Workshop – Sewing: Making a Pattern from Your Favorite Clothing Item (3 session)

Have a favorite piece of clothing you wish you could make again? In this hands-on 3-session class, learn how to turn an existing garment into a reusable sewing pattern. Students will examine a favorite clothing item to identify its shapes, seams, and construction, then learn techniques for tracing and creating pattern pieces. Through demonstrations and guided practice, participants will build a pattern based on their chosen garment while gaining a better understanding of garment construction, fit, and patternmaking.

What You Will Learn:
– How to analyze a garment and identify its individual pattern pieces

– Techniques for tracing and creating a pattern from an existing garment

– How to account for seam allowances, hems, and other construction details

– Basic patternmaking techniques for recreating a favorite garment

– How to use your finished pattern as a starting point for making a new garment