In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to draft and fit a custom pant pattern from your own measurements. Guided step-by-step, you’ll discover how to translate numbers into a basic pant sloper that reflects your unique shape and style.

Starting with how to take accurate body measurements, you’ll move on to drafting the front and back pant patterns, sewing a muslin test garment, and mastering the art of fit adjustments. You’ll learn to recognize balance lines, refine proportions, and make precise changes that transform a basic pattern into a beautifully fitted garment.

Recommended Text: Building Patterns by Suzy Furrer (optional)

The student will learn how to draft a pattern from measurements that fits the figure exactly. This is the moulage - no wearing ease added. Upon completion of the draft, the student will make a muslin test garment to check and adjust the fit. The student then creates a pattern, based upon that moulage, that includes wearing ease. This is the bodice sloper or bodice block and can be used as a starting point to create blouses, dresses, jackets, and coats. Once you have the bodice sloper, you will create an accompanying sleeve sloper. The sloper with sleeve will be sewn up in muslin and fitted as well.

Using your bodice sloper as a starting point, this course teaches you how to the classic shirt with variations on the silhouette, from fitted and classic to casual and oversized. You’ll learn to draft sleeves, yokes, plackets, collars, and cuffs, and explore professional construction details such as hidden and fold-over plackets.

Throughout the class, you’ll mix and match design elements to create your ideal blouse or shirt while receiving individualized guidance from Lynda on fit and pattern adjustments for different body types. By the end of the course, you’ll have a versatile set of patterns and the skills to adapt them for future designs.

Got a garment that's been sitting unfinished? Finish It! is your dedicated time and space to finally get it done. Each week, bring whatever you're working on and get personalized guidance from Lynda, access to curated video resources, and the energy of a small, focused group. Whether you need a specific technique answered, a structured block of time, or just the motivation that comes from working alongside other sewists — this is the class for you. No syllabus, no pressure. Just progress.

The student will learn how to draft a basic hip foundation from measurements. We will then draft knit pant slopers in all stretch categories; minimal, moderate, very stretchy, super stretchy, and four-way stretch. Our final draft for this class will be leggings. Students will make test garments for the hip foundation, basic sloper and leggings. These will be fitted and any changes will be transferred to the patterns.

Drafting & Sewing a Motorcycle Jacket is an 8-week online class where you’ll learn to create a custom-fit, iconic motorcycle jacket from start to finish. This classic design features an asymmetrical zippered closure, zippered sleeves and pockets, a convertible collar, and a fully lined interior. You’ll begin by drafting a jacket sloper (optional if you already have one), create a personalized pattern, and sew a test garment to ensure proper fit.

As the course progresses, you’ll learn professional techniques for drafting and construction, including sleeve zippers with a godet, separating front zippers, zippered pockets, lining insertion, and collar construction. By the end of the class, you’ll complete a finished jacket and participate in a virtual showcase to celebrate your work.

Learn to sew pants like a pro! In this hands-on class, you’ll tackle everything from shaping and pockets to fly zippers, waistbands, and cuffs. Each week builds your skills with new techniques—slant and welt pockets, invisible zippers, contour waistbands, and more. By the end, you’ll finish a custom pair of pants and gain the know-how to create endless variations with confidence.

The second class focuses on construction, including techniques for shaping and structure. By the end of this class, you will have constructed most of the jacket itself, excluding the lining. Pre-requisite class is Tailoring I, or consent of the instructor.