Draping the Bodice

Discover why draping is the secret to truly fitting the body and develop good basic draping habits in the process. Follow along with Dancing with the Stars’ expert fitter, Joe Vecchiarelli, to create your own basic bodice sloper – one that follows all your curves and critical fitting points exactly, for perfect fit and comfort.
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Create a draped bodice on the body form and learn how to turn that muslin into a pattern. Discover, using this paper pattern, how to evaluate its fit on the body form itself – identifying key fitting points and seeing how to make small tweaks for an absolutely perfect fit. The resulting sloper is what designers use as a foundation for patternmaking with custom-developed pattern blocks. 

Use your personal sloper as a foundation for your own patternmaking explorations, or perfect the fit of patterns you already own!

Your deeper understanding of the relationship between body measurements, fit and style will be invaluable to you as well, eliminating confusion and informing your sewing life forever. With all its curves and variables, a bodice sloper that truly fits is an invaluable tool in your sewing practice.

Click here for information to purchase your body form from French European Inc.

Save with bundles! This course is also available as part of the Draping for Fashion: Your Vision, Your Fit, Your Style bundle.    

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