Upcycling for Beginners: Sustainable Fashion Design
Adjusting the Pattern
A course by Selina Sanders , Designer
About the video: Adjusting the Pattern
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn to appreciate the versatility of a pattern. Rather than being set in stone, you can customize it as you go. With simple steps, you can modify the pattern exactly to your liking. ”
In this video lesson Selina Sanders addresses the topic: Adjusting the Pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Upcycling for Beginners: Sustainable Fashion Design. Breathe new life into old textiles by learning how to cut, assemble, sew, and customize unique garments using existing materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“Adjusting the Pattern In this lesson, we'll correct our prototype garment by fitting it or trying it on ourselves, with a mannequin or with another person that you're making this garment for. Once we do the fitting, we'll identify the things that we want to adjust. Then, we'll apply those corrections to our paper patterns. This is the reason why we have to make a test or a prototype garment. It's important that before we cut our final fabric, which if you remember is one of a kind and you might be unable to replicate it if you make mistakes if you don't do this part, so let's go ahead and t...”
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Course summary for: Upcycling for Beginners: Sustainable Fashion Design
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Upcycling
Selina Sanders
A course by Selina Sanders
Selina Sanders is a fashion designer with over 16 years of experience working in the industry. Her mother was also a fashion designer and took her to fabric suppliers as a teenager which inspired her to collect vintage materials. Her mother also upcycled existing materials into new garments, paving the way for Selina’s career. Selina has worked in various areas of fashion from design to production for luxury, mid, and mass market retailers in the US, before starting her own namesake label in 2020.
Her brand, Selina Sanders specializes in small-batch fashion with a focus on one-of-a-kind upcycled garments and accessories. As an artist, she’s been featured in publications including Vogue, Marie Claire, and shares her work with over 99K followers on Instagram.
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