Copy your clothes Skills kit
Learn to recreate the garments you love.
Ever had a garment you’ve worn on repeat until it finally gave out?
Or wished you could recreate a piece you love, just as it is, or with a few small improvements?
Being able to copy your clothes is a powerful skill. It means you’re no longer limited by what’s available in patterns or ready-to-wear. Instead, you can recreate the garments that already work for you, again and again.
The Copy Your Clothes Skills Kit teaches you how to turn your existing wardrobe into patterns, without taking your garments apart.
Purchase the two-part Copy Your Clothes Series with a bundle discount, or the individual resources.
Please note: This listing is for a digital pattern and resource only.
This comprehensive resource starts with the fundamentals and guides you through the full process of copying garments, building your skills step by step.
You’ll learn how to:
- Use essential patternmaking tools, including a French curve
- Trace garments accurately without unpicking them
- Check and true your patterns
- Add seam allowance and pattern markings
- Adjust elements such as sleeve caps and ease
- Draft additional components like plackets, pockets, waistbands and cuffs
- Create a toile and refine your design
Step-by-step garment tutorials
You’ll apply these skills across a series of tutorials, increasing in complexity:
- A basic T-shirt
- A button-up shirt
- Pants
- Garments with darts, tucks and gathers
Each project introduces new techniques, helping you build confidence as you go.
Why learn to copy your clothes?
This skill opens up a new way of approaching your sewing practice. Instead of starting from scratch, you can begin with what you already know works.
It allows you to:
- Recreate well-loved garments
- Understand how your favourite pieces are constructed
- Build patternmaking confidence
- Create a personal library of patterns based on your own wardrobe
DIFFICULTY
If you’re new to patternmaking, this is a supportive place to start.
The kit begins with a simple garment and gradually introduces new techniques, making it suitable for a wide range of skill levels. You can move at your own pace and build on the skills you already have.
DIGITAL PRODUCT DETAILS
The Copy Your Clothes Skills Kit: 112 of patternmaking tutorials and content. The booklet is suitable for printing on both A4 and US letter sized paper, or can be viewed onscreen using a PDF viewer.
Purchase the two-part Copy Your Clothes Series with a bundle discount, or the individual resources.
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