Beginners Pattern Cutting Course

What you gain from this course;

• A Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity: Discover the joy of designing and creating your own clothes, starting with a custom-fit dress block. You'll gain the skills to bring your fashion ideas to life, allowing for endless personalisation and expression.

• A Tailored Dress Block: Learn to draft a dress block based on your own measurements, ensuring a perfect fit every time. Say goodbye to off-the-rack clothing and embrace garments made specifically for you!

• Confidence Through Craft: Master the fundamentals of pattern cutting in a relaxed and supportive environment. By the end of the course, you'll have the confidence to continue your dressmaking journey, whether it's for yourself, your business, family, or your friends.

• A Fun and Productive Outlet: This course offers a fulfilling and enjoyable way to spend your time. It's a great opportunity to learn a valuable skill, meet like-minded people, and create something beautiful together :)

Why start with a dress block?

Learning to draft a dress block is an essential starting point because it builds solid technical foundations for understanding the body and garment construction.

The key reasons why are 👇🏻

1. Core Structure: The dress block forms the basis for most garments, including dresses, tops, and jackets. Mastering this gives you a strong understanding of garment structure and fit.

2. Problem Solving: Understanding how the dress block is constructed helps you troubleshoot fit issues, such as adjusting darts, necklines, or armholes.

3. Versatility: Once you know how to draft a dress bodice block, you can easily modify it into various styles, giving you creative flexibility.

4. Skill Development: It enhances your overall pattern-making skills, helping you grasp key concepts like balance, proportion, and seam placement, which can be applied to more complex designs later.

5. Custom Fit: Drafting your own dress block allows you to create patterns tailored to specific measurements, ensuring better fit and comfort.