Ultimate Pant Fitting & Sewing 4-Day In-Studio Retreat 2025 TBA

How do your pants fit? Are you having issues with the fit? Do you encounter a saggy bottom, unsolved draglines, knock knees with off-grain drape or pulling against the natural movement of your leg? What about leg twist, and many more? Did you know that leg shape and body mass affect fit? Why is it most patterns feature an ideal shape and expect those with body variations to have successful results? This is one of many practical and real-life scenarios that will be explained and debunked in class. Learn to solve your pants sewing and fitting problems once and for all and have the ultimate results of a well-fitted pair of pants in any style.

Join Designer Joi as she shares priceless fitting tips and techniques for pants fitting in this interactive Pant Experience. As part of her Perfect Pattern and Fit Club, Joi is inviting you to join and access her entire pant fit method. Learn a strategy that features a step-by-step process from pattern to sewing that provides successful results. You have the option to use your favorite pants pattern or learn how to customize a pant sloper for the most custom fit. Join in live Zoom pant fitting evaluations and watch Joi evaluate fellow student fit samples. Seeing other “REAL” people that you are learning along with is such an impactful experience to your sewing knowledge. Students are not models in a book or magazine article and Pattern Club Students appreciate that. What will your “aha” moment be?

Description

Featured in the Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes and so much more . . .

What you will achieve in class if you participate from beginning to end:

Custom Fitted Pants sewn from your fashion fabric
A complete set of lower body measurements
A pre-fitted working flat pattern scaled to your measurements to help you understand how pants fit the body
An unfitted pants muslin to use during the pant-fitting process
A completed custom-fit pants muslin upon completing the live zoom fittings
A hard copy pants sloper to use continually in your sewing room
Understanding how to use your sloper
Optional: a sewn sample pant
A half-scale pattern for use in creative design and pattern sampling
A set of finished worksheets customized to your body and pant styles from each step in the process
Combine all of this into your personalized binder or workbook for years of sewing application
Meet other Pattern Club students learning along with you and have access to Designer Joi for help along the way.
Bonus breakout Lesson on Creative Pant Pattern Design including designs such as: high rise, low rise, jeggings, boot cut, jeans, pockets, waistbands, and more . . .

Class Features & Learning Platform:

Lessons taking you from design planning, measuring, and pattern adjustments, to muslin fitting, fabric, and sewing
Downloadable Pants Fitting Template
A complete set of downloadable worksheets & templates to help every step of the way
Submit your personal pant-fitting questions and photos
Have your pant muslin selected for a live zoom fitting (optional)
Features all the content from her latest best-selling Book Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes: Chapter 5 All-things Pants (book not included with class. Autographed copy available for purchase in the website store)

Student Supplies: (items will be discussed in class)

All supplies will be discussed in an email prior to the event.
Request access to the club (if applicable) and class via instructions sent through email after purchasing your membership
Print off the Calendar and other specific handouts listed in the intro email
Scissors, Tape, Pencil, Ruler
Tape Measure & Basic Sewing Supplies
Muslin
Optional: pattern-making paper or alternate such as a roll or wrapping paper
Optional: oak tag for making final pant pattern
Optional: full-scale traced pant template from Designer Joi (see website store)- Joi will provide prior to the in-studio event
Optional: Pant Pattern of your Choice European Cut is best (See Joi’s pant block- meant to be used with her classes only. Does not include sewing instructions. It is a customized block).
Optional: Ultimate Illustrated Guide to Sewing Clothes Book (see website store)
An Eager Attitude to Learn

The live in-studio retreat may include a Zoom prior to the event to help students prep measurements. Post-event Zooms will be provided a month out and an additional one will be provided approx. two-months out based on student interest and needs for follow-up instruction.