Pattern Making & Drafting Online Video Lessons

Avoid frustration and wasting your time! Achieve perfectly fitted garments by drafting and
making your own fitted block patterns, according to your own or others’ body measurements.
Once you learn how to make block patterns, you can style them accroding to the design of
your garment by following the steps in our garment sewing video lessons here.

Start learning now with our detailed step by step online video lessons (courses/classes).

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Bodice Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons Bodice Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons

This video lesson will enable you to sew well fitted garments! You will learn how to do measurements, calculating dart intakes and drafting front and back bodice patterns.

   Video Chapters: 22
FREE Chapters 4
Duration: 68 mins
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Skirt Block Pattern Making (Straight & Tapered) Video Lessons Skirt Block Pattern Making (Straight & Tapered) Video Lessons

Learn how to measure the body, draft a straight and tapered skirt block pattern according to your measurements. This lesson includes how to calculate the darts, adding seam allowances, abutted slit and hem allowances and how to mark and draw the lengthwise grain line.

   Video Chapters: 16
FREE Chapters 3
Duration: 68 mins
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Full Figure Skirt Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons Full Figure Skirt Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons

Learn how to make full figure straight skirt block patterns with abutted slits using the Nehzat Houshan method. This will help you achieve perfectly fitted skirts that fall well on the body and with hemlines that are parallel to the floor! Before cutting and sewing your fabric, I recommend testing your pattern on muslin fabric, to make sure your pattern fits you.

   Video Chapters: 18
FREE Chapters 2
Duration: 77 mins
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Pants Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons Pants Block Pattern Making (Drafting) Video Lessons

Learn how to draft pants block patterns using the Nehzat Houshan method. You will learn how to do measurements, calculating dart intakes and drafting front and back pants block patterns.

   Video Chapters: 26
FREE Chapters 3
Duration: 105 mins
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Pants Pattern Alteration (Adjustment) for Different Body Shapes Video Lessons Pants Pattern Alteration (Adjustment) for Different Body Shapes Video Lessons

Learn how to adjust pants block patterns for different body shapes. Includes increasing and decreasing the rise, increasing and decreasing the crotch length for standard, full figures, larger and flatter tummies, larger and flatter buttocks and larger thighs.

   Video Chapters: 12
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Duration: 52 mins
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Pants Block Pattern Styling Video Lessons Pants Block Pattern Styling Video Lessons

Learn how to style pants block patterns, including: how to convert one waist dart into two, how to change a pants block pattern to a straight style, how to change a pants block pattern to a tapered style and how to change a pants block pattern to a flared (bell bottom) style.

   Video Chapters: 9
FREE Chapters 2
Duration: 50 mins
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