What I've been doing lately is reading and researching pattern making, watching instructional videos and just generally getting a feel for sewing patterns. I made a life size copy of a sloper and am planning to devise a personalized sloper for pattern construction. I figure that because I do not have a sewing background, both in technical skill, fabric knowledge, and pattern construction, I can just start at the beginning. Because of this ignorance I could conceivably learn pattern design after constructing one commercial pattern because I have the tools available and the will to learn.
So far, my progression is working. The library has been a wonderful source for instructional books and videos and also great for the exposure I get to possibilities of creation with fabric. I have taken this instruction and inspiration to practice while continuing to find more sources. There is a life size paper sloper that I copied from a quarter size waiting to be transferred to fabric and fit to my body. Never before did I think I could make clothing until I got a textbook for the pattern maker. One day I spent hours just creating little quarter size bust slopers with different darts just to get the feel of the construction.
The gloves I have started I am still planning to finish but, through my research, I found the pattern I made had a few flaws, mainly in the thumb shape and corresponding whole. The hand sewing is a wonderful introduction to the world of sewing because it slows down and simplifies the process of securing two fabrics together. With a little variation in the back stitch stitch-length or a diagonal basting stitch the fabric reacts differently. I have just started to notice these differences, but I plan to explore them and casually rely the effects here.
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