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Altering & Hacking Patterns in Tacoma Tuesdays mornings and/or afternoons



In a Pattern alteration and Hacking class, you will alter/hack a pattern* cut and sew a muslin, fit and transfer the changes back to the pattern for a custom fitted garments. You may take as many classes as you wish.

*This is really important - upper body patterns should be sized by the bust measurement.   Lower body patterns should be sized by the hip measurement.

Commercial patterns like Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick, Vogue, Kwik Sew, Burda, New Look, are easier to use, all of the information is printed on them for size alterations including back waist length, and they have seam allowances.

If you choose an independent pattern, be prepared to make more than one muslin.  Many independent patterns do not have the apex or the waistline marked, and some have no seam allowances  If you use a CAD program to make your pattern, your body measurements need to be accurate.

If you plan to alter a pant pattern, be prepared to make several muslins.

This class is limited to 5 students.
Skill Level:
beginner
Skill Details:
Advanced beginner, be able to operate a sewing machine and sew a sew a seam.
Materials Included:
Sewing Machine, Serger, Pattern Paper, Paper scissors, scotch tape, pencill, colored pencils, serger, roatry rulers and drafting rulers, mats, irons.
Requirements:
Bring in your own patterns, muslin to test the pattern, thread, sewing tools, pins, scissors.
Instructor Name:
Ryliss Bod
Instructor Bio:
Ryliss Bod is the Founder and Director of the Sewing & Design School and has extensive experience teaching Fashion Construction and Design at a Washington State Technical College. She instructed courses for both continuing education and career training in all levels of sewing construction, home decor construction, fashion accessory construction, fashion design, fitting & pattern alterations, pattern-making, textiles, history of fashion and quilting.

She received her teaching degree in K-12 grades and studied art, clothing and textiles at Central Washington University, pattern-making and CAD at Gerber Technology, fashion design at the Paris Fashion Institute, pattern-making and construction techniques with Kenneth D. King and countless others.

Throughout her career she developed workshops and fashion shows, hired instructors and conducted fashion and fabric shopping field trips to Portland, San Francisco and New York. Ryliss has been a Contributing Editor at Sew News Magazine, Threads Magazine, judge for the 2014 RAGS Benefit, Make it With Wool and the Washington State 4-H Dress Revue and host of Instagram's Sew Photo Challenge #sewApril2017 - #sewapril2020..She is Washington state's Central West District Director for the Make it with Wool Contest 2018-20. She may be contacted at ryliss@comcast.net.

Altering & Hacking Patterns in Tacoma Tuesdays mornings and/or afternoons

Cost:
$ 65.00