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The Easy Patternmaking Kit - Trouser Drafting Course teaches you how to construct a beautiful pair of trousers.

This course includes

  • 1 hour on-demand video
  • 1 articles
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of Completion

Description

In this course, you learn to draft a pattern for a pair of trousers along wit belt and zipper attachments, using fitting measurements, and quality techniques. We begin with organizing your pattern paper with accurate measurements laid out properly. You will then learn to calculate the circumference measurements, the darts, and allowances for a quality fit. Finally we will draft accurate lines to match quality measurements for a fitting trouser design.

The next part of this course is to draft the zipper fly and shield, as well as the belt. These will be drafting to match and then cut out. These patterns are made using your measurements and will be ready to sew.

If you are new to drafting, please see my bodice pattern course to develop basic measurement reading and drafting.

What you learn:

  • How to layout measurements for an trouser sewing pattern

  • How to arrange trouser measurements for the leg, knee and ankle

  • How to draft the crouch curve

  • How to calculate the circumference widths and pattern curves

  • How to draft allowances for sewing seams

  • How to layout a fitting belt

  • How to cut out both trouser pattern, zipper and belt.

The ability to draft different styles helps you grow your craft and skill. This trouser drafting course is made to help you grow in both, and to help you be ready for your own creative takes.

If you're ready to draft your a new pair of trousers, then see you in my course!

Who this course is for:

  • Fashion Designers
  • Seamstress


Course Requirements:

This course can be started by beginner with basic drafting equipment.

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Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • 1.02 Materials and Measurements
  2. 2

    • 2.01 Drafting Setup

    • 2.02 Adding Vertical Measurements

    • 2.03 Adding Crotch Depth

    • 2.04 Calculating The Knee Line

    • 2.05 Labeling Line Measurements

    • 2.06 Adding Hip Measurements

    • 2.07 Adding The Crotch Extension

    • 2.08 Drafting The Crotch Curve

    • 2.09 Drafting The Grain (Center) Line

    • 2.10 Adding Circumference Measurements

    • 2.11 Adding 2 inch Hem Allowance

    • 2.12 Adding Darts

    • 2.13 Adding Half Inch Seam Allowance

    • 2.14 Cutting Out The Front Pattern
  3. 3

    • 3.01 Planning The Back Pattern

    • 3.02 Drafting The Back Pattern

    • 3.02 Drafting The Back Pattern

    • 3.03 Drafting The Back Crotch

    • 3.04 Adding THe Back Waist Measurement

    • 3.06 Drafting The Back Darts

    • 3.05 Adding 1 inch Seam Allowance To The Side

    • 3.07 Adding Half inch Seam Allowance Round

    • 3.08 Cutting Out The Back Pattern

    • 3.09 Reviewing Front and Back Pattern
  4. 4

    • 4.02 Drafting Trouser Zipper Fly

    • 4.01 Drafting Trouser Zipper Shield
  5. 5

    • 5.01 Drafting The Belt

    • 5.02 Adding The Belt Extension

    • 5.03 Drafting The Belt

    • 5.04 Cutting The Belt Out
  6. 6

    • 6.01 Drafting The Pocket Setup

    • 6.02 Drafting The Pocket Facing Curve

    • 6.03 Drafting The Pocket Bag

    • 6.04 Tracing The Pocket

    • 6.05 Adding The Seam Allowance

    • 6.06 Tracing The Main Pocket Bag

    • 6.07 Cutting Out The Pocket

    • 6.08 Removing Pocket From Trouser Leg
  7. 7

    • 7.01 Final Trouser
  8. 8

    • Congrats

Instructor(s)

Stella Gibbs

4.7+ Instructor Rating | 45+ reviews | 2,500+ students

I am an independent fashion designer from Lagos, Nigeria. For the last few years, I have specialized in women’s and children’s clothing, making unique and high quality fashion designs with contemporary Western and African styles. I have taught new fashion designers from my experience and perspective on quality fashion, quality fabrics and quality sewing to make dresses, blouses, trousers, skirts, various outfits, fascinators, and customized clothing. In my courses, I help young fashion designers learn basics of fashion and how to cut perfectly well.