Description
Dive into advanced pattern making techniques that will enable you to adapt sewing patterns to elevated designs while retaining the fit. In this start anytime workshop, Meg Healy will show you how to adapt skirt patterns, transform top patterns, and revamp pant patterns using drafting rulers. Not only will Meg show you how to create stylized sewing patterns from slopers, she will also show you how to modify existing sewing pattern styles.
What You Will Learn:
- Drafting pleats, gores, and asymmetric styles on a skirt sloper
- Modifying the hem, adding a pocket to an existing skirt pattern
- Making a peasant off-the-shoulder style top from a sloper
- Altering a stylized top pattern to eliminate darts, add a sleeve cut out and yoke
- Transforming the pant sloper to be a baggy no side seam style pant
- Adding a fly front zipper extension
- Modifying the pant silhouette
- And more!
The Expert:
Meg Healy had the urge to sew and create at a young age and eventually led her to study Fashion Design in both London, Canada and NYC. While interning for Vera Wang and BurdaStyle during her studies, she was encouraged to accept a full time position with BurdaStyle where she served as the online editor and face of BurdaStyle.com for nearly 7 years inspiring and teaching sewists around the world. Meg now is the content producer for Sew Daily which includes titles such as Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery magazines while also continuing to develop, film and instruct online sewing videos for BurdaStyle Academy and Sew Daily TV. She shares her sewing journey on the Sew & Tell podcast and on her @meg.says.sew Instagram account. When not sewing, Meg enjoys spending time with her husband exploring the city, cycling, and cuddling their giant pet rabbit.
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