Learn Patterns & Dressmaking Free

Sewing, Fashion & Textiles

Start with how to make a patchwork hoodie (10 min, susoriginals), then How to Make a Wedding Dress from Start to Finish (3 min, Etsy). All 9 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need pattern paper roll, french curve ruler set, dress form (about $185 of kit). The book to keep beside you: Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong.

What you'll need

• Pattern paper roll: Draft and trace patterns.
• French curve ruler set: Necklines and armholes.
• Dress form: Fit as you sew.

Lessons

• how to make a patchwork hoodie (10 min, susoriginals, Intermediate)
• How to Make a Wedding Dress from Start to Finish | How I Make It (3 min, Etsy, Intermediate)
• How To Alter And Tailor A Dress That's Too Big To Make It Smaller! 3 Easy Steps! (11 min, Sew Anastasia, Beginner)
• How to Sew Lining in a Bodice (11 min, Professor Pincushion, Intermediate)
• How to Add a Button Placket to a Garment (12 min, Professor Pincushion, Intermediate)
• Making a Handmade Leather Bodice Belt (20 min, Weaver Leather Supply, Intermediate)
• How To Sew Tailor Tacks (9 min, Professor Pincushion, Intermediate)
• How to Sew a Skirt Ruffle (10 min, Professor Pincushion, Intermediate)
• Lengthen or Shorten Bodice Pattern Alteration (10 min, Professor Pincushion, Intermediate)

Books on Patterns & Dressmaking

1. Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong - View on Amazon
2. The Dressmaker's Handbook of Couture Sewing Techniques by Lynda Maynard - View on Amazon
3. Dress pattern designing by Natalie Bray - View on Amazon
4. Patterns of fashion by Janet Arnold - View on Amazon
5. Professional Pattern Grading for Women's, Men's, and Children's Apparel by Jack Handford - View on Amazon
6. How to make your own sewing patterns by Donald H. McCunn - View on Amazon
7. Patterns From Finished Clothes by Tracy Doyle - View on Amazon
8. Pattern magic by Tomoko Nakamichi - View on Amazon
9. Concepts of pattern grading by Carolyn L. Moore - View on Amazon
10. Pattern making by the flat-pattern method by Norma R. Hollen - View on Amazon
11. Designing Patterns by Hilary Campbell - View on Amazon
12. Metric pattern cutting by Winifred Aldrich - View on Amazon