Does anyone here know of someplace online that teaches how to both design and create a pattern for handbags? I ask because I am currently making the De Havilland travel bag and I have wondered how does one go about designing that pattern and know how long the zip gusset needs to be, why the ends of the main body of the bag are tapered and how to determine how large the body of the bag needs to be vis-a-vis the zip gusset. Phil, have you considered doing a course on bag design where each student would have a completely unique design at the end, or is that beyond the scope of your courses?
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The course on pattern making is great and well thought out but I agree with ddunn68, how do you get to that point? How do you go from something in your mind's eye to something that you can make a pattern from?
There has to be an intermediate area between concept and pattern making. I imagine it all starts with a drawing and some colored pencils so is there a good site for learning how to draw? I can draw, but so can my grandchildren. Theirs usually look better than mine.
I've heard of using craft foam to do a mockup but I'm not sure exactly how that would work. Do you allow a seam allowance on the mockup or just write something like '5mm seam allowance' on the pre-pattern piece? What about zipper and closure placement? Is there a cheap leather that you can build prototypes from to check for draping and rigidity?
Chopping up hundreds of dollars of leather to find out what doesn't work seems awfully expensive.