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Take a pattern making course and get a sewing course as a gift
Start January 13, 2025 • lifetime access
MASTER pattern making skills for individual measurements
Anatomical design
For designers, tailors, everyone who works in the field of individual tailoring.
Anatomical algorithm the logical method that is based on individual measurements and does not use industry coefficients for calculating the breast dart and industry definitions of underwire size.
Online course includes
- Detailed lessons on the learning platform
- 470 step-by-step photos with explanations
- 28 videos (Eng voice + Eng subtitles)
- 86 questions from previous students
- PDF certificate
- Life-time access
The photo shows 10 designs that you need to draw to get a sewing course as a gift.
Course author
Hello, I’m Ela, a professional designer and tailor of women’s clothing. I have more than 20 years of practical experience. I am a blog author YouTube and Instagram and educational products.
I invite you to take a full course of construction underwired bras, panties, suspender and underbust corset
Lessons are created according to modern methods and contain various types of content: text blocks, illustrations, PDF files, step-by-step photos with explanations and videos.
You will learn all my secrets of beautiful constructions
The works of the students
How is the learning going?
Learn lessons
Draw designs
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The course program
You will get unlimited time access to all these lessons on the SKILLS SHINE learning platform.
Lingerie anatomy
Different countries or clothing design systems may use different terms. To make learning easier, this lesson describes the terms used in the course lessons. The lesson contains: illustrations with explanations.
Lingerie making supplies
For design, it is useful to understand what materials and accessories lingerie is made of. The lesson contains: photos with explanations.
Week 1 available on January 13
Panties measurements
Measuring for constructing panties is a simple lesson, but you will use the knowledge from this lesson every time you create designs. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, PDF file.
Panties patterns characteristics
To create a design, we need to know the shape of the desired panties. This lesson will be not only information for you, but also a study of the designs of lingerie brands. The lesson contains: photos with explanations.
Crotch width
Many questions in clothing design can be solved logically, without additional professional knowledge. In this lesson you will find tips on using logic when creating clothing. The lesson contains: photos with explanations.
Basic panties pattern drafting
Creating your own clothing designs is fantastic. You have the measurements and step-by-step instructions! The lesson contains: photos with explanations, PDF file, video, task.
Week 2 available on January 20
Grainline
In clothing design, this term refers to an important concept related to the direction of the threads of a fabric. Understanding this topic is important because it affects how a garment drapes, stretches, and sews. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, video.
Percentage fabric stretch
Imagine that you are working with stretch lace and you need to make a pattern. First of all, you need to determine the percentage of stretch of the material. Then, make calculations taking into account this percentage and design a reduced structure. This is what you will do in this lesson. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, PDF file, video.
Pattern making logic for fabrics with different percentage stretch
What if we plan to create a design from fabrics, one of which is stable and the other elastic? What should the pattern look like in this case? You will learn about two ways in which you can adjust the patterns of any clothing, not just underwear. You will definitely like this lesson because one of the methods is my own, which you have never seen before. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, video.
Classic pattern checking steps
There are standard steps for checking any pattern. This applies to any garment, not just lingerie. This lesson provides some tips to help you work with patterns in the future. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, video.
Seam allowances
Basic information about seam allowances, the logic behind choosing seam allowance values for various purposes. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, video.
Week 3 available on January 27
Changing characteristics panties pattern
How to make changes to the basic design of panties. The method of proportions. How to read the design? An interesting lesson. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations.
About mockup
What is the difference between a mockup and a prototype? What are the rules for creating mockups? In what cases is it necessary to create a mockup? After this lesson, you will have a clear idea of what a mockup is. The lesson contains: text information, video.
Suspender belt pattern drafting
A smart way is to make a suspender based on the top of a panty design. You will quickly create a classic shape pattern, and then it will be time for your own experiments. The lesson contains: text blocks and video, task.
Transferring proportions from photo to patterns
Learning by copying is a method used by artists, designers, and photographers to improve their skills. By carefully studying and reproducing successful works created by others, people can gain insight into techniques, styles, and principles that have proven effective. This process can help them develop their own skills, broaden their creative horizons, and ultimately create their own original works. The lesson contains: video.
Creative pattern making methods
Creative pattern making is the next step after you have learned how to draw basic designs. Basic pattern drafting is a step-by-step guide. Creative pattern making is the techniques that designers use to create new patterns. The lesson contains: text information, video.
Week 4 available on February 3
Underwire sizing system
In this lesson, you will learn about industrial bra sizes and underwire standardization, and the best way to choose underwires for your project using a D-ruler. The lesson contains: photos with explanations, PDF files, PDF D-ruler, video.
Industrial vs custom-made bra
In this lesson, you will learn the secret to making a custom bra pattern. The lesson explains why products with cups do not fit correctly on the breast, why in finished products purchased in the store there is a discrepancy between the size of the cup and the underwire. The lesson contains: text pages, photos, video.
