Pattern Making & Construction
📋 What it is
A pattern is a flat template that, when cut and sewn, becomes a 3D garment; construction is the order of putting it together.
🗣️ Coach says
Every garment starts flat. A pattern is a template you cut from fabric, then sew together so a flat shape becomes a 3D piece that fits a body. It’s like origami with cloth — and the order of assembly matters.
🧠 Memory hook
Flat pattern → cut → sew → 3D garment. Order matters.
😂 Giggle
Why did the fashion designer go to the garden?
To pick out some fresh prints!
😲 Whoa!
A simple T-shirt is usually made from just a few flat pattern pieces sewn together in the right order.
✅ Quick check: What is a “pattern” in garment making?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
A flat template you cut fabric from; when the pieces are sewn together in order, the flat shapes become a 3D garment that fits.
The flat-to-3D idea is the core of how clothes are actually made.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Look at a T-shirt and try to count how many flat pieces of fabric it’s made from.