Pattern Making Techniques for Recreating Your Favorite Garments
A course by Lantoki , Fashion Designers
Learn how to recreate a pattern from an existing garment without deconstructing it
What if you could recreate your favorite items of clothing? Immerse yourself in the world of patternmaking and recreate cherished garments with help from Lantoki, the 2-in-1 fashion studio founded by designers Sandra Liberal and Urko Martinez that's a combination of store and workshop.
In this course, learn techniques to replicate patterns from your favorite garments without deconstructing them. Recreate clothing you love with needle and thread and fill your wardrobe with unique, handmade garments.
And if you want to further explore the art of dressmaking, Lantoki will teach you all about it in their course Dressmaking: Design Your Own Dress Shirt.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 14 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (875)
- 56,504 students
- 15 lessons (3h 8m)
- 14 additional resources (5 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Recreate your favorite jeans copying their pattern piece by piece without deconstructing them.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in dressmaking who wants to learn this simple patternmaking technique to recreate their favorite items of clothing.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge of patternmaking is needed, but some experience in sewing will make it easier to follow the course.
The material list for this course includes a sewing machine, kraft paper, a long ruler, a set square, measuring tape, scissors, several meters of a fabric of your choice, thin, non-elastic cotton, interfacing, polyester thread, a metal zipper, a button, and other materials the teachers will outline in the course. You also need a basic shirt and your favorite pair of classic jeans.
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Lantoki
A course by Lantoki
Urko Martinez and Sandra Liberal are the founders of Lantoki and they each hold a degree in fashion design from IED Barcelona. After finishing their degrees, they decided to embark on an adventure and launch their own brand in 2010, and that was the beginning of Lantoki, a 2-in-1 fashion studio in downtown Barcelona that acts as both a store and workshop where Urko and Sandra design and sell clothing, patterns, and accessories.
The brand is known for creating simple, minimalist women's clothing with a unique and feminine feel. They place great importance on the quality of their clothing making them with natural fibers and professional finishes.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
The Technique and the Pattern
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Technique and Materials Required
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Basic Notions of Pattern Making: Fundamental
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Basic Notions of Pattern Making: More Concepts
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U3
Let's Put the Technique into Practice!
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Let's Reproduce a T-Shirt 1
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Let's Reproduce a T-Shirt 2
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Let's Reproduce Our Favorite Jeans: Main Pieces 1
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Let's Reproduce Our Favorite Jeans: Main Pieces 2
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Let's Play Our Favorite Jeans - Finishing Touches
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U4
Making the Jeans
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Jeans Key Point Construction: Front Pockets
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Making the Key Points of the Jeans: The Fly
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Jeans Key Point Construction: Yoke and Back Pockets
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Jeans Key Stitch Construction: Sides and Hem
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Belt Loops, Waistband and Hem
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FP
Final project
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Pattern Making Techniques for Recreating Your Favorite Garments
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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 valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
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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
You can get a pattern from a garment by laying it on pattern paper and tracing its outline with pins and a pencil, carefully following curves and details. This way, you can replicate the garment without having to take it apart.
The course is designed for people with basic sewing knowledge but is also accessible to those with intermediate experience who want to refine their handcrafted pattern-making and sewing skills.
You’ll need pattern paper, a long ruler, a set square, measuring tape, pins, pencil, scissors, the garment you want to replicate, and a sewing machine. For jeans, it’s also recommended to have sturdy fabric, threads, and metal buttons.
You’ll learn how to draft patterns from garments without dismantling them, analyze structural pieces, sew jeans and t-shirts, apply professional finishing techniques, and choose the right materials for each garment.
Pockets, fly fronts, and waistbands are analyzed and marked directly on the paper, ensuring exact measurements and details. Templates and reinforcement techniques are used to achieve durable and attractive finishes.
Yes, you’ll have access to a library of downloadable digital patterns created by the creative space, so you can sew garments at home.
Traditional pattern-making follows established technical rules, while experimental pattern-making explores new shapes and volumes, deconstructing garments and encouraging creativity and self-expression.
I did learn a lot from this video. They do explain in detail.
Excelente Curso, aprendí muchisimo en muy poco tiempo. No sabia nada de nada pero a partir de las lecciones que están grabadas, pude aprender a mi tiempo, repasar una y otra vez las lecciones que estan explicadas de manera muy didáctica. Un curso muy recomendable.
Súper claras las explicaciones, muy recomendable
Entusiasmada! Lo empiezo ahora y me está gustando mucho. Ojalá poder replicar esos pantalones que me encantan y ya no puedo ponerme porque se me han quedado pequeños.
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