2008 Online Workshops

Wild Ginger Software, Inc. has developed a series of online workshops for its PatternMaster product line. These workshops will cover all aspects of using PatternMaster as well as taking and adjusting measurements and creating and critiquing fitting garments. Owners of any PatternMaster program are invited to register for the workshops. We will be using PatternMaster in the workshop classes.

Click here to view our Online Workshop Schedule.

• Workshop 1 - Introduction to Pattern Drafter: navigating PatternMaster; discuss design and fit settings in each garment category and how they affect the patterns; recreate garments from catalog pictures; printing tips and techniques.
  
  
• Workshop 2 - Fitting Pants Sloper: discuss ease, design, and style choices and their affect on fit and comfort; flat vs. round crotch curves; the wild cut setting, effect of different weight fabrics on pants; critique photos of workshop attendees wearing the pants slopers; provide measurement changes and design and fit settings.
  
  
• Workshop 3 - Fitting Dress Sloper: discuss design and style choices and their affect on fit; discuss ease, darts, and sleeve choices and how they affect fit, style, and comfort; critique photos of workshop attendees wearing the dress slopers; provide measurement changes and design and fit settings.
  
  
• Workshop 4 - Pattern Editor and Yardage Calculator: using the Pattern Editor and Yardage Calculator tools; includes an overview of Windows Explorer.
  
  
• Workshop 5 - Understanding Measurements: This class will explan the relationship of the measurements and how they affect the draft. It is aimed at the teacher or dressmaker to help troubleshoot the numbers before sewing a sloper. Any user is also welcome to attend. The first class will discuss the various measurements and their Mathematical relationships. There will be 6 measurement worksheets for the student to review as homework. The second class will review the worksheets.
  
  
• Workshop 6 - Design and Measurements: This class will discuss how your personal measurement relationships affect the drafts of various styles. It will focus on how to evaluate the draft and make style and design choices that best fit your body. There will be 5 homework assignments between classes.
  
  
• Workshop 7 - Getting Started with PatternMaster: This class is for the new user who is also a computer novice. Topics to include: Navigation using Windows Explorer, creating and finding folders, saving and finding files in Pattern Master, navigating Pattern Master Welcome Screen, using the help files, entering measurements and calculate measurements, attaching a measurement chart to an email, drafting the sloper, printing in Pattern Master, saving styles and patterns, using the red sloper underlay to look at designs, navigating the Forum, attaching files and pictures to a forum thread.
  
  

How Does This Work?

A private workshop forum will be created for student/teacher interaction. Live demonstrations will be scheduled for each workshop. These demonstrations will be conducted over the internet. Students will log into a private internet meeting site and will call a telephone number to interact with the instructor. Long distance phone charges will apply.  Classes will be held on weekends or evenings for those who have free nights and weekend minutes for the cell phones.  All live workshop sessions will be recorded and made available for download in the private workshop forums shortly after each session.

Students participating in the pants or dress fitting workshops will be required to send in their measurements and sew a fitting dress or a pant over the course of a week. You will be required to post photos of yourself in your fitting dress and fitting pants. Photos will be posted in a private forum that can only be accessed by workshop attendees.

Note: The critique of the fitting garments in workshops 2 and 3 will be done as a group so we can learn from each other's individual shapes. If you are uncomfortable learning through constructive criticism to include providing photos of yourself in the fitting garment, the fitting workshops may not be for you.

Note: There is a $5.00 cancellation processing fee. All cancellation fees will be returned if Wild Ginger Software, Inc. cancels the workshop. Call if you have any questions or concerns regarding our payment and cancellation policies. 888-929-9453 (615-952-3303).

Note: Workshops are limited to 20 participants.

* Wild Ginger reserves the right to cancel a workshop for any reason. If Wild Ginger Software, Inc. cancels a workshop, we will refund all registration fees charged for the workshop.