Bring your designs to life with Jay Calderin in Making Fashion: Draw, Draft, and Sew!

Jay Calderin has been called a “a budding designer's best friend,” and in this class he’ll show you exactly what it takes to create and construct custom clothes.

You’ll learn about:

Drawing and planning for clothing production
The stages of pattern making
Constructing and finishing garments

Jay will help you get started with smart drafting tips and offer insights on working with muslin so your patterns lay and drape properly.

If you want to produce one-of-a-kind garments, join Jay Calderin for a complete primer on getting started in Making Fashion: Draw, Draft and Sew.

Ratings and Reviews

Student Work

The Boston Globe refers to Jay Calderin as a budding designer's best friend. He is the author of The Fashion Design Reference and Specification Book formerly Form, Fit, Fashion, which the LA Times called, a new fashion bible for designers, aspirers and the just plain curious, this tome contains all the secrets. It was followed by his second book, Fashion Design Essentials, and a collaboration on a third book entitled, Fashion Design, Referenced. The first two books have been translated into German and Chinese. He is also a contributor to Native Fashion Now, the book that accompanies the Peabody Essex Museum’s upcoming exhibit of the same name.

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topics covered in this class

Fashion Design Illustration Drawing

Reviews

Jacquelyn Bradley-Nelson

I love this class, I'm glad I found it. This what I want to learn or add to my knowledge. JayC you are awesome! I need more learning on rendering coloring for illustration for that is. I can't wait to see what's on the other class I will take. Thanks! Signed: rm515jb.

Andrea Leggett

I really enjoyed this and the draping really opened my eyes to what can be achieved. Jay made it look easy so I plan a shot at draping later and will post my effort on Instagram with thanks to him! Thank you Creative LIve for bringing this to me (in the UK) and special thanks to Jay. When I'm in Boston in August I"ll buy you a beer!

Susan

Loved the draping information. It was logical and clear enough to make me want to try it.

2,000+ classes ranging from fundamentals to advanced techniques.

Making Fashion: Draw, Draft and Sew

Lessons

Intro to Making Fashion: Draw, Draft and Sew

Why Start with a Sketch?

Drawing: Draw Your Muse

Drawing: Sketch a Figure and Define a Silhouette

Drawing: Render Color

Drawing: Add Texture, Patterns, and Details

Pattern Draping: Working with Muslin

Pattern Draping: Drape a Basic Form

Pattern Draping: Drape Folds

Pattern Draping: Experiment with Style Lines

Pattern Flat: Create and True a Pattern

Draping and Patterning Recap

Constructing Clothes: Put it Together

Constructing Clothes: Make it Special and Finish Well

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