How to Draft and Make Two Essential Tailor’s Ham – ISOT Lesson 3

This lesson explains how to draft and make two essential tailor’s hams for bespoke tailoring and professional coat making. Reza shows how to create two different ham shapes used for pressing and shaping cloth during jacket construction. This is not just a simple sewing project. The purpose is to understand why different pressing surfaces are needed in tailoring, how to draft the ham patterns, how to sew and fill them, and how to finish them so they become useful tools at the workbench. In this lesson, you will see: • How to draft a tailor’s ham pattern • How to cut and prepare the ham panels • How to sew the outer and inner bags • How to fill and close a tailor’s ham properly • How to press the finished ham into shape • Why different ham shapes are useful in bespoke coat making This is ISOT Lesson 3 in Module 1 of the ISOT Online Coat Making Course. It teaches how to make the pressing supports needed before the practical jacket-making work begins. ➤ GET YOUR PURPLE BOX (TRADITIONAL & PAGODA BUNDLE): https://www.internationalschooloftail... ➤ ATLAS TAILOR'S THIMBLE: https://www.tailorsthimble.com ➤ FREE PATTERNS & TEMPLATES: https://www.internationalschooloftail... // CHAPTERS // 00:00 - Welcome to ISOT Lesson 3 02:45 - Pressing surfaces 05:58 - Tailor’s ham 1: drafting the pattern 16:51 - Tracing and cutting ham 1 23:48 - Machining the panels for ham 1 36:45 - Joining the bags for ham 1 42:10 - Finest craftsmanship 42:33 - Filling ham 1 47:42 - Closing ham 1 57:44 - Pressing ham 1 into shape 01:01:42 - Tailor’s ham 2: drafting the pattern 01:11:54 - Tracing and cutting ham 2 01:16:04 - Machining the panels for ham 2 01:20:21 - Joining and filling the bags for ham 2 01:27:15 - Closing ham 2 01:35:04 - Pressing ham 2 into shape 01:38:32 - Bloopers #tailorsham #pressingtools #bespoketailoring