Learn to draft your own patterns and change existing patterns to suit yourself! This is the perfect course for those who find commercial patterns not a good fit or not to their liking, as well as those concerned with duplicating garments from photographic, engraved, or original garment source material.  Using the flat pattern method, participants will create their own personal set of pattern pieces (slopers), upon which they will learn to draft all of the basic types of women's garments as well as many of the specialized pieces used in historical and fantasy costuming.  Textbook (supplied by us) is required for the course; participants should bring corrugated cardboard, 81/2" x 11" plain white paper, markers, scissors, tape, and a thumbtack; for the last day of the course, a sewing machine, a fitting shell pattern in your size, four sheets of bristol board, 4 metres muslin or scrap fabric, thread, and pins are needed. Competency in the operation of a sewing machine is required for this course.