Class Modelling and Confection Workshop I

The curricular unit of Patternmaking and Manufacturing I is a fundamental field for Fashion Design and Production. Within Fashion Design, the fields of patternmaking and manufacturing are essential, from the creation and development of draping pattern extraction to the perception of measures and wearability of a dress, the construction of base patterns, and exercises of pin rotation of some garments.

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1. The process and idealisation of altering/adapting a garment: making a dress in raw fabric; 2. The industrial sizing system: the relationship between garment sizes and body measurements 3. Construction of a basic body patternmaking. Practical exercise 4. Darts manipulation and volume creation. Rotation of darts (body). Practical exercise 5. The relationship between the type of fabric and the garment's patternmaking: dart rotation on a top + sleeve transformation - exercise with dart rotation technique of the student's choice

The curricular unit will be developed through theoretical-practical, expository and demonstrative sessions, and practical work of an experimental nature will be developed during class sessions. The methodology of learning by doing will be applied to help integrate the contents taught so that the student is enlightened. A participatory approach will be encouraged, facilitating the assimilation of content and fostering teacher/student interaction. As an active method, tutorial teaching will accompany the project and be carried out throughout the course.  

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