Martha Palaza is an apparel design professional whose experience and education has focused on production, manufacturing, and teaching. Her skills include patternmaking, draping, garment construction, and textiles.

Martha has worked as a Costume Technician for Costume Works of Somerville, Massachusetts, whose clients are national theater and opera troupes and entertainment companies. When not working as a freelance pattern maker, Martha teaches at the School of Fashion Design (Boston).

Martha earned an MFA in fashion design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, a BA in studio art from Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and a certificate in fashion design from the School of Fashion Design, Boston.

Lessons

Drafting a Jean-Style Pant (Pants)
Pattern Making

Intermediate

Pattern Making for a Full Bust Adjustment
Pattern Making

Advanced

Drafting a Side Bust Dart Bodice Sloper from Measurements
Pattern Making

Intermediate

Basic Pant (Pants) Sloper
Pattern Making

Beginner

Introduction to Threads
Fashion Lectures

Beginner

Exercise 01 – Pocket Draft-#4
CAD Pattern Making

Beginner

Exercise 02 – Back Draft-#5
CAD Pattern Making

Beginner

Exercise 03 – Basic Grading-#6
CAD Pattern Making

Beginner

Introduction to Pattern Grading
Pattern Making

Intermediate

Convert Torso Sloper to Stable Knit Torso Sloper
Knits

Intermediate

Suit Sleeve From Measurements
Pattern Making

Beginner

Knit Stretch Reductions: Torso Slopers
Knits

Intermediate

Knit Stretch Reductions – Sleeve Slopers
Knits

Intermediate

Knit Stretch Reductions – Skirt Slopers
Knits

Intermediate

Knit Stretch Reductions – Pant (Pants) Slopers
Knits

Intermediate

Intro to Buttons & Buttonholes
Fashion Lectures

Beginner

Mounting & Fitting a Suit Jacket Sleeve
Pattern Making

Beginner

Introduction to Knit Fabrics
Fashion Lectures

Beginner

Knit Fabric Principles
Fashion Lectures

Beginner