DRESSMAKING – SIZING AND PATTERN ALTERATIONS with Helen Rhiannon – Saturday 1st November 2025 12.45pm

Price: £28
LOCATION: Birmingham
Duration: 90 mins

90-minute workshop – cost £28.00

Based on Helen’s award winning book: Dressmaking. The Easy Guide, you will learn how to measure yourself accurately and how to choose the right sizes to work with.

Helen will then demonstrate how to trace off a pattern accurately before demonstrating how to carry out simple pattern alterations to get a perfect fit. This workshop is for anyone who wants to learn how to draft dress and top patterns for themselves, as well as alter commercial patterns.

Advisory Note:

This workshop is for anyone who wants to learn how to draft dress and top patterns for themselves, as well as alter commercial patterns.

Please note these are non-refundable.

Tutor Name: Helen Rhiannon

About The Tutor

Helen Rhiannon is a successful Bridal wear designer, bestselling author, and sewing expert. Helen is best known for her bestselling book, ‘Dressmaking The Easy Guide’, which teaches the reader to pattern cut clothes that fit and flatter each unique person. The book has become a dressmaking bible for many. As well as her dressmaking courses, Helen has launched an online course to partner the book.