Pattern Cutting Weekend Workshop

In this two day workshop you’ll learn how to take an idea from your sketchbook & turn it into a pattern, perfectly fitted with professional techniques to your measurements.

You’ll have the option to either draft a pattern block from scratch or to customise a pattern taken from your own clothing or a commercial pattern. We’ll toile your pattern in calico and fit it to you throughout the weekend, learning how to adapt the pattern as we go along, taking your idea from sketch to a pattern ready to sew!

Throughout this process, you’ll learn the techniques for drafting your own pattern, how to use pattern cutting tools, tailoring techniques and how to create patterns for your own design ideas.

What’s included:

• Teaching from Veryan, a tailor with over 10 years experience in pattern-cutting & design
• You’ll leave with a fitted calico toile and a fully drafted pattern, ready for you to sew in a fabric of your choosing
• All calico, dot & cross paper and other sewing utensils needed to make your pattern
• Sewing machines & all sewing essentials
• Tea, coffee & biscuits
• These are small workshops of up to three people, so there’s time for one-to-one help throughout the sessions
• Two day workshop

When:

Over the weekend of 25th–26th October

Saturday 25th, 10am–4pm & Sunday 26th, 10am–4pm (includes half an hour lunch break)

Where:

South London Sewing Club’s Studio in Thames-Side Studios, SE18 5NR (we'll email you directions to our studio prior to the event, so please check your junk mail in case it's gone astray!)

FAQs:

Can I have help deciding whether to draft a pattern block or to work from another pattern?

Of course! Before the course starts, we’ll be in touch to chat through the design you’d like to pattern & how might be best to approach it.

Can I come if I’ve never sewn before?

Yes. If you’re a beginner, we’ll spend a bit of time running through how to use a sewing machine before getting stuck in to pattern cutting. If you’re more experienced, we’ll get straight on with drafting your block or working from the pattern you bring.

Is there anywhere close by for lunch?

Within the Thames-Side Studios complex there’s The Arts Cafe, The Reach Climbing Wall cafe & also the vegan Ethiopian cafe, as well as a lovely square with benches to eat in, if the sun’s out.

How many spaces are available?

Only three spots are available.

What is your cancellation policy?

Please let us know as soon as possible if you can no longer make the course for a full refund. Cancellations during the week the workshops are held can only get a 70% refund (not including eventbrite’s fees).

Price: £160

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Transport links:

• Bike: Thames River cycle path (16 mins cycle from Greenwich).
• Bus: 161 / 177 / 180 / 472 to Warspite Road bus stop.
• DLR: Woolwich Arsenal (1 minute walk to Plumstead Road and take Route Bus 177 towards Peckham Bus Station or 472 towards North Greenwich Station).
• Road: A2 corridor, first roundabout east of Thames Barrier onto Warspite Road. Free on-site parking.
• Train: From Cannon Street or London Bridge to Woolwich Dockyard (8 minute walk) or Charlton (12 minute walk).
• Tube: North Greenwich (take the Route Bus 472 towards Thamesmead Town Centre).
• Crossrail: Elizabeth Line to Woolwich (take Route Bus 177 towards Peckham Bus Station or 472 towards North Greenwich Station).

Host or Publisher South London Sewing Club