Course Outline – EBS 272

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDIES

SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

COURSE OUTLINE – SECOND SEMESTER                           2019/2020

EBS 272: BASIC PATTERN DRAFTING AND ADAPTATION

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR: DR. (MRS) PATIENCE D. MONNIE

Tel: 0244163168

Email: patience.danquah@ucc.edu.gh

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to help students acquire skills in the making and adaptation of patterns for various garment designs. Students would be taken through the procedures for accurate body measurement taking, ways of obtaining patterns and importance of pattern making in garment designing. In addition, students would be exposed to pattern markings and symbols and their meanings as well as design analysis. Students would also go through practical pattern adaptation skills.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course learners are expected to;

1. demonstrate and practice the proper procedure for taking body measurements
2. demonstrate skills in pattern making
3. demonstrate how to mark patterns
4. apply the skills in pattern designing to the production of patterns for various

garment designs.

5. develop a high standard of accuracy and neatness needed in the development of

patterns.

6. appreciate the importance of patterns in garment designing.

METHODS

Learners are to be guided through a series of exercises, in body measurement taking, pattern drafting of basic blocks and the adaptation of patterns for various garment sections and designs.  Students would make use of the half-scale sloper patterns to practice pattern adaptation skills. Learners will work through a series of exercises in all basic areas of pattern development, bodices, sleeves, skirts, collars, pants and sheath garments. Students are to keep practice notebooks/portfolio to be turned in at the end of the semester.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

1. Aldrich, W. (2008). Metric Pattern cutting for women’s wear (5^th). Oxford: Wiley-

Blackwell.

2. Aldrich, W. (2011). Metric Pattern cutting for Men’s Wear (5^th). Oxford: Wiley-

Blackwell.

3. Gavor, M.E. (2011). Flat pattern designing for women: An introduction. Accra: Adwinsa

Pub. Ltd.

4. Hollen & Kudel (1987): Pattern making by the flat pattern method. Minn. USA Burgess

Publishing Company.

5. Joseph – Armstrong, H. (2010). Pattern making for fashion design (5^th). New

York: Prentice Hall.

COURSE EVALUATION

2 Quizzes                                            20    (16^th to 22^nd May, 2020 and 15^th to 19^th June, 2020)

Assignments                                        10

Portfolio                                              10

End of Semester Examination:           60     (11^th to 25^th July 2020)

TOTAL                                              100

Some Tools and materials needed

• Set square
• Flexible plastic ruler
• Measuring tape
• French curve set
• ½ Scale sloper patterns set.
• Brown envelopes
• Thumb tacks
• Cellotape (magic tape)
• Brown paper

COURSE CONTENT

Topics                                                                                                                         Week(s) 

Unit One: Body Measurement                                                                                       1

• Importance of taking body measurements
• Points considered while taking measurements
• Tools and equipment required for measuring
• Body parts measurements needed for pattern making
• How to take measurements
  • Correct handling of tools for measurement taking
  • Locations for taking upper body measurements
  • Locations for taking lower body measurements

Unit Two: Introduction to Pattern Making                                                             2-4

• What patterns are
• Importance of patterns
• Ways of obtaining patterns
• Pattern markings and labels and their meanings
• Concept of pattern drafting
• Drafting of basic blocks
  • Bodice (front and back)
  • Sleeve (one piece)
  • Skirt (front and back)

Unit Three: The usage of Darts in patterns                                                            5&6

• What darts are
• Dart size, length and width
• Pivot points of darts
• Folding darts
• Darts in the basic blocks
• Design analysis

Unit Four: Dart Manipulations in Patterns                                                            7, 8 & 11

• What dart manipulation means
• Transferring darts
• Combining darts
• Dividing darts
• Transforming darts to;
  • Seamlines
  • Fullness and
  • Releasing darts

Unit Five: Pattern Adaptations                                                                                12, 13, 15 &16

• Bodice (front and back)
• Sleeves
  • Set-in Sleeves Styles
  • Kimono
• Collars
  • Rolled collars
  • Standing collars
  • Flat collars
  • Collars cut in one with bodice
• Skirts
  • A line and flared skirts
  • Gathered skirts
  • Pleated Skirts
  • Skirts with Yokes
• Trousers and Shorts
  • Pleated trousers
  • Flared trousers
  • Shorts
  • Culottes

• Sheath Garments
  • Adaptations for sheath dress
  • Adaptations for jumpsuit

Note: Questions set for quiz one should cover units 1, 2&3 and that of quiz two will  

          take care of units 4 &5. End of semester examination questions will cover the

          five units.

Timelines for submission of questions for moderation

                        Quiz one                                                                                     30^th April, 2020

                        Quiz two                                                                                      11^th May, 2020

                        End of semester examination                                                    29^th May, 2020