Intermediate to Advanced

Copy it!

Take a pattern from your favourite garment

Copy it!
4 hours
Max 5 students
Level 1, 39–43 Shepherd St, Marrickville

Make a Pattern From Your Favourite Garment (4 Hour Pattern-Making Workshop)

Have a garment you absolutely love and wish you could make again?

Join industry professional Megan McKee-Griffith to learn how to create a working pattern from your favourite piece — so you can reproduce it again and again.

This is a specialist, no-sew workshop focused entirely on pattern tracing and garment analysis.

SKILL LEVEL -->

INTERMEDIATE • Confident sewing garments • Good understanding of seam allowances • Familiar with garment construction

ADVANCED • Comfortable analysing garment construction • Looking to deepen pattern-making skills

Why you'll love this course

Learn professional pattern-tracing techniques
Small group workshop (4–5 students only)
Expert guidance from an industry pattern maker
Clear understanding of garment construction • Walk away with a reusable pattern
Calm, focused and supportive studio environment

You’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to recreate a garment you already know and love.

What you will learn

How to analyse garment construction
How to trace pattern pieces accurately
Understanding seam allowances and shaping
Estimating fabric requirements
Layout planning for efficient cutting
Professional pattern-making tips and tricks

You will take home a complete traced pattern ready to sew at your own pace.

Hint… you may wish to bring your new pattern to a BYO class or course to sew it up with guidance.

Class format

4 hour intensive workshop
4–5 students only
High cutting tables for tracing and measuring
Guided, step-by-step pattern analysis
Supportive, focused studio atmosphere

This is a no-sew class. The emphasis is on learning the pattern-making process properly.

What's included

4 hours of expert tuition with Megan
Paper, pencils, tracing wheels and French curve rulers to use and share
A reference layout photo for your garment
Professional insight into pattern construction

Tools are available to purchase if you’d like your own set.

What to bring

A clean garment you wish to copy
Simpler garments work best (pull-on shirts, skirts, elastic waist trousers)
Optional: your own pattern-making tools (tracing wheel, French curve, pencil, eraser)

No sewing machine required — this is a pattern-making workshop only.

Please avoid garments with zip flies, complex tailoring or detailed jackets due to time constraints.

You must email us a photo of your chosen garment prior to class (details provided in your booking confirmation).

Optional add-ons

Pick up in class · no postage

Copy it kit - Tracing wheel, French Curve, pick up in class

$50.00

Add these to your basket during checkout.

Your teacher

Megan McKee-Griffith

Megan McKee-Griffith

Megan McKee-Griffith is our much-loved Intermediate to Advanced teacher, known for her warmth, clarity and depth of knowledge. With 30+ years as a pattern maker and training at East Sydney TAFE, she helps students refine fit and create beautifully finished garments.

$130per person

Choose a date

Level 1, 39–43 Shepherd St, Marrickville

Access via stairs only