Design
NEW COURSE! DESIGN & UPCYCLE: 'ReDesign' Course 8 £320 (5 weeks, 10 hrs teaching, or equivalent in 1 hr classes online)
A course to extend / redesign / recycle your all time favourite garment, so that it can be worn for years to come!
You'll come away with
All the choices of design are yours - I will only advise, but never push you into something that you're not happy with! The toile will tell us if the shape and the fit of the pattern are good and again, I will of course advise on all this.
(NB this course is a design course, and not a 'how to do alterations' course! If you have a garment that no longer fits, a new design can incorporate the original garment in a totally new design. It might not be a radical redesign, but nevertheless, new. That's the fun and the challenge!)
DESIGN AND MAKE A SKIRT £320 (10 hrs teaching, or equivalent in 1 hr classes online)
COURSE 7
Design, pattern cut, and make
Use size 12 blocks (card pattern templates) to learn how to:
WHAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END:
A course to extend / redesign / recycle your all time favourite garment, so that it can be worn for years to come!
- Design and upcycle: bring a beloved garment, analyse it, and decide whether to remake the garment or incorporate original garment into a new one - this partly depends on the condition of the garment. (This doesn't involve drawing- if you're not confident, I'll draw it out for you, but if you'd like to have a go, I provide figure templates).
- Remake: taking the pattern from the original, and use this pattern with new fabric, OR....
- Incorporate: decide which pieces of the original (the more 'Save the Planety' option ), can be used in a new garment.
- Make a calico toile (test garment) to test the shape and the fit
- Decide on any additional fabric needed - list of fabric suppliers provided.
You'll come away with
- A design drawing on paper, with spare figure templates
- A paper pattern to make the new design,
- A fitted toile in calico,(a test garment of your new design)
- A list of suppliers for suitable fabrics if needed.
All the choices of design are yours - I will only advise, but never push you into something that you're not happy with! The toile will tell us if the shape and the fit of the pattern are good and again, I will of course advise on all this.
(NB this course is a design course, and not a 'how to do alterations' course! If you have a garment that no longer fits, a new design can incorporate the original garment in a totally new design. It might not be a radical redesign, but nevertheless, new. That's the fun and the challenge!)
DESIGN AND MAKE A SKIRT £320 (10 hrs teaching, or equivalent in 1 hr classes online)
COURSE 7
Design, pattern cut, and make
Use size 12 blocks (card pattern templates) to learn how to:
- Design a skirt using figure templates
- Make the pattern for your design & check accuracy
- Make a toile (a test garment in calico)
- Learn methods for making up the garment - zips / buttonholes / facings / waistbands / pleats / gathers / finishing methods (hems, bindings etc)
- a set of size 12 skirt blocks
- fashion figure templates to use for designing
- weekly supply of handouts for use in between classes
- pattern paper
- calico
- use of all tools
- a technical (propelling) pencil
- paper scissors
- a Patternmaster (pref) or large set square
- 1 x A1, or 2 x A2 sheets thin card, for blocks
WHAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END:
- Make a size 12 pattern for your own design
- Make a toile of the design to prove the pattern is good
- Use relevant sewing techniques to make up your design.
