Basic Bodice For Fashion Design: Pattern Making Tutorial

How To Draft A Basic Bodice And Skirt Using Specific Measurements, To Fit Yourself, Your Dress Form, or Your Customer.

Created by: Nino Via
Fashion Design Master Instructor - Expert Consultant/Coach

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how to Draft a Basic Bodice, and Skirt, from scratch, using specific measurements.
• How to measure a Dress Form, or Yourself, or your Customer, and draft a basic pattern.
• How to measure a Client’s body and using her measurements to draft a basic pattern.
• Learn How to True Darts, using a Tracing Wheel on Pattern Paper to draft a perfect pattern.
• Included is a very basic general concept of Pattern Grading, and how to apply it to your patterns.

Requirements

• No prerequisites for the Course. Tools needed: tape measure, pattern paper, pencil, ruler, tracing wheel, scissors, french curve and/or hip curve. A Dress Form would be helpful.

Target audience

• This Course is for a large variety of “students” — firstly, it is for beginners who want to learn how to draft a Basic Bodice, and a Basic Skirt.
• It is also for intermediate designers who want to learn how to measure a body, or dress form, and draft a pattern to fit specific measurements.
• It is also for advanced designers who want to make “made-to-order” designs to fit specific customers.