What I do... during the school year.

 I wanted to show what I teach in high school, and show off one of my students that graduated this year.  First, I teach my students how to sketch.  Second, I teach them the basics of sewing.  Then I teach them pattern manipulation.  We practice a lot of pattern manipulation.  For the final project, my students have to design a line and choose one of those drawings to create the pattern and the half size. 

 This is the front view of the half size.

This is the back view of the half size.

At this stage, we would create the full size pattern by doubling the measurements and then create the full size sample.  Next year we will be doing the next step when my students design clothing patterns for children with special needs.  We will making those patterns available for free from the schools website.  I am really excited.