Dressmaking Studio: Pattern Cutting & Design [5 Week Course]

Dressmaking Studio: Pattern Cutting & Design

The Core Focus: Drafting, Fitting, & Design Engineering.

Who it is for: Advanced Beginners / Intermediates who already know how to sew basic garments and want to learn how to create, fit, and alter their own paper patterns.

What you will do:

• Stage 1 (The Foundation Block): Draft a 2-piece master block for tops/skirts. Make and adjust a fabric toile (prototype) to achieve a bespoke fit.
• Stage 2 (Silhouette & Manipulation): Learn technical styling methods to manipulate your block into new designs using darts, seams, yokes, gathers, pleats, and flounces.

Sewing Involved: Minimal. Machine sewing is limited strictly to assembling the basic fit toile.

Key Takeaway: You walk away with permanent master pattern blocks tailored to your body and the technical knowledge to design your own patterns from scratch.

Meet Your Tutor:
As the owner of the Bowery and a seasoned art educator, Sandra brings the rigour of the fashion industry directly to your sewing machine.
With a career spanning commercial apparel to serving as a Secondary Head of Textiles and GCSE Examiner, she bridges the gap between professional construction and creative craft. A regular at the national Knitting & Stitching Shows, Sandra has taught over 500 people to sew at the Bowery. Her 18 years of experience ensures you receive expert technical guidance at every stitch of your journey.

WHAT’S INCLUDED: Everything Provided

CANCELLATION POLICY

All tickets are non -refundable.

We are able to provide credit / transfer onto another course or workshop if there is two or more weeks’ notice.

Within a two-week period, under no circumstances can we transfer you onto another event. We have incurred material costs & committed numbers to the tutor.