Bra measurements
To construct a bra, we need to take a total of 7 measurements. The tutorial will demonstrate each measurement step. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations, video.
Bra band pattern drafting
In this lesson, you will build an anatomical band for a bra. It is the anatomical band that ensures the correct fit to the body and is a support for the cups, because the stability of the cups depends on the fit of the band. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations, video, task.
Week 5 available on February 10
Cup with vertical dart
This is a popular design for sheer lace. In some design systems, this cup is the base design. The lesson includes: photos with step-by-step explanations, a PDF scan of the cup, video, task.
Cup with horizontal seam
This cup design gives the breasts an almond shape, and this pattern is commonly used not only in women’s lingerie, but also in the creating of corsets, tops, and dresses with cups. The lesson includes: photos with step-by-step explanations, a PDF scan of the cup, video, task.
Week 6 available on February 17
Cup with vertical seam
A cup with a vertical seam consists of two parts and this pattern is easy to adapt to different underwires. For short underwire, the design algorithm remains the same. We simply get a cup with less coverage. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations, video, task.
Cup with T-seam
In this lesson, we will build a three-piece cup. This type of cup is also called a T-seam because when using classic underwires, the seams visually form the letter T. This design is suitable for breasts of any size. This pattern creates a beautiful rounded cup shape. The lesson includes: photos with step-by-step explanations, a PDF scan of the cup, video, task.
Week 7 available on February 24
Cup with side panel
An incredibly beautiful cup. In this lesson you will have to be extremely careful, because this is a highly skilled construction. The lesson includes: photos with step-by-step explanations, a PDF scan of the cup, video, task.
You will have a scan of the cup shown in the lesson, which you can print out to check your work. You will definitely be proud of yourself after completing this lesson!
Bra cup ironing pad
How to make your own cup ironing pads. The lesson contains: text blocks and photos, video.
Week 8 available on March 3
Cup-shell
The shell cup is a beautiful design! This pattern is used by luxury lingerie brands, and you will learn how to make such a cup in three ways: using classic pattern drafting, using technical flat pattern making, and using a paper mockup. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations and task.
Cup for large breast
A four-piece cup for fuller busts: with a top panel, side panel, and vertical seam. Cups for fuller busts have some nuances to achieve a harmonious pattern. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations and task.
How to work with standard size tables
When buying factory clothes, we agree to compromise standard sizes of a certain brand. Depending on the features of the figure, these sizes may really fit well or not fit a specific figure. But many years of experience in industrial clothing sizes is a good addition to individual tailoring. In this lesson you will understand how to properly use tables for your own purposes. The lesson contains: photos with text blocks.
Week 9 available on March 10
Corset waist line
Where exactly should the waistline be on a corset design? Why can’t the anatomical waistline be moved on corsets? Are there female figures without a waist? How do you understand how many centimeters you can reduce your waist with a corset? We will consider all these important questions in this lesson. The lesson contains: text blocks and illustrations.
Corset accessories
A lesson about metal accessories used in corsetry. This knowledge is needed to understand some of the nuances when creating a drawing of an underbust corset. The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations and video.
Underbust corset pattern drafting
An underbust corset is part of luxury brand lingerie sets! How to build a pattern for a transparent underbust corset with waist adjustment (with waist reduction). The lesson contains: photos with step-by-step explanations, PDF file, task.
Pattern making Skills Are Your Foundation For Creating Lingerie
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Lessons
Lessons are held on our learning platform skillsshine.courses
The lessons demonstrate the process of manual construction, but if you have CAD skills, you can make drawings in the program. There are participants in the course who do tasks in the program. Below is an example of work done according to the lessons of the course, but not manually, but in the program.
Lessons open once a week for 9 weeks from the start date.
The introduction to the course will include information about the tools used in the lessons. The minimum set is simple drawing tools: a straightedge, a template (French curve), a pencil, and paper. The paper can be any. The main thing is your desire to practice.
Yes, the course is suitable for designers who have pattern making skills and for craftswomen who sew clothes from ready-made patterns.
You just need to make all the required drawings. You are not competing with other participants. Everyone is at her own stage of development. The more you practice, the more beautiful your designs will be in the future.
The lingerie sewing course includes 25 lessons: technological processing of various fabrics (stretch and stable lace, Jersey, natural silk), an algorithm for processing panties, a suspender belt, a bra, and a transparent underbust corset.
To get a sewing course as a gift, you need to draw 10 designs: panties, a suspender belt, a bra band and cups, and an underbust corset.
Each design is worth 10 points. Points are awarded in the student’s account after homework is checked.
Are you ready to shine with new skills?
See you on the lessons! Sincerely, Ela
