Fitting Trousers - Adjustments for a perfect fit
Course Length: 6 hours (inc. lunch break)/1 day 10am - 5pm
Materials Included– 1.5m of Calico, pattern card and Pattern paper
Cost: £150
Trousers are easy to construct but trouser fitting can fill even the most experienced seamstress with dread. In order to achieve a perfect fit you need to study and embrace the curves and contours of your body and learn how to alter a pattern to achieve a comfortable and flattering fit.
On this workshop you will adjust a basic straight leg trouser block to your measurements, toile your trousers and learn how to spot fit issues and fix them with some simple pattern adjustments.
We will begin by taking your measurements and using these to determine what pattern size you should use, we will make some adjustments to the block based on your measurements. You will make a toile of the trouser block before fitting and transferring your alterations to the block.
Once you have a trouser block fitted to your body, you can use this to make trousers THAT FIT YOU! You will also gain skills to adjust other commercial patterns.
What Will I Learn?
- How to accurately measure yourself
- Where the essential fitting points are on trousers including discussing body balance
- Quick toiling techniques
- How to diagnose fitting issues– how to note fitting comments and spot the cause and effect of poor fitting
- Leave with a trouser toile and block and knowledge to adjust future patterns for a perfect fit
This course is taught by professional pattern cutter, Sarah Laws. Sarah has over 20 years’ experience working in the fashion industry and designing and grading patterns for indie brands including her own pattern brand My Handmade Wardrobe Patterns.
This course is not suitable for complete beginners. You should have had some experience of using a sewing machine and preferably have completed a 'Beginners Dressmaking' course or similar.
