Artist Own Studio Workshop: Crafting Shirts for Improvers with Jane McCann

The aim is for meaningful style - as opposed to promoting transient fast fashion. The focus will be on pattern adaptation from the wearer’s customised basic block:

• Spanning casual workwear to the exotic
• Offering the potential for embellishment and personalisation
• With discrete to bold detail and trims
• Sourcing ideas from vintage / museum collections
• With reference to fabric selection for different seasons

The workshop will cover:

Pattern adaptations for a range of styles according to the preference of the wearer.

Pattern adaptation may include how to (for example):

• Elongate / Crop / Gather / Flare etc.
• Typical adaptations may include: Workwear Jacket/ Smock/ Shirt Dress.
• Brief reference will be made to the joining of seams
• Constructing the adapted pattern: (on a domestic machine sewing)

Please bring:

• An existing ‘shirt type’ garment that is comfortable in terms of measurement
• 2-3metres of Calico in a suitable weight for the type of garment envisaged (Light/medium/heavy weight),
• Tape measure 
• Ruler
• Set square (if available)
• Pencils (Soft & Hard)
• Pencil sharpener
• Rubber,
• Paper scissors & Fabric scissors
• Pins, Needles & thread.
• A pattern Tracing Wheel - would be helpful.

Reference materials: Please bring garments / photos / tear sheets etc. of shirt type garments that inspire you!