Pleats, Gathers & Frills | Online Course

£110.00

Slash and Spread can be used to add extra volume into your patterns to change the silhouette, create fullness and create new details in a garment.
This online pattern cutting course will teach you how to add a variety of frills to your pattern to create small details as well as large silhouette changes.
You will gain a strong understanding of gather ratios and learn to draft a range of different designs to create gathered pieces and details. You will also learn to draft pleated details such as knife pleats, box pleats, pleated details and inverted box pleats.

This course is the third course of the Pattern Cutting Essentials Course Series, covering essential beginner pattern cutting knowledge and techniques. You can buy this as a separate course or you can buy the bundle here.

What you get with this Pleats, Gathers & Frills online pattern cutting course:

3 modules
3.5 hours of video time, spread across 21 videos
Written content to go alongside the videos
Life time access to all content

To see the full course details, introduction video and lessons, head to the course page.

By the end of this course you will:

Be Familiar With The Different Types Of Fullness That We Can Add
Be Able to Convert A Dart Into Fullness, Changing The Silhouette Of The Garment
Add Extra Volume To exaggerate A Loose Fitting Silhouette
Create Both Large And Small Flat Frills For Skirt And Bodices
Understand Gather Ratios And How They Work
Add Volume And Fullness To Create Gathered Frills, Yokes Larger Gathered Pieces
Create Smaller Gathered Details Of Extra Fullness
Recognise Different Types Of Pleats
Draft Knife Pleats, Box Pleats and Inverted Box Pleats
Draft Smaller Pleated Details By Adding Extra Volume To A Point

To see the full course details, introduction video and lessons, head to the course page.

Once you’ve purchased this course head to the course page, login and scroll to the lesson content to get started. Click on the first one to get started and enjoy!