Pattern Cutting with Alice Prier - Perfect Fit Bodice and Skirt Block (Weekend)

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Maximum Class Size: 6

Level 5: Advanced. For confident stitchers looking to push their skills further. This class is ideal if you’ve sewn a variety of garments and are ready to take on more technical challenges such as custom fitting, drafting, and adapting patterns from scratch.

Pattern cutting is one of the most empowering skills you can learn as a dressmaker—it helps you understand fit, improve existing patterns, and bring your own design ideas to life. In this two-day workshop, you’ll learn to draft your own perfectly fitting bodice, skirt and sleeve blocks using the widely acclaimed Telestia Method, taught by expert pattern cutter and designer Alice Prier.

Alice brings years of couture experience and a love of teaching to this fun and accessible approach. You'll leave the weekend with a custom block, a calico toile, and the skills to start adapting your block into new designs.

What You’ll Learn

Day 1 – Drafting & Fitting

Take accurate body measurements
Use the Telestia template to draft your personal bodice, sleeve and skirt blocks
Add seam allowances and pattern markings
Sew a calico toile and make fit adjustments as needed

Day 2 – Creative Pattern Adaptations

Pivot darts and create princess seams or panels
Change necklines and add collars
Use slash-and-spread techniques to add volume and shaping
Learn to adapt your block into tops, dresses or skirts
Discuss how to use your block with commercial patterns

These core techniques will give you a foundation to design and draft anything from structured dresses to loose-fit tops.

Materials

All tools and materials are provided, including access to the Telestia drafting template. The template and instruction book are available to purchase for £85 should you wish to create blocks in additional sizes or continue experimenting at home.

Testimonials:

"I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the pattern cutting course I attended last weekend. This weekend just gone I made a pair of trousers using the block that we produced and it's the first thing I have ever made that doesn't feel home made and actually fits perfectly! It has rekindled my enthusiasm for sewing and I can't wait to make my next well fitting garment. Could you please pass on my thanks to Alice for making sewing enjoyable again and for turning on so many lightbulbs in my brain!" Joanne

"Thank you so much for the fab course over the pattern cutting weekend. It is the first time I have learnt anything "new' in person for years. Your delivery was great and I feel I am now equipped to know what is possible. Hopefully with practice I will begin to create clothes that I will love wearing. I'm sure there will be frustrations along the way, but that all adds to the joy of the end product!" Sandy

Please take a moment to read our cancellation policy before booking:

Unfortunately our classes are non refundable. Due our small class sizes it is also very difficult to transfer your booking to a different date. If you cannot attend a class and are able to notify us at least two weeks before the class starts, it may be possible to fit you in on another date but this is not guaranteed so please give us as much notice as possible to increase your chances.

In the event that we are forced to cancel a class, we will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible and offer either a full refund or swap your booking to another suitable date.

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