Copying Ready to Wear: The Cutting Method

Description The most accurate way to copy ready to wear is to cut up a garment and create a pattern from those cut pieces. Join me while I show you how to give new life to a garment that has seen better days. You don’t need to be a patternmaker to learn this technique, but imagine the satisfaction of drafting garments that you know you like and that fit your figure. This is also a great class if you have been interested in experimenting with the artform of patternmaking.

• Class Preview
• Introduction
• Mapping Out
• Cutting And Labeling
• Tracing
• Trueing And Grainline
• Making Changes to The Pattern
• Final Pattern
• Copying T-shirts and Skirts
• Conclusion