BEHIND THE SEAMS: A Pattern Cutter's Guide to Fashion History - ON DEMAND CLASSES

Have you ever walked around a museum/art gallery/fashion exhibition and been left brimming with inspiration and wanting to start making your own designs? Then BEHIND THE SEAMS: A Pattern Cutter's Guide to Fashion History is the course for you! These classes are all about fashion history from the pattern-cutters’s perspective. Each session delves into a different time period to explore its signature silhouettes and unpick the pattern-cutting techniques behind them. Every class features step-by-step tutorials to follow along and draft designs inspired by that period ranging from a full outfit to finer details like necklines, collars, cuffs, fastenings and much more. 

Pick your favourite era or take advantage of our ALL ACCESS or 20th CENTURY bundles. 

Each two hour class is divided into three sections:

SECTION 1: FASHION HISTORY ROMP

Looking at the original source material to discover the fashionable:

  • shapes and silhouettes
  • fabrics
  • decoration and embellishment 
  • sewing technology 
  • social and political context

SECTION 2: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

Looking at how the period in question has popped up in later fashions and inspired modern-day designers.

SECTION 3: OVER TO YOU!

Time for some pattern-cutting - we show you how to take your new historical knowledge to the cutting table and start to create modern designs inspired by the period. Follow along using the mini-blocks provided with each session. 

If you want to take it a step further we have drafted special FULL SIZE blocks (sizes UK 6-26, x3 pdf formats) so you can draft-along with us in your own size. These are available to purchase separately, or are included with the ALL ACCESS/20th CENTURY BUNDLES.