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.
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’LL 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.
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
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).
PRICING
4 hour workshop — $150
READY TO BOOK?
29 May - 10am–2pm – Copy It! with Megan
13 Jun – 9am–1pm – Copy It! with Megan
Spaces are strictly limited to 4–5 students to ensure personalised guidance.