Intermediate
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1 hour 51 sec
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00:55
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01:58
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14:39
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10:53
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06:31
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05:40
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10:26
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09:49
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Taught by Sanae Ishida
Sewing your own clothing is incredibly empowering and even more so when you've designed a clothing pattern customized to your unique body. The foundation of drafting patterns is a sloper, also known as a "block," which is a 2D version of your 3D shape. Author, illustrator, and designer Sanae Ishida teaches you how to draft your own front and back upper body slopers by taking your measurements, transferring them to Swedish tracing paper, making the slopers, and checking the fit of the slopers by sewing a muslin. She also demonstrates how to create an optional bust dart. Once you've completed your upper body slopers, you'll have the tools you need to draft patterns for shirts, coats, and dresses.
Learn how to:
Here’s what you’ll need:
- For the slopers: Drafting kit (Swedish tracing paper or large pieces of paper, ruler, pencil)
- French curve
- Cear gridded quilting ruler
- Marking tools
- Full length mirror
- Masking or artist tape
- PDF for measuring chart
- Measuring tape
- Scissors for paper
- Seam gauge
- Elastic
- Necklace
- For the muslin - several yards of fabric
- Sewing machine
- Thread
- Seam ripper
- Sewing gauge
- Scissors
- Fabric shears
- Pins
- Chalk
- Pattern weights
- Snips
- Iron and ironing surface
Downloads:
- Draft a torso sloper with tracing paper
- Sew a torso muslin
- Take measurements of your body
- Troubleshoot fit issues
- Make a bust dart
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Class Reviews
39 users recommended this class to a friend
Judith Mackenzie
Easy to follow and the charts are excellent help and resource.
5 days ago
Tammy Shinabery
Absolutely the best class ever for pattern drafting. I watched so many online, only to think I understood parts but kept asking but how did they get a drafting measurement. It was not till I did this fantastic class with Sanae that I began understanding. She added just enough more information that I got it and finally start understanding what was really going on. I did watch the drafting part over several times, but each time I got something more from it till I knew I could do it on my own. I did not print the extras at first and when I finally did, I could see how it would have even made it easier to learn. One thing I realized when I did print them was that Sanae had a book written on it. I ordered it immediately, I realized the drafting info she was giving us was from her book because it had page numbers on it. I highly recommend everyone ordering the book because then you have it forever, you wont have to print the extras, but that too was very nice to be included in this creative bug class besides its nice to have a part you want to work on, all in a few pages. Cant wait to get my book and also want to order a few more by her. I really just want to say Thank you, because I was so confused with some other videos I had watched and was about to give up on the drafting part. Thanks again
April 16, 2023
Debora Deutscher
That was very good for the beginner.
March 16, 2023
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