How Pants Work

Ever wondered how, exactly, pants work*? What kind of crazy pattern-making sorcery goes into drafting a pant? If you’ve ever … More

Mathless Draft to 1 Dart Bodice Block

Miss me? ;) If you have done up a torso draft with my sneaky mathless draft, you might be wondering how … More

A yoke is a fitted band at the top of a skirt that takes the place of a waistband. Instead … More

Oh, the terrible raglan sleeve! I lived through the 80’s. I still have nightmares about these things (bolstered out by … More

Collar and undercollar, if you want to get all technical about it. These pieces will be truly drafted, which is … More

At the start of the class, we decided that a short poofy sleeve would be cuter than the long one … More

Easing is slightly shrinking a seam allowance. It’s often done to sleeves. This is because the human body continues to … More

This is going to be a short one: we need to turn our blouse front into a front with a … More

Over the last two weeks, we’ve been working on a blouse pattern in half scale. Then I caught a cold, … More

Not too long ago, we did up a sample of a simple vest with all-in-one facings. Here’s how to actually … More