This course will focus on the creation of a custom block set including a front bodice, back bodice, sleeve, front skirt, and back skirt. These are the foundational slopers for all pattern drafting. We will begin with learning how to take measurements. From there we will apply Helen Joseph Armstrong's block development method to create slopers from those measurements. We will discuss fit, and learn how to make adjustments and transfer those adjustments to a pattern.

Results:
To Pattern and sew at muslin prototypes for front bodice, back bodice, sleeve, front skirt, and back skirt based on student’s body measurements.

Curriculum:
Flat Patterning Techniques

To learn how to measure the body and create a pattern using the body measurements

To foster craftsmanship, problem-solving and creative thinking

To develop mature work habits that are vital for success in the design field, including planning ahead, pacing projects, punctuality, dependability, and meeting deadlines

About the Instructor
Christine Knobel Christine works as a freelance designer, seamstress, and instructor in the Northern California Bay Area. She teaches fashion and textile courses at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Design. Christine has also worked as an instructor at Arizona State University in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. She led courses in pattern drafting and draping, fashion collection development, and fashion capstone projects. While at UC Davis for her M.F.A., her thesis focused on fashion sustainability. She studied dyeing methods, textile life cycle assessments, and ultimately dove into biotextile design. Her work there led her to Make: where she's been sharing her research on kombucha textiles and cosplay. As a fashion designer she's worked professionally in pattern drafting, loungewear design, textile print design, and with private clients for cosplay design and construction. Her cosplay work has been featured by Marvel Comics, and seen on such sites as Vanity Fair, LA Weekly, and the Daily Mail UK. Christine has a passion for fashion, from fiber, yarns, textiles, to the rich history of the garments we wear.