Designing Details: Pockets
Kenneth D. King
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1:13
- In-depth Instruction; over 234 mins
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The Design Process
8:06
Meet your instructor and get to know the basics of pocket placement.
Integrating Pockets Into a Pattern
11:17
Pocketless pattern? No problem! Learn how to expertly integrate pockets onto any paper pattern.
Drafting the Patch Pocket
18:03
Learn how to draft a patch pocket onto your pattern, complete with pleats.
Constructing the Patch Pocket
42:18
Now that you've drafted your patch pocket, learn how to construct it on your garment.
Drafting the Single-Welt Pocket
13:28
If you prefer a single-welt pocket over a patch pocket, learn how to draft one for your pattern in this lesson.
Constructing the Single-Welt Pocket
17:15
After drafting, learn how to construct your pocket by pinning, pressing and attaching the pocket bag.
Designing Horizontal Double-Welt Pockets
25:23
Install your pockets by transferring, cutting and sewing interfacing, positioning and pinning, then attaching.
Installing the Welt Pockets
23:35
Learn how to stitch around the welt and design a horizontal double-welt pocket.
Constructing Horizontal Double-Welt Pockets
38:38
Construct the welt unit and apply your welt to the garment, then add a pocket bag and finish your pocket.
Vertical Double-Welt Pockets
14:15
Learn how to construct a vertical double-welt pocket.
The Zippered Double-Welt Pocket
21:36
Learn how to install, shorten and finish a zippered pocket.
Deftly designed and expertly constructed pockets are essential for every fine garment sewer’s repertoire, and with Kenneth as your guide, you’ll master these skills. Start by sharpening your design eye with a strategy for auditioning different types of pockets and choosing the style and size that complements your pattern best. Then, Kenneth will help you integrate your pocket design into the body pattern and draft your pocket pattern pieces. With Kenneth’s guidance, go step-by-step through constructing and finishing seven styles of pockets: regular and pleated patch pockets, shaped and rectangular welt pockets, as well as horizontal, vertical and zippered variations on his foolproof double-welt pocket.
Kenneth D. King
Kenneth D. King is a Manhattan-based custom couture designer whose work can be found in the wardrobes of celebrities such as Elton John and Geena Davis. He shares his vast knowledge of construction and patternmaking as an author, contributing editor to Threads magazine and much-loved instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and right here on Bluprint.
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