Learn sewing and pattern making by playing. Each game takes about five minutes, uses real drawings and verified facts, and ends with a lesson card you can come back to.
🔒 Level 2 · 🎓 optional certificate
Read cross-sections of French, flat-felled, Hong Kong and overlocked seams, and choose the right seam for each fabric.
Play now SewingRunning stitch, backstitch, slip stitch, herringbone and more: name them from drawings and match each to its job.
Play now Pattern makingSpot six bodice darts, test the rules for sewing and pressing them, and learn how darts become gathers or princess seams.
Play now Pattern makingTell knife, box, inverted, accordion and sunray pleats apart, find out which fabrics hold a pleat, and do the fabric maths.
Play now Pattern makingName collars and sleeves from drawings, sort collars by construction, and learn why a sleeve head is longer than the armhole.
Play now DesignRound, V, sweetheart, boat, halter, cowl and more: the effect of each neckline and how to finish it neatly.
Play now SewingFrom the first buttonholes to the zip and Velcro: choose the right fastening and learn the rules for buttons.
Play now FabricsRead weave diagrams, tell plain weave, twill and satin from knit, and master warp, weft, selvedge and bias.
Play now SewingLearn the parts of the machine, choose the right needle for each fabric, thread it in order and fix common problems.
Play now ColourWhat colours meant across history, from Tyrian purple to mauve, and how neighbouring colours trick the eye.
Play now Fashion historyWorth, Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Quant and Miyake: match each designer to the idea that changed fashion.
Play now Fashion through the agesFarthingales, ruffs, slashing and the earliest surviving printed tailoring book: dress in 15th- and 16th-century Europe.
Play now Fashion through the agesLace, red heels, the mantua and fashion dolls from Paris: dress in the 17th century.
Play now Fashion through the agesPanniers, the robe à la française, towering poufs and Rose Bertin: dress in 18th-century France.
Play now Fashion through the agesHigh waists, white muslin, the spencer and the reticule: dress from the 1780s to the 1820s.
Play nowEpisode 8 (1820–1850): dress an 1830s lady with gigot sleeves, a natural waist and a bell skirt.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Pattern cuttingRead the measurements, choose the cut that balances each body, and fix the pattern like a pro.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Fashion historyEpisode 9 (1837–1901): cage crinolines, bustles, leg-of-mutton sleeves and the birth of haute couture.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Fashion historyEpisode 10 (1890–1914): the S-bend corset, the Gibson Girl, huge hats and Poiret freeing the waist.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Fashion historyEpisode 11 (1920–1929): drop waists and cloches, Chanel's jersey, Vionnet's bias cut and Art Deco.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Pattern cuttingPatch, welt, jetted and in-seam pockets: where each is used and how it's sewn.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Pattern cuttingPencil, A-line, circle, gored and mermaid: learn each shape and how its pattern is built.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Pattern cuttingStraight, wide-leg, jodhpurs and culottes: trouser types, pattern parts and the history of women's trousers.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · FabricsLengthwise grain, crossgrain, bias, selvedge and napped fabrics: cut like a professional.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · FabricsCotton, linen, wool, silk, viscose, polyester: classify fibres, learn their properties and the burn test.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Sewing & finishingSatin, chain, stem, French knot and cross stitch: learn each stitch and when to use it.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Sewing & finishingShears, pinking shears, seam ripper, chalk and French curve: every tool has a job.
Play nowEpisode 12: bias cut, Vionnet, Schiaparelli and Hollywood glamour.
Play now 🔒 Level 2 · Pattern cuttingFrom a fitting problem to the right change on paper.
Play now 🔒 Level 3 · Fashion historyEpisode 13: wartime rationing, CC41, Make Do and Mend and Dior's New Look.
Play now 🔒 Level 3 · SewingAn applied game: diagnose machine, seam and fit problems and choose the right fix.
Play nowMore English games are on the way. Our Arabic library already has 51 games, from fashion history to colour theory.
Small-group workshops in pattern making, alterations and repairs, draping and fashion design on iPad, plus private lessons and bespoke tailoring.
See sewing workshops Bespoke tailoring Bespoke patternsYes. Playing is free and there is no app to download — the games run in your browser on phone or computer. Level 1 games are free for everyone with no sign-up. Level 2 games are free too, but open once you enter your email; when you complete 80% of Level 2 you can order an optional certificate of completion for £5.
Yes. Each game starts with a short introduction, explains every answer as you play and ends with a lesson card summarising the key points.
Home sewists, fashion and textile students, and teachers looking for an interactive classroom activity.
We check the technical and historical content against specialist sewing and fashion-history sources, and we update the games whenever something needs correcting.