Ready to take your sewing to another level? Even though most of the sewing nowadays is done for purely functional reasons, like taking up your jeans or sewing a loose button, the sole purpose is to either make clothes that your family will use or to mend what has been torn in the everyday wear and tear.
If you are all set on taking your sewing skills to another level, you might try to make your own sewing patterns. It takes skill and hands-on experience to create a piece of garment from scratch. There are 3 pattern-making methods. With the wearer’s measurements you create a block, a basic pattern for the skirt and a bodice. It’s made out of tag board or cardboard without the details or the seam allowances. While making adjustments to the basic block and creating a number of muslins, the final block can be used to create a number of similar garments varying in size, shape and style.
Drafting is generally used for creating men’s suits; you create a sewing patter by drawing directly on the pattern paper. The draping method is used for more creative and elaborate designs, it involves creating a muslin pattern by pinning fabric on the dress form and then using the muslin as pattern or transferring the muslin outline on to the paper pattern.
