Training · Intermediate
Tailored pattern making & cutting
Draft the pattern of a tailored jacket and trousers, then cut and fit them.
- Status
- Registrations open
- Start
- 1 Dec 2026
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Seats
- 8
Designed for dressmakers who already have some practice, this course covers tailored pattern drafting: base draft, grading, adaptation to body shape.
You then make a canvassed jacket and a pair of trousers, going through the key stages of fitting and alteration.
Programme
- 01 Drafting the jacket pattern
- 02 Pleated tailored trousers
- 03 Adapting to body shape
- 04 Traditional canvassing
- 05 Fittings and corrections
- 06 Hand finishing
Admission requirements
A command of basic sewing is required (prior interview).