Pattern 3 (Garment Design)
Patternmaking 3 (Garment Design) with instructor Sharon Blair
, BA, MA, PAA
Mondays, January 23-February 27, 6-9 pm (pm class) or Fridays, January 27-March 2, 10 am-1 pm (am class) (Sorry, the Friday am class is full. Please sign up for the Monday pm class or contact info@portlandsewing.com to get on the wait list for the Friday am class)
$269 for 6-week class or $499 if combined with Pattern 4 (Knits & Stretch). Includes pattern papers, handouts.
Bring in a picture or a sketch and make that garment! Learn advanced techniques: How to remove ease, add ease, eliminate darts, create jackets and create assymetric styles. Use the slopers you made in Patternmaking-Intro to design your own clothes. Learn how to choose the right styles for your figure and how the pros judge a fabulous fit. Leave with patterns ready to take to a factory for production — or to your house for a new wardrobe of well-fitting clothes.
Prerequisite: Patternmaking 1 & 2.
Text: Building Patterns by Suzy Furrer
Karli Ebert: Jacket & Skirt Cait Shrigley: Wedding Dress

