Thursday, March 12, 2015

Pattern Drafting

Basic Sloper

Pattern Drafting


Last week I finished my pattern drafting class! We spent several weeks drafting patterns on paper. Then we sewed a sloper out of muslin, using our draft. I have the sloper on in the photos above, not too cute (I think it looks like a strait-jacket), but it's just a starting point for designing whatever you want. After we made adjustment to the sloper for a perfect fit, we seam-ripped the cloth pieces apart and traced them on to really thick paper.  Now I can use those pieces as jumping-off points for different things I want to design!


So far I'm dreaming up some easy outfits that I can draft from these basic pattern pieces. I have some beautiful velvet fabric that I want to turn into a pencil skirt. I'm thinking that will be a perfect / simple first pattern to try drafting on my own! I'm so excited to try it!








3 comments:

  1. How cool, I love the ideas of having a sloper and going from there. :) Can't wait to see what you come up with!

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  2. How cool, I love the ideas of having a sloper and going from there. :) Can't wait to see what you come up with!

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