Patternmaking + Design: Creative Darts & Seam Lines

Description Learn fashion industry skills for drafting custom patterns and creating designer garments that are uniquely yours. Join Apparel Arts founder Suzy Furrer as she builds on her Patternmaking Basics classes and teaches you how to get creative with darts and seam lines. Master dart manipulation fundamentals before moving on to advanced manipulations with multiple darts, gathers or ruching, as well as the industry method of pivoting darts. Then, discover how to draft a world of striking silhouettes featuring princess seams, Empire waists, A-lines and more. Finally, enjoy plenty of design inspiration as Suzy displays how to combine these manipulations to create finished garments such as an A-line dress with a neck dart, a princess-line top with a peplum and a babydoll tunic with pleats.

• Class Preview
• Meet Suzy Furrer
• The Basics of Dart Manipulation
• Dart Variations
• Gathers & Curves
• Dart Wrap-Up
• Princess Line to the Armhole
• Princess Line Variations
• Empire & Babydoll Lines
• A-Line, Swing & Double-Breasted Lines
• Designing Garments For Production