Create a Dress from Scratch
Learn the basics: Pattern, silhouettes and volume
A course by Natalia Londoño , Fashion Designer and Creative Director
About the video: Learn the basics: Pattern, silhouettes and volume
Overview
“You will learn the basic concepts of pattern, silhouette and volume, thus you will understand this theoretical part and you will be able to have a clearer and more technical knowledge about the details that you must define in your own project. ”
In this video lesson Natalia Londoño addresses the topic: Learn the basics: Pattern, silhouettes and volume, which is part of the Domestika online course: Create a Dress from Scratch. Learn basic experimental pattern techniques and create garments by designing silhouettes from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Learn the basics: pattern, silhouettes and volume In this lesson you'll learn the concepts of pattern, silhouette, and volume. You'll understand the technical and theoretical concepts that allow you to define the details of your project. Let's get started. A pattern or mold in the field of dressmaking is a paper template that can be copied onto fabric to make a garment, cutting, assembling and sewing the different pieces. In the picture you can see the front of the pattern, the back and the sleeve. All three patterns belong to the basic dress design. Each of the patterns indicates the size ...”
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Course summary for: Create a Dress from Scratch
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing

Natalia Londoño
A course by Natalia Londoño
Natalia Londoño is the founder and creative director of her namesake brand of women's appeal NATALIA LONDOÑO. Her education includes a degree in Design Engineering for Product Lines with a focus on Sustainable Design from the EAFIT University (Medellín, Colombia), a specialization in Strategic Design and Innovation from the Pontifical Bolivarian University (Medellín, Colombia), and a Master's degree in Fashion Design from the European Design Institute (Barcelona, Spain).
She draws her inspiration from art and architecture and uses her work to empower women by transforming clothing into a form of inner expression. Natalia is also passionate about studying trends and altering and adapting shapes, volume and silhouettes to the human body in clothing design.
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