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Unlock Your Perfect Fit: Custom French Gabarit Pattern Making

Move beyond standard sizes and create garments that are flawlessly tailored to your unique body. Learn the art of French pattern making and leave with a reusable, personal body template—your key to a lifetime of perfect-fitting clothes.

Your Personal Pattern-Making Journey

Choose the path that fits your learning goals and schedule

The Foundation Session
Master the core of custom fitting. Create a personal bodice gabarit and use it to construct an elegant dress.
$150

2.5 hours of instruction

  • Personal bodice gabarit template
  • Pattern adaptation skills
  • One finished dress
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The Complete Upper Body
Expand your skills to achieve a flawless fit for any top by adding custom-fitted sleeves to your gabarit.
$250

4 hours of instruction

  • Bodice + sleeves gabarit
  • Upper body mastery
  • Finished dress with sleeves
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Best Value
The Signature Gabarit System
The complete experience for total pattern-making freedom. Create a full gabarit system—bodice, sleeves, and skirt.
$325

(Adds a full skirt system for only $75 more)

5.5 hours of instruction

  • Complete gabarit system
  • Full-body pattern freedom
  • Master-level skills
  • Finished dress
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The Ultimate Value: Our 2-Day Group Intensive

Get the complete $325 Signature Gabarit System in a collaborative and immersive small-group setting

$295

per person

Over two full days, you will master the entire process with peer support and extended instruction time—all for less than the 1:1 signature session.

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Duration
12 hours of instruction over 2 days
Group Size
Limited to 3–5 students for personalized attention
Outcome
Your complete, reusable gabarit system (bodice, sleeves, skirt)

Skills and Tools for a Lifetime

Your Personal Gabarit

A reusable, custom-fitted template system that is the foundation for all your future projects.

The Skill of Adaptation

The knowledge to confidently adjust any commercial pattern to your unique body shape.

A Finished Garment

A beautiful, perfectly fitted dress made by you, for you.

Creative Confidence

The freedom to move beyond the limits of standard sizing and bring your design ideas to life.

From Our Students

"I've been sewing for years but could never get the fit right. After the Signature Session, I finally have a dress that fits me perfectly. Maeva's process is a revelation. Having my own gabarit has changed everything!"

— Sarah M., Honolulu

"The group intensive was incredible. Not only did I learn a skill I'll use forever, but doing it with other passionate sewists was so inspiring. It was worth every penny and more. I feel like a real pattern maker now."

— Jennifer K., Kailua

"I was always intimidated by pattern adjustments. Maeva breaks it down into clear, manageable steps. The Foundation session gave me the confidence I was missing. I can't wait to come back for the next level."

— Lisa T., Kaneohe

Your Questions, Answered

Ready to Create Your Perfect Fit?

If you have any questions before booking, please don't hesitate to reach out. I look forward to guiding you on your pattern-making journey.

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