Over the two sessions, you'll learn and practice:

• Working with PDF sewing patterns
  
• Measuring your upper and full bust
  
• Choosing a pattern size for a better fit
  
• Cutting a paper pattern
  
• Cutting garment fabric
  
• Applying and block-fusing interfacing
  
• Creating bust darts
  
• Using the burrito method for facings
• Constructing and finishing your garment
  

BEFORE CLASS

Participants should have basic sewing-machine skills and be comfortable cutting fabric and using an iron.

You don't need extensive garment-sewing experience. This class is designed for beginning garment sewists who are ready to learn how to work through a clothing pattern.