Clone Your Wardrobe: Learn to Create Patterns from Existing Garments

Join us at Stitching Kitchen and learn how to create sewing patterns from garments you already love

Tired of hunting for the perfect outfit or wishing you could duplicate your favourite clothes in different colours and fabrics? Our Clone Your Wardrobe workshop is here to help! Join us at Stitching Kitchen and learn how to create sewing patterns from garments you already love—without unpicking or damaging them.

In this hands-on, creative workshop, you’ll be guided through the process of making a pattern from a simple woven garment. Perfect for beginners and improvers alike, you’ll gain essential skills that will empower you to re-create and customise your wardrobe, piece by piece.
This one-day session will give you the confidence and know-how to start replicating your favourite styles at home.

What you will learn/achieve

How to trace and measure an existing garment without taking it apart.
Drafting a first pattern from your chosen item.
Sewing a Mock up or toile
Techniques for altering and adjusting patterns for a better fit.
Skills to continue making or refining your garment at home.

By the end of the day, you’ll leave with:
A hand-drafted pattern based on one of your own garments.
A toile (test garment) in sheeting fabric or similar.
The confidence to continue your pattern-making journey at home.

What’s included

Tuition: expert guidance from our experienced sewing tutor Emma in a small group.
Use of Pfaff and Janome sewing machines in Stitching Kitchen’s fully equipped studio.
Sheeting fabric for toiles and pattern-making materials.
Tea and cake throughout the day.

About your tutor

Emma studied Textiles at university and worked in child wear design. She has a teaching and training qualification and teaches at various sewing studios across the UK and is often found helping independent pattern designers at the big sewing shows on their stands.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch.