Made to measure

Learn how to create the basic foundations for perfectly fitting garments time and time again with quick and easy techniques.

Learn the basics

Let’s start with a basic bodice and basic skirt so you can move forward with confidence into more elaborate designs.

explore new skills

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll be equipped with techniques to elevate your own pattern into much more!

Who’s Your Teacher?

My name is Alexandra and I am the founder and fashion designer behind digital pattern library

after spending years in the industry exposed to the elitist, unsustainable and unethical practices - I am now on a mission to make fashion accessible for all.

Following a turbulent chapter of my life working in London under various fashion houses, I moved back to Cardiff with a little bit of money left in my back pocket and embarked on my own brand. I went on to garner media attention, award nominations and a passion for educating people around the skill of garment construction. Today, the creative community here at Digital Pattern Library continues to grow and thrive, in part due me teaching you the skills to essentially render me useless!

You deserve to wear clothes that spark your confidence, reflect who you are, what you stand for.

You deserve to wear the designs you desire and the pieces that fit your body with love.

Why is sizing so hard, eh? Well it doesn’t need to be.

With this mini-course it will no longer be an issue. You will take back the creative power and drape beautiful garments that compliment your closet.

is this course for you?

Are you a hobby sewist wanting to make your own patterns?

Do you lack confidence in your ability and want to creatively level-up with ease?

Would you consider yourself a beginner pattern cutter?

Perhaps you have fashion experience but would love a refresh or one-stop-shop for educational resources?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, let me roll out the red carpet and welcome you onto the course!

You can be confident and fall in love with your beautiful body in beautiful clothes

You can unleash your talent and potential to create your ideal wardrobe

You can be proud of your pattern drafting accomplishments

You can creatively express who you truly are

preparation is the key to a beautiful garment

Lesson 1 - Choosing the right mannequin & tools
Lesson 2 - Padding out your stand
Lesson 3 - Important considerations
Lesson 4 - Marking your fabric & pattern

understand the tools required and explore options to suit every budget

Explore ways to mark your fabric, how to read a pattern and much, much more!

Let’s get draping

MODULE TWO
Lesson 1 - Draping bodice front
Lesson 2 - Draping bodice back
Lesson 3 - Taking your pattern down
Lesson 4 - Drafting a sleeve for any armhole

Don’t just create, understand the theory behind how to drape a basic bodice and sleeve

Learn through video tutorials and download the accompanying workbook.

Complete the look

MODULE THREE
Lesson 1 - Draping a skirt front
Lesson 2 - Draping a skirt back
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Bonus Content

You’ll also learn how to create a dress block from the garments you drape!

Once you’ve completed the mini-course, enjoy lots of bonus materials to take your new-found skills and unleash your inner fashion designer.

This is a great course for someone wanting to try draping. I already sew, but it covered a lot of extra info in using a mannequin that I hadn't considered and will be useful in normal pattern use as well, thanks Alexandra.

It was great and I learned more than I was anticipating

Really lovely course for starting your own journey to making garments yourself... Eeeeeekkk waited this kind of course for long time. Highly recommended!

ENROL AND ACCESS

• 10 VIDEO TUTORIALS

• 1 EASY TO FOLLOW WORKBOOK

• 4 FASHION FILE PACKS
  (WORTH £19.96)

• SURPRISE BONUS CONTENT

• LIFETIME ACCESS!