Dressmaking: Design Your Own Dress Shirt
A course by Lantoki , Fashion designers
Give personality to your wardrobe by creating your own dress shirts from scratch
Give personality to your wardrobe by creating your own dress shirts from scratch
The need to resort to designer stores to find a customized dress shirt with a perfect fit has come to an end. Now, you can make it yourself! Fashion designers Urko and Sandra, founders of Lantoki, are experts when it comes to combining style, quality, comfort, and practicality.
Learn all the steps and dressmaking techniques to make your own dress shirt, starting from printing the pattern, choosing and cutting fabric correctly, to sewing, and adding the finishing touches. Discover all the secrets behind this art form and give personality to your wardrobe with a garment created by your able hands, from start to finish.
What will you learn in this online course?
22 lessons & 15 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (720)
- 22,370 students
- 22 lessons (3h 47m)
- 15 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Make your own long-sleeved dress shirt, with collar and cuffs.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For artists, designers, or anyone interested in dressmaking, and wants to learn how to make their own clothes.
Requirements and materials
You will need a sewing machine and lots of enthusiasm for learning how to sew.
As for materials, you will need a measuring tape, paper to make your patterns, a printer, a pencil, an eraser, a ruler, pins, a sewing machine, an ironing board, fabric, buttons, and thread.
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Lantoki
A course by Lantoki
Urko Martinez and Sandra Liberal, founders of Lantoki, both have a degree in Fashion Design from IED Barcelona (Istituto Europeo di Design). After completing their fashion studies in 2010, they ventured into starting their own fashion brand together. Lantoki was launched with a space in Barcelona that combines a store and an atelier, where they carry out their entire design and creations of patterns, samples, accessories, and cuts.
The brand is renowned for creating simple yet unique designs, characterized as minimalist and feminine. They give special attention to the quality of each garment, by using fabrics made from natural fibers and meticulously working on the finishing touches.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Introduction
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Printing and preparing the patterns
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Materials and tools
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How to choose your size, print the patterns and glue them together
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Modifications of the pattern and tracing of the pieces
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U3
Fabric cut
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Recommended fabrics and required quantity
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Preparation of the tissue and positioning of the patterns
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Correctly cut the fabric and interlining 1
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Properly cut the fabric and interlining 2
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U4
Start sewing
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Ironing and sewing the placket
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Sew darts
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Sew the yoke on the back
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Shoulders with yoke
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Union of laterals
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U5
Fit sleeves
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Sew cuff opening and sleeve pleats
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Preparation of the sleeves and cuffs
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Fit sleeve on shirt
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U6
Neck and finishes
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Sew neck and neck foot together
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Sew collar to shirt
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Make buttonholes and buttons and sew the pocket
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Low
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FP
Final project
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Introduction to pattern making and clothing
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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jenniffer.reinuaba
Muy buen curso, la verdad muy fácil de llevar. Podrían explicar un poco más sobre las pinzas y sus traslados
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deolmosjuancarlos
Buenas tardes,
comentaros que está bastante bien el curso. Muy bien explicado, aunque no vendría mal un extra sobre los aumentos de talla.
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dubravka.manic987
This course seems highly useful for beginners!
mahalgas
Bardzo dobry kurs, można samemu uszyć koszulę ucząc sie krok po kroku, od wyboru materiału, wydrukowaniu formy i szycie. Polecam ten kurs.
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9eugetorres
Me encanto el curso! Muy bien explicado
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