September Pattern Haul and Sloper Draping Class

So I mentioned in my video that earlier this week I attended a sloper draping class with Joe Vecchiarelli. He was excellent and very knowledgeable in draping fabric to create slopers for a bodice on a dress form. I don’t own a dress form and I won’t be getting one any time soon, if you follow my You Tube channel you know I love my sewing patterns. BUT I do think having a sloper for yourself is a useful thing to have because you can always take out a commercial sewing pattern and check it against your sloper. You can see what things you need to change in the commercial pattern so it fits you. For example if you constantly have to move the bust darts, adjust the sleeves, change the shoulders or even adjust the armholes to go higher or lower a sloper could be really beneficial to you. Although I can’t share videos from the class (yes we were allowed to take videos) they are for personal use only BUT Joe does have a You Tube video, see a link here. Where he shows you how to drape a sloper for a pair of pants and he explains it in detail so you can follow along, using your own measurements so you can create your own.

I also mentioned in the video that the big four Pattern Companies have fitting shell bodice patterns, but buyers beware they are sold by size individually so its not multi size like their patterns. So heads up and if you get them, make sure you are buying the correct one!

For Butterick it is B5627, Vogue is V1004, McCalls is M2718 and for Simplicity it is under their Amazing Fit Collections. You can also learn how to do a bodice sloper from the Sew It Academy (and I will say you can’t beat their monthly price to learn how to sew) OR you can also have Creative Costume Academy to make one for you or teach you how to draft your own. So lots of options for this!

Lastly, lots of great fall patterns in my September sewing pattern haul. At first glance they look ok but upon further inspection there are some great fall patterns like a trench coat, a pleated skirt, a knit dress with a shrug, and a big cut dress. The one that I couldn’t find is the pleated skirt pattern. I would have to find fabric for it, so I’m not in a hurry just yet.