3-day Moulage Workshop
with Kenneth D. King:

We have partnered with the Sewing and Design School and Kenneth D. King is coming to the San Francisco Bay Area!

Learn how to draft a custom bodice sloper and sleeve pattern using your own measurements in this 3-day pattern making workshop with Fashion Designer and Couturier Kenneth D. King.

The moulage is the foundation of the pattern drafting system taught by the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne in Paris. This is a system of measuring the figure, calculating, and drafting a pattern that will fit the torso like a second skin, incorporating any of the infinite variations of shape the human figure can take.

This is not just a small group workshop, it is an event! We truly go all out - the space is beautiful and inviting, the setting small and intimate. The registration fee includes a yummy lunch and refreshments, too.

Level: This small group workshop is perfect for the confident beginner (male and female), ages 16 and up.

Instructor: Kenneth is professor at F.I.T. (Fashion Institute of Technology) in New York and the Sewing and Design School. Kenneth won the Association of Sewing and Design Professional's 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. He is known for his articles in Threads Magazine, his books, CD books, TV show (Sewing Today), and "Jean-ius" an online class on Craftsy. To read more of his accomplishments, click here.

Skills developed: in this workshop, you will learn:

  • How to take accurate measurements
  • Draft a custom bodice and sleeve slopers, using your own measurements. The end result will be slopers that fit your torso and arms like a second skin
  • How to add wearing ease to create the sloper, or block (the basic unit of pattern drafting).
  • How to use your sloper to create custom clothes or check a commercial pattern, which will enable you to use this tool as a fitting aid, making it easier to adjust patterns to your figure.
  • Kenneth will personally show you how to make fit adjustments and other alterations
  • Make a bodice, jacket and overcoat sloper master patterns.
  • You will also get lots of individual attention from Kenneth who will provide tons of helpful fitting information and tips

Need further help altering and fitting your own slopers or commercial patterns? Check out this workshop.

When: Spots are limited. Registration deadline: 03/25/19.
05/24/19 from 8:30am to 4pm
05/25/19 from 8:30am to 4pm
05/26/19 from 8:30am to 4pm

Where: Redwood City, CA

Workshop Fee: $900 (includes lunch). Enjoy a 10% discount when you register by 12/31/18.

Materials: a material list will be emailed to you after registration.

Cancellation Policy: If you cancel before 03/25/19, you will receive a full refund, less a $25.00 processing fee/PayPal merchant fee. No refunds will be issued after 03/25/19.

Accommodations: if you are joining us from out of town, please contact us for a list of hotels in the area.