Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
Sewing, Fitting, Amending, and Transferring the Toile 1
A course by Monisola Omotoso , Designer and Creative Pattern Cutter
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: Sewing, Fitting, Amending, and Transferring the Toile 1
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to cut the block out in calico, sew it, and fit it. To begin this process, I will introduce you to key tools like the driller and the notcher, and how to use them. ”
In this video lesson Monisola Omotoso addresses the topic: Sewing, Fitting, Amending, and Transferring the Toile 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers. Learn how to measure and make a pair of trousers, from the initial block pattern to the finished garment, and showcase your own style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Sewing, Fitting, Amending, and Transferring the Toile In this lesson, we'll cut out the block pattern, notch it, drill it, pin it to calico, cut the calico out, sew and fit the toile. Let's start with the cutting. It's a good thing to remember that when you cut out your pattern that you cut inside the line that you've drawn. If you cut outside the line, you're adding millimetres to the pattern and that means that the pattern won't fit as well as it should. Providing you're using a fine tip pencil, that shouldn't really be a problem. It's a nice way to cut your pattern out if your scissors a...”
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Course summary for: Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
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Category
Fashion -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing
Monisola Omotoso
A course by Monisola Omotoso
Monisola Omotoso is a designer and pattern cutter based in central London. She comes from a family of South American tailors and followed in their footsteps, making her first wearable pattern at just eight years old. She later studied art and design at Middlesex University where she discovered a love of pattern cutting. While studying, she won several competitions and during her final year, she designed her first commercial product, which was sold at retailers like Paul Smith.
After graduating, Monisola started her own namesake brand which she ran for 10 years, distributing her ranges across the world. She has designed stage outfits for musicians including David Bowie and U2 and her work has been featured in leading UK publications such as The Face, i-D, Fashion Weekly, and The Observer. Monisola also worked as a draper for Alexander McQueen. Now she helps others create clothing through 1:1 tuition, pattern-cutting kits, and sewing patterns.
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