Womenswear Pattern Cutting Intensive Short Course

The Womenswear Pattern Cutting Intensive Short Course is an in-depth course designed to help students take the first step towards setting up their own business or career as a professional pattern cutter. During the course, students are introduced to the industry standard size 12 block and guided through the core skills of pattern reading and style interpretation. Students then use this knowledge to alter different parts of the pattern pieces, practicing many variations of styles. Students learn how to move darts to change the look of a garment as well as creating ease or a tighter fit. The course also explores how to create varying silhouettes and adapt patterns for different types of daywear fabrics. By the end of the course, students should have developed a comprehensive file of pattern samples in both paper and fabric. They should also be able to interpret fashion designs and illustrations of daywear and eveningwear garments into their own patterns.