Skirt Patternmaking Workshop

Patternmaking workshop:
Make your own skirt pattern!

This introductory lesson in basic flat pattern techniques will give you the basic
skills to draft patterns to fit any body! We will take measurements and make a simple
skirt pattern with darts, which can be customized in all sorts of ways to suit your
personal style.

Supplies:
Paper (a pad or roll of newsprint or drawing paper, at least 14" wide)
Pencil and eraser
Ruler (ideally an 18" clear sewing ruler)
Clear tape


Cal Patch is a designer, teacher and the creator of "Hodge Podge Farm",
a handmade one-off clothing and accessories line.
She is also the author of "Design-it-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified",
an instructional book on pattern drafting, due out in September of 2009.