MAIN DETAILS
£220
9 week course
2 hour sessions = 18 hours of learning time
Monday 19th, 26th January, 2nd, 9th, 23rd February, 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd March. We will be skipping the 16th February.
6.30pm to 8.30pm
Held at Redborne Upper School, in Ampthill
This course has a 3 out of 3 challenge level. Please check the information about challenge levels here
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE PRICE?
The price you pay reserves you a place at each weekly session, gives you full use of all machines and equipment, one to one, step by step tutorials, and includes your kit to make your toile of practise skills in the first 3 sessions. It does not include fabric or a pattern for an item of clothing that you wish to make.
DISCOUNTS
When you book and pay for 2 or more people onto the same course in one transaction, you will receive a a discount code to gain 10% off your next booking.
PAYMENT PLANS
When you click to book, you have the choice to pay a non refundable deposit of £10 to reserve a place, or to pay the full price to confirm your place. If you pay the £10 deposit today, you must pay the balance 3 weeks before the first session to confirm your place.
AIMS & OUTCOMES
At the end of the first 3 sessions, you will have made a toile of a fitted skirt with darts, a waistband, and an invisible zip. You will also perfect your seams and hems by exploring a variety of different options. The skills applied to the skirt toile can also be applied to a pair of fitted trousers with a concealed zip on the side seam. These skills are also useful to learn if you’d like to make dresses, as they also usually include a dart, a concealed zip, and of course seams and hems.
During the next 6 sessions, you will make your very own, completely unique, beautiful “me-made” garment. Crafty Birds advises that you make something that resembles the products shown in the images above (or a simple dress), which feature the skills you have practised. If there are any other features and skills on your chosen product which you’ve not learned, providing they’re not too complex, your tutor can help with them as you go.
You will bring your own pattern and fabric to sessions 4 to 9, and can get advice about this from your tutor in sessions 1 to 3.
During the 9 week course, you will learn:
How to use a dressmaking pattern, and understand the different symbols
What a lay plan is and how to use one
How to mark and cut fabric accurately
How to follow commercial pattern instructions
How to construct a fitted skirt
How to sew in darts to shape a garment
How to construct and attach a waistband to skirts and trousers
How to sew in a concealed zip
A variety of seams and hems, and learn which to select depending on the fabric and garment.
Names of different fabrics, when to use them, and recommendations of where to purchase them from.
