LIVe Online Workshop

Jacket Drafting for Beginners


This is the first part of our four-part Drafting a Tailored Jacket Series!


Sunday, September 17th, 2023

10am-12:30pm (California)/ 1pm-3:30pm (New York)/
6pm-8:30pm (London)

What's Included?

  • 2.5 hour Live Zoom Workshop
  • Discussion Board
  • Text material and Diagrams 
A drafting system uses formulas and body ratios to create a pattern with minimal measurements. It is the traditional way of cutting out a bespoke jacket, and every tailor has their own secret system. In this PART ONE of our Jacket Drafting Workshop series you will learn one system and use it to draft a jacket body with given measurements. 
Sharpen your pencils, and get your calculators ready as we embark on this new tailoring adventure!

This class will be recorded, and you will have access to the recording and all course content at anytime after the workshop is over for up to three months, after which you can subscribe to the course for monthly fee of $9.99 month. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.  All written materials and diagrams are downloadable. 
Courses included

Jacket Drafting Series

Purchase the whole series and get $350 off!

Frequently asked questions

Can I sign up for only one class?

We have decided to offer the four parts of the drafting workshop as individual classes in an effort to keep them affordable; however, they are meant to be taken together since their levels increase in difficulty. There are also different suggested pairings for each level (See below).

How difficult is this workshop series?

Part One is beginner level jacket drafting in which we will use given measurements to understand a “scale" drafting system. If you already have a jacket drafting system you could skip straight to Part Two, but your system may be different than the one taught in this series. Typically an apprentice would spend days learning, understanding, practicing and memorizing a drafting system so we also recommend a little homework practice between live lessons. Notes that this lesson only covers drafting the jacket body, and must therefore be taken together with Part Four, in order to draft a complete jacket.
Part Two is intermediate level in which everyone will use “client" measurements (either their own or a friend's) to draft another jacket. This is slightly different from using the “scale” drafting system, and can be learned independently from that system, but for time efficiency we will not be reviewing the “scale" drafting system, and we will assume that all participants already have an understanding of a basic jacket draft.
Part Three is advanced level because it will be more conceptual. This doesn’t mean you need to be advanced in drafting, but we will assume that all participants fully understand how to draft a jacket so that we can focus on observing fit and how different body types will effect a draft. This is a lesson that will have a different amount of take away depending on your experience in drafting, and it can also be taken on its own by anyone who is already an experienced cutter/tailor as more of a case study.
Part Four goes back to the basics by covering the drafting of a jacket sleeve and collar. These two parts are typically drafted separately because they depend on the jacket body draft, therefore if the armhole and neck line of the body draft aren’t right yet, the sleeves and collar will need to be redrafted anyways. This lesson is essential to be able to draft a complete jacket, and therefore should be taken together with Part One even if Parts Two and Three are skipped. 
*For returning students who have taken our jacket making workshop, the sleeve and collar drafting are included in that course.

Can I draft any type of jacket?

We will be focusing on drafting a single breasted tailored jacket for the male figure (Part One), the female figure and other body figurations (Part Two/Three). We will be using standard measurements for jacket length, lapel width, pocket placements and collar sizes. After taking all four parts of this workshop series, participants should be able to draft variations of the single breasted jacket with different specifications and styling.
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