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Build Your Block Set Self-Paced Pattern Making Course
Learn to draft personalized fitting blocks for bodice, sleeve, skirt, and pant. Foundation skills for garment makers who want control over fit and construction.
Foundation Blocks for Custom Garment Fit
Fitting blocks are the foundation for custom garment pattern making. A well-drafted block built to your specific measurements ensures proper fit before you add design elements.
This course teaches you to draft bodice, sleeve, skirt, and pant blocks from your measurements - the technical foundation needed for custom garment work, whether you're making for yourself, clients, or developing a line.
Learn measurement techniques, drafting methods, and fitting principles that produce accurate, repeatable blocks you'll use for every garment you pattern.
What's Inside
FiveĀ focused modulesĀ teaching measurement techniques, drafting methods, and fitting principles for creating personalized blocks for bodice, sleeve, skirt, and pant. Learn to draft blocks from your measurements or adjust purchased blocks for proper fit.
Module 1: Getting Prepared
Learn measurement techniques for yourself or clients. Includes comprehensive measurement worksheet and tool recommendations. Evaluate whether to draft blocks from scratch or adjust purchased blocks based on your needs and skill level.
Module 2: The Bodice Block
Draft a fitted bodice block from measurements or adjust a purchased block for proper fit. Lessons cover both methods with pros and cons of each approach. Learn fitting principles and adjustment techniques for balanced bodice fit.
Module 3: Skirt and Pant Blocks
Build skirt and pant blocks using either drafting or the adjustment method. Learn fitting evaluation for both - identifying balance issues, adjusting for body variations, and achieving proper fit for skirts, trousers, and slacks with detailed fitting guidance.
Module 4: The Sleeve Block
Draft shaped and straight sleeve blocks. Learn sleeve attachment to bodice and full garment fitting. Identify and correct common sleeve fitting issues including cap height, armhole relationship, and movement ease.
Module 5: Dress and Torso Blocks
Combine bodice and skirt blocks to create full dress or torso blocks. Learn to develop supplemental variations including shirt blocks, dartless blocks, and sleeveless blocks from your fitted foundation for multiple garment applications.
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Virginia here!
I spent 30 years in the garment industry, progressing from pattern maker to designer to Director of Product Development. My formal training includes a design degree with six semesters of pattern making coursework, plus three decades of professional application across clothing, home goods, and soft goods manufacturing.
I've drafted patterns for wedding gowns, ready-to-wear collections, custom garments, and everything in between. The methods I teach in this course are the same technical foundations used in professional product development - measurement, drafting, fitting, and adjustment principles that produce accurate, repeatable blocks.
Now I teach committed makers who want genuine pattern making skills - not shortcuts, but proper technical training in drafting blocks from measurements and fitting for proper garment construction.
If you're serious about developing custom fitting skills for yourself or clients, this course provides the structured foundation you need.
