Ryliss of Sewing & Design School brought Kenneth to Tacoma to teach us how to draft our moulage and sleeve as she believes he is the best drafter in the business. What a treat!
I decided to take the class not only to augment the dress form I made in Jan Bones class, but also because I do enjoy drafting and I rarely have had or made the opportunity to draft save for in creating my own sewing patterns. You see, by the time I entered my first career field, Mechanical Engineering, it's drafting was all done entirely on a computer through a CAD program or in some other program to create parts on 3-D printer. The paper, rulers and pencils went to the wayside for ME's, but we didn't let those awesome drafting tables go to waste - In our study room, we used the drafting tables for doing our homework and creating fond memories of silliness. |
The moulage is the foundation of the couture pattern drafting system taught by the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne in Paris. This is a system of measuring the figure, calculating, and drafting a pattern that will fit the torso like a second skin, incorporating any of the infinite variations of shape the human figure can take. -- Kenneth D. King' s Website
We also had time to get to know Kenneth at a dinner one evening and between bits in classes. Quite a funny man. He has loads of entertaining stories and loves to chat with his students while helping them learn. It made the 4 consecutive days of class fun and go by quickly.