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Ruffles, flounces and frills
Creative pattern making masterclass
Join us and make space for creative play
This is a space to go back to childlike play, to create without pressure or fixed outcomes; to slow down, fall in love with the process of making and be surprised and proud of the outcomes you create!
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Ruffles, flounces and frills
Creative pattern making is the art of designing clothes with a twist. Instead of following the usual methods to create basic clothing patterns, it's all about thinking outside the box.
We’ll start by learning new skills and techniques, exploring the world of ruffles, flounces and frills. Then push the boundaries to play with fun designs and patterns.
This masterclass is for you if:
You want to carve out time for your creative practice and explore creative pattern making.
You’re excited to experiment with new techniques like ruffles, flounces and frills.
You’re a curious maker and you wish you could get more creative with your sewing but you don’t know where to start.
You want to connect with a beautiful community of makers to get inspired and cheer each other on.
This is your chance to explore, have fun and leave the fear at the door.. there are no judgements here, just a group of cheerleaders who are proud of each other for trying something new.
Video masterclass
Let’s dive into ruffles, flounces and frills with video lessons to teach you new techniques in a fun and easy way.
We’ll explore a mix of design, pattern making and sewing to level up your craft and learn how to take the traditional rules of pattern making and use them with a creative and interesting twist.
Are you ready to carve out some time for yourself to get lost in creative play?
Design inspiration and try-it-yourself exercises
Feel excited and inspired on how to use your new skills and understand the why and how by seeing real-life examples.
This will leave you buzzing to put your new skills into action and the try-it-yourself exercises will guide you through in a gentle way to leave you feeling confident to try out your own creative ideas.
Community group
Sign up now and enjoy the launch party community group..
To kick off the masterclass with a bang you’re invited to join us and connect with other sewists (inside our course hub) so you can share your design ideas and try-it-yourself exercises!
I’ve found that joining together as a community of makers is the best way to stay accountable as we prioritize creative play, get inspired and cheer each other on.
Plus, you can ask questions and get expert help to push your skills and ideas further!
“My favourite part was the confidence it gave me to try new things that I never would have tried before.”
- Laurie
(past masterclass student)
Ruffles, flounces and frills masterclass
Launch party:
Live community group open until the end of September
Early bird launch party pricing
Launch party price:
This masterclass will only run ‘live’* once, you can lock in the launch party price today and the video content is yours to keep forever.
Use code LAUNCHPARTY
£45 £35
or two payments available
*Everything is pre-recorded allowing you to work in your own time but the launch party gives you access to a live community group where you can ask questions, get support and connect with others.
Meet your tutor
Alys
Hi! I’m Alys, a pattern maker who's worked for brands like Alexander McQueen, steventai and Teija.
My love for pattern making first developed at uni, combining my enjoyment of experimenting and problem-solving with art, sewing and creativity.
However, as life got busy, my personal sewing/creative practice was the first thing to fall away. Even though I knew how good it made me feel, it always felt like a luxury rather than a priority.
That’s why I’m on a mission to bring more creative play to our lives, teaching new skills and techniques, mixed with piles of inspiration to get you excited.
There’s nothing better than the buzz of bringing an idea to life and getting lost in the making. I’ve found that joining together as a community of makers is the best way to inspire and cheer each other on and prioritize the things we love. 💕
“I love how you really ‘play’ with design rather than recreate what we can find elsewhere. The combination of learning the techniques and having design inspiration made me feel confident to get creative myself.”
- Ella
(past pattern making student)
FAQs
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Creative pattern making is the art of designing clothes with a twist. Instead of following the usual methods to create basic clothing patterns, it's all about thinking outside the box.
I’ll help you take the traditional rules of pattern making and add your own creative elements to play with techniques and craft something unique!
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A series of videos hosted in our course hub, to make creative pattern making fun and easy to learn.
Lots of design inspiration to help you understand how to put the techniques into action and to get you excited about how you can use your new skills.
Try-it-yourself exercises so you can try out new techniques in either 1/2 scale or full scale. These will often be a mix of design, pattern making and sewing and you'll work your way up to build your confidence as you go.
A live community group for the launch party weekend (and until the end of September) to connect with others, get inspired and give you added accountability to get making.
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You'll end the course with a new set of pattern making skills and confidence to get creative with your designs.
Choose your own adventure:
You can either practise your new skills in the try-it-yourself exercises and you’ll have an amazing set of samples to refer back to whenever you want to add flounces to your patterns.
Or you can take it to the next level and draft some fun designs to wear for yourself! 😍 Getting expert help along the way.
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Everything is pre-recorded allowing you to work in your own time and the masterclass videos will be yours to keep forever.
However, the launch party gives you access to a live community group where you can ask questions, get support and connect with others. Which will be live until the end of September.
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Each masterclass will only run ‘live’* once.
*The content is all prerecorded so you can work through it in your own time. However, the community group to ask questions and connect with others will be live throughout the launch party weekend (and for the rest of September).
Plus by joining the masterclass live you'll lock in the early bird launch party pricing.
