Custom Legging Pattern Drafting and Garment Construction

Finding ready-to-wear activewear that provides the perfect fit across different body shapes can be challenging. Drafting your own custom-fit leggings ensures optimal comfort, support, and style tailored precisely to individual measurements. This structured, text-based course guides you through foundational garment terminology, pattern-making theory, and stretch fabric mechanics. You will learn how to translate direct body measurements into accurate base patterns and construct durable activewear using standard home sewing equipment. What you'll learn: - Understand essential drafting terminology, stretch percentages, and negative ease calculations - Take accurate body measurements for low-rise, mid-rise, and high-waisted legging designs - Draft custom base patterns from scratch, including seamless waistband and athletic gusset variations - Select suitable knit fabrics and analyze stretch recovery, tension, and durability - Apply reliable assembly steps using stretch stitches, serger settings, and twin-needle hems - Troubleshoot common fitting issues like waistband rolling, knee bagging, and seam strain You will begin with core definitions and measurement principles before moving through step-by-step drafting instructions and detailed sewing workflows. This course is ideal for beginners and DIY sewists with no prior pattern drafting experience. Start creating perfectly fitted activewear tailored to your exact measurements today.