Pattern Skills Library

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Choosing Your First, or Next, Pattern

In this foundational course,we will go beyond just “reading” patterns to help you really understand how to use them as a tool for creating your dream garments.

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Facings - A Pattern Making Skill

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A tutorial to learn how to make all your own facings patterns, an essential skill if your making adjustments to your patterns and easier than you think!

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Pyjama Party Pant - CUSTOMIZE

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A collection of tutorials that will take you step by step on customizing your pants into many new styles!

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Bust Dart Pattern Adjustments

Course

How to add, manipulate and pivot bust darts!

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Small Bust Adjustment

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How to know if you need a SBA and how to assess much to decrease. Along with 4 tutorials on how to make the SBA on every pattern type!

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Full Bust Adjustment

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Learn everything you need to know about sizing, fitting and pattern adjusting for a Full Bust Adjustment!

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Sway Back Adjustment

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Learn how to identify if a swayback is the issue you need to fix, the common 'other' issues it might be, and how to make the swayback adjustment on your pattern!

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Gaping Armhole and Gaping Neckline - Pattern Adjustment

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How to identify what it is (and what it is not!), plus tutorials for how to make the pattern adjustment for a gaping armhole or gaping neckline.

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Twisted or Forward Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

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How to identify and make pattern adjustments for a twisted shoulder or a forward shoulder.

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Narrow or Broad Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

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Learn how to fit shoulders with the narrow shoulder adjustment and the broad shoulder adjustment. From identifying it to pattern making it!

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Sloping or Square Shoulder – Pattern Adjustment

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Learn how to fit shoulders for a sloping shoulder adjustment and a broad shoulder adjustment. From identifying it to adjusting your pattern!

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Broad or Narrow Back - Pattern Adjustment

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How to know if you need the broad or narrow back adjustment and the pattern-making tutorial step by step!

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Rounded or Flat Back -Pattern Adjustment

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Is a rounded or flat back the pattern alteration that you need? And how to do it step by step!

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Bicep Adjustment

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We will look at making pattern adjustments to sleeve width to accommodate a larger or smaller bicep.

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Alter ANY Neckline - Pattern Skill

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We look at altering ANY neckline to be higher or lower or any other shape. Any neckline on any pattern can be altered to whatever height or shape is desired. Collared necklines can be changed to scoop, low necks to high neck, V-neck to round-neck.

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Alter ANY Armhole

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This course looks at altering any armhole, be it to give more movement, have a snugger fit, accommodate bigger arms as well as matching sleeves to altered armholes.

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Grading Patterns

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Grading is that mysterious process that transforms a pattern into another size, your size! And retains the EXACT SAME proportions as the original pattern! This course will show you how to grade any pattern.

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ALTER Patterns

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Learn all the foundations and principles of how patterns works, so you can alter them for fit, size or style!

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FIT Patterns

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Learn how to fit garments and patterns on yourself through all the stages of fitting, at any skill level.

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USE Patterns

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Everything the pattern envelope doesn't' tell you about using and sewing with patterns!

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Selecting Your Size

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By learning to measure yourself properly and calculate the finished measurements of garments you will be able to select your size correctly, first time.

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Trace or Copy a Pattern

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This mini masterclass explains why and how to trace patterns to create single-size copies of sewing patterns. Tracing patterns is a valuable skill for sewists at all levels, offering clarity, preserving originals, and enabling alterations.

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Understanding Your Pattern - Reading a Pattern & Instructions

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This course breaks down, step by step, pattern instructions and their markings so you can confidently read and understand them.

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Cutting & Marking Pattern Pieces

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From laying fabric on grain to cutting confidently and marking key details, this course gives you a practical system that improves accuracy, reduces frustration, and sets you up for sewing success.