Description:
This course builds from your personalized bodice sloper and expands it into a complete system for drafting the classic shirt with variations on the silhouette. Over eight weeks, you’ll learn how to create classic tailored shirts, relaxed and casual styles, and oversized designs, while understanding how proportion, ease, and structure affect fit and style.
You’ll draft and refine essential shirt components including sleeves, yokes, plackets, collars, and cuffs. The class emphasizes versatility: you’ll be encouraged to mix and match silhouettes and design details to create your ideal blouse or shirt patterns.
Throughout the course, Lynda provides hands-on guidance for different body types, helping you fit your garments and adjust patterns so they work for your body, not just a standard size. By the end of the class, you’ll have a small library of interchangeable patterns and the skills to adapt them confidently for future designs.
Supplies:
A copy of your sloper/basic block
Tape measure
Ruler and square, or gridded transparent ruler at least 18” long (here’s an example - see the 2” X 18” size)
Drafting curve (here’s Lynda’s favorite)
Paper for drafting (available in art or office supply stores, just make sure it’s at least 36” wide and copy paper weight)
Scotch tape
Pencils and erasers (colored pencils as well)
Pins
Medium weight muslin, unwashed
About Lynda's Classes
DURATION: Lynda's classes meet weekly for 4-weeks ($200), 6-weeks ($250) or 8-weeks ($295).
ONLINE/ZOOM: Each 1 1/2 meeting is live, on Zoom and all class meetings are recorded. The link to the recording is sent out at the end of each class and it is available to students for 8 weeks. All class times are noted for Pacific Standard Time (PST).
INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS: As part of each class, Lynda also shows instructional videos, which students will have access to after class. These links do not expire
CLASS SIZE: 8 students in Finish It!, 12 students in classes that include fitting, and 15 students in all other classes
OFFICE HOURS: Lynda will hold office hours once a week. Details will be sent as classes are about to begin.
INSTRUCTOR ACCESS: You'll have access to Lynda during class and in our weekly office hour, your best to ask questions and get hands-on help. If you run into something that can't wait, Lynda is still available by email between classes.
PRIVATE LESSONS: Private online lessons are also an option if you'd like more personalized guidance.