Name: Simple Pattern Drafting (BARNSLEY)
Price: 195 GBP
Availability: InStock

Sheffield

Ready to create your own comfortable and stylish sleepwear or loungewear? 

Join our 'Sew Your Own Pyjamas' workshop and discover the joy of crafting personalised garments! Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to expand your sewing skills, this class offers the perfect opportunity to design and create pieces tailored to your exact measurements and preferences. Imagine relaxing in pyjamas or loungewear made entirely by you, perfect for any time of year.

Imagine slipping into pyjamas made entirely by you, tailored to your exact measurements and style. We'll guide you through every step of the process, from selecting the perfect fabric (feel free to bring along a beloved bedding set for a sustainable, upcycled project!) to mastering essential sewing techniques. Plus, our versatile pattern allows you to create not just pyjamas, but also stylish loungewear for those relaxing days at home.

Choose from three delightful top designs and pair them with either comfortable shorts or full-length trousers. With our expert guidance, you'll leave with a beautifully finished garment and the confidence to tackle future sewing projects.

Over the course of four classes, you will learn:
Accurate Body Measurement: Learn how to take precise measurements to ensure a perfect fit.
Pattern Tracing and Interpretation: Understand how to trace and interpret a sewing pattern.
Fabric Selection and Preparation: Discover the best fabrics for pyjamas and how to prepare them for sewing.
Basic Garment Construction: Master the fundamentals of sewing garment pieces together.
Hemming Techniques: For a professional finish.
Overlocker Usage (Optional): Explore the benefits of an overlocker for neat and durable seams.
Sustainable Sewing Practices: Learn how to recycle bedding to create new garments.
Customisation: Learn to adapt the pattern to create your ideal pyjamas or loungewear.

Join us for a fun and creative sewing experience, and transform your wardrobe with handmade comfort!  

If you would like to see some of the pyjamas made by previous students, read the blog post here.  You can see how effective recycled bedding is for making pyjamas too.

Class held over four sessions


Loopy's Place

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Pattern Making

Learn to sew your own custom pyjamas or loungewear in our beginner-friendly class! Choose from various top and bottom styles, use new fabrics or recycled bedding, and master essential sewing techniques including hemming and overlocker use

Sew Your Own Pyjamas

Includes class, pattern, interfacing, elastic

General Admission

 Barnsley

Venue: NETHERWOOD ACADEMY, Dove Valley Way, Barnsley S73 8FE
Date:    Saturday 28th June 2025
Time:    9.30 - 15.30
COST:   £195



A Simple Pattern Drafting Skills Course for those wanting to make patterns for themselves or others. Suitable for Teachers of GCSE & A Level Fashion & Textiles for both Art & Design and D&T.



A full day learning basic pattern drafting methods as used in industry, aimed at anyone wanting to learn how to develop basic blocks from scratch.
This course is open to anyone, not just teachers.



For Teachers: Excellent for teaching at KS3/4/5 - and great for A level students wanting to make their own garments. The course looks at methods and systems used in industry and how to correctly measure the body; create a basic block and practice some adaptions involved in pattern development. 
Support and ideas for delivering maths elements through textiles.
Classroom strategies and textile industry knowledge to underpin practical work.
Life long learning in continuing professional development.
Better understanding of industry practices and requirements to support delivery of KS4/5



What to expect on the day:
Learn and practice how to measure the body correctly.
Develop a skirt and simple bodice & sleeve block from your own measurements.
Create a toile from your skirt block and fit it.
Learn Pattern Drafting terminology and tools used.



For Teachers:
Links to KS3-4 D&T Specifications:
Develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
Select from and use specialist tools, techniques, processes, equipment and machinery precisely.
Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties.




What is special about the Simple Pattern Drafting Skills Course?
This face-to-face course is an experience that delivers textiles and fashion skills, knowledge and understanding. It is a great learning environment which allows you to gain new skills and techniques, showing how these can be incorporated in lesson plans and delivered in a fun, inspiring and engaging way. You can ask questions direct to the course developer/leader, practice skills, create classroom resources and network with other teachers.



Course Developer & leader: 
DAWN FOXALL

Dawn Foxall has 35 years’ experience in the textiles and garment industry including design consultant, schools presenter and resources developer for EMTEX; Fashion lecturer and programme developer at various UK Universities and FE colleges; course presenter for D&T Association, Key Stage Developments (KSD), SFE and other course providers.
She was a co-founder of Liv.co.uk, where she managed design, buying and sourcing from Fairtrade, organic suppliers in India and Egypt. She has since worked with brands such as LUSH Soaps and Weleda, sourcing ethical products and consulting for young designers and start-ups. In 2017 she launched her own knitwear brand FOXOLOGY designing and producing sustainably sourced collections. 
In 2015 Dawn set up the Textiles Skills Centre (formerly ‘Academy’) supporting textile teachers, delivering workshops and events. She continues to teach pattern cutting at various education and commercial establishments, as well as for Textiles Skills Centre and also drafts patterns and consults for industry.







COSTS & BOOKING VIA CADEMY: £ 195 / DAY  (+ Cademy Fees)



*ALERT: ECT/TRAINEE TEACHERS, TECHNICIANS & SELF FUNDING TEACHERS, STUDENTS(UNDER 18)*
We offer discounts for this course. Please contact dawn@textileskillscentre.com for more information.



All of the Textile Skills Centre events are ticket only and payable IN ADVANCE. The Textiles Skills Centre uses Cademy to automate the bookings via credit card and cheque/BACS. When you book you will receive by email a booking confirmation only. If you book by selecting 'Pay By Cheque/Invoice' you will receive an automated invoice to pay against. If you need further assistance with payment then please contact us by email or phone.
Further information will be sent to the 'booker' and the 'guest' attendee nearer to the time of the event.
It is VERY important that your school finance officer supplies your full name and PERSONAL SCHOOL EMAIL, so that we are able to send you joining instructions and further details. If we only receive the ‘school office’ email address, we have found that this delays information getting to you, or information is not passed on. 
If you have any queries, please email us at: info@textileskillscentre.com, and include your phone number and/or email so that we can contact you easily.

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A simple pattern drafting course for anyone wanting to learn how to make their own blocks from scratch - great for teachers of GCSE & A Level Fashion & Textiles for both Art & Design and D&T.

Simple Pattern Drafting (BARNSLEY)

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