Feast Your Fashion-loving Eyes on Spring’s Most Exclusive Events
In the long stretch between fashion weeks from February to September, we are thankful for the spring and summer time events that keep our fashion eyes engaged. Read More
Category "Pattern Making"
Keep Your Pattern Making Skills Sharp
As the school year is wrapping up for many of you and graduation may be near, we, at the University of Fashion, are thinking about the skills you need during the summer to keep you sharp or to prepare you for your first job. Home sewers, we know that learning the art and craft of design sees no school year, so for you we are offering a new video that will refresh your pattern making skills and leave you with a three quarter circle skirt pattern that is just perfect for the spring and summer. Read More
We’ve Come Full-Circle, both in Season and Skirt
Springtime – a time to renew, refresh and realize that we have officially made it through the winter chill for another year! No matter what the actual temperatures tell us, visions of circles skirts, Citi Bikes and a fresh bunch of tulips seem once again within reach. Read More
2014: A Year of Twists, Details, Knits, New Beginnings and Looking Back
For the University of Fashion, 2014 has been the year of new video series. For University of Fashion students, this means in depth learning in each of our disciplines. This year, we have taken our students beyond basic skills and offered lessons to stretch, inspire and encourage you to take the next step in your fashion design career. Below, find a few of 2014 series highlights, including a just-added draping video. Read More
Designing pants in a knit? Get the right fit.
Dreaming about designing the perfect cozy knit leggings for those cold winter nights by the fireplace? Read More
New Knit Video, Filming in the Studio and a Review that Made Our Week
Have you ever had one of those days when you thread your needle on the first try, your side seams match perfectly and you have just enough bobbin thread to sew your final seam? The University of Fashion has had one of those weeks! Take a look at the three reasons last week was as exciting as setting a sleeve without a single pucker of fabric. Read More
Designing with Knits
If you have ever taken the time to visit the knit section at your local fabric store, you know that not all knits are created equal. Not only do knit fabrics vary in weight and appearance, but most importantly, knit fabrics vary in terms of stretch. This week, for your pattern making purposes, we bring you Knit Stretch Reductions: Torso Slopers which will teach you how to modify your torso sloper for use with moderate, 2-way, super stretch and ribbed knit fabrics. Read More
New Knit Series Video: Convert Torso Sloper to Stable Knit Sloper
Ever discover a gorgeous knit fabric, then rush home to cut the knit garment of your dreams from a pattern intended for a woven garment? Let’s face it, sometimes the excitement of our intended finished product trumps the proper steps necessary to make our vision becomes a wearable, well-fitted reality.
A Little Something Up Our Sleeve…
We are the first to admit that setting a sleeve in a jacket is not the most exciting topic, however, there is nothing more exciting than seeing the perfect slant of a beautifully drafted and finished sleeve on a completed garment. To get you to the sleeve finish line, we have just posted two brand new videos: Suit Sleeve From Measurements and Mounting & Fitting a Suit Jacket Sleeve. Read More
Student Spotlight WINNER: Chanica Pitaksakorn
The University of Fashion is thrilled to announce the winners of our recent Student Spotlight contest! Kathryn Butler is our winner in the Sewing category, Rafael De Peña takes home the prize in Fashion Art and Chanica Pitaksakorn has won both the Pattern Making and Draping categories. Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all of our students who entered – we love seeing how you are making the University of Fashion work for you! In this post, we spotlight Draping and Pattern Making category winner, Chanica Pitaksakorn. Read More