Over the next couple weeks, I am taking a Couture Tailoring short course at Central St. Martins in London. For the course we are making 1/2 a womens' size 10/12 (UK size) couture jacket. Though I have only completed 3 days of this course, I can go ahead and say that this is probably going to be a future addiction. I absolutely LOVE everything about this course. The tutor is absolutely wonderful and extremely knowledgeable, and I love the hand stitching. Real hand tailoring is truly sculpture. It is amazing to see how the stitches mold the fabric into a 3-dimensional shape. I am also getting lots of ideas for experiments when I get home for incorporating some of the tailoring techniques into the interlinings of my dressmaking. Below are some photos from the first couple days:
Laying out pattern and marking seam allowance.
Sleeve pattern after marking seamlines and balance lines with tacking stitches.
Padstitching and adding edge tape.
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