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Patternmaking + Design: The Pants Sloper - Season 1

Series: Patternmaking + Design: The Pants Sloper
4.8
(21)
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Episodes
8
Rating
TVY
Year
2020
Language
English
Publisher
Craftsy

About

Learn to draft a custom pant sloper and use it to create two on-trend pattern variations alongside Apparel Arts founder Suzy Furrer. Start simple with how to take accurate measurements and transform them into the waist shaping, dart placement, crotch curve and seam lines for your sloper. Suzy will also guide you through truing up your sloper and making a muslin to refine it for a perfect fit. Then, you'll see how to transfer your sloper onto more durable paper, and add all the markings you need to create patterns you'll wear again and again. Plus, put your sloper to use as Suzy teaches you how to make a pants pattern for timeless trousers or on-trend cigarette pants.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 8

1. Introduction & Measuring

38m

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Join fashion designer and veteran instructor Suzy Furrer in her seventh Craftsy class and learn more about what a pant sloper is and how to take measurements for one. Suzy walks you through the calculations you'll make to build the pants block, the foundation for the sloper you'll make for yourself or a client.

2. Drafting the Front

24m

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Learn good drafting habits as you begin drafting a pant front with Suzy's guidance. You'll see how to translate your measurements and calculations into waist shaping, dart placement, crotch extension and seam lines as Suzy works her way down the pant block.

3. Drafting the Back

20m

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Learn to draft the back pant, beginning by tracing the front and using it as the foundation for your drafting. You'll add width to the seams and height to the waist, create a centered back dart and draft the crotch extension.

4. Truing Up the Pattern

30m

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It's time to true up the front and back of your pants sloper. Suzy shows how to get a smooth curve on the crotch seam and make sure it's the correct length. Then true your inseam, outseam and waistline and add markings. Finally, see how to add seam allowances and mark your fabric so you can sew up your muslin!

5. Fitting the Sloper

31m

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Learn how to evaluate and adjust your muslin with Suzy's guidance, pinning out excess, altering or removing darts and noting whether the crotch curve needs to change. Then see how to transfer these changes to a second draft of your sloper and true it up again.

6. Finalizing the Sloper

12m

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Once you're satisfied with your sloper's fit, you'll want to make a durable version on heavier paper such as oak tag. Suzy walks you through the transferral process, pointing out everything you'll want to mark on your final sloper so you can use it again and again.

Extended Details

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Artists

Suzy Furreractor