how to draft a bespoke bodice block
- Have a fundamental understanding of pattern tools and drafting
- Have a fundamental understanding of how to successfully fit a bodice
- How to cut a bodice toile
- Understand how to accurately measure the upper body
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
- Graders set square
- 2H and 2B pencil or automatic pencil
- Soft eraser
- Shoben fashion curve
- Measuring tape (with both imperial and metric measurements)
- Scotch tape and tracing wheel
- Fabric shears
- Paper scissors 15cm ruler
- Awl
- Dressmaking pins
Please note: On the first day of the course, you will work in pairs and take your partner's body measurements. Please wear a fitted top as this will allow for more accurate measurements.
Tutor
Sally Pittman
Sal Pittman is a lecturer in Design and Creative Pattern Cutting. She has worked with London College of Fashion for 16 years. She teaches design and research methods across a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses She has 25 years experience in pattern and creative cutting working across industry in contemporary and vintage cutting, tailoring as well as production and costume design in theatre and film. Sal is also a critically acclaimed artist/filmmaker as co-founder of company KlangHaus.Lisa Lyons - Montgomery
Lisa Lyons-Montgomery has over 30 years of experience as a pattern cutter with the fashion industry, creatively and production based for both brands and designers alike. She is founder of her own bespoke bridalwear business, creating bespoke and made to measure bridalwear commissions from concept to finished garment for private clients. She also works for UAL both as a VP and Specialist Pattern Cutting Technician mentoring and teaching on BA womenswear, FFD and BA Menswear courses at LCF.Book a course
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