Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
Stitching: Darts, Pockets, and Fly Front 3
A course by Monisola Omotoso , Designer and Creative Pattern Cutter
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: Stitching: Darts, Pockets, and Fly Front 3
Overview
“It's time to finalise the stitching process! Here, I will demonstrate how to attach the fly front and a zip.”
In this video lesson Monisola Omotoso addresses the topic: Stitching: Darts, Pockets, and Fly Front 3, 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
“ Stitching: Darts, Pockets, and Fly Front We are going to stitch the crotch area up to the mark that we've made on the back. After that, we can start adding the zip and the fly front. Before I do that, I'm going to neaten the edges. It makes life a bit easier before we start the stitching process. Go back to your zigzag stitch and neaten the raw edge on both sides. Let's prepare our facings. Got the trouser fly, the trouser zip guard here and the fly facing. We'll do this piece first. We fold the right sides together and we stitch one centimetre seam allowance around the curve. Then we mov...”
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Course summary for: Pattern Cutting: Create Classic Tailored Trousers
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Category
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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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