Fitting the Bodice. You have drafted your personal sloper and now want to perfect the fit? Drafting a bodice sloper according to your own measurements is the first step in getting a customized basic pattern. The second step is adjusting and tweaking the the pattern to get the perfect fit. To achieve this, you will sew a muslin of your drafted bodice at home and bring it to class so we can fit it together (you will receive an info mail of how to prepare and sew the muslin in advance to class). Then all modifications will be transfered to the pattern and adapted. Your pattern is then a truly custom fit bodice sloper that you can use as a basis for further dart manipulation and design development. 

Drafting Collars. You will learn how to draft four different types of collars: Mandarin Collar (stand up collar), Peter Pan Collar (flat collar), Shirt Collar (one piece and two piece).

Dart Manipulation – Bodice. Learn how you to manipulate the bodice dart placement to create unique designs (folds, gathers, dart positions, princess seams, elimination).

Adjusting and Developing the Bodice. Learn how to adapt your bodice sloper to develop various garment pattern types (dress, shirt, coat).

Blazer, Notched Collar and Two Pieced Sleeve – a two-part advanced pattern drafting class that requires the previous bodice and sleeve pattern drafting class. In this class you will develop your bodice sloper into a blazer pattern and draft a notched collar and vent onto it and mark pocket placement. You will also develop your sleeve sloper into a classical two pieced sleeve.