Professional Sewing Skills Short Course
Course description
Course overview
This Professional Sewing course is designed to enhance your exciting semi-sewing skills to the level of a skilled sewing machinist. We will focus on how to make lightweight garments, looking at the techniques used in top-quality ready-to-wear pieces. We will tackle cut-work organization, garment assembly and handling methods, which are crucial in saving time and increasing standards.
You will have a sample collection through the components that make processes such as zipper opening; sleeve opening; collar attachment and other hands-on construction.
This is a comprehensively structured intensive course, so it demands your attention throughout.
Who this course is for
This course is suitable for anyone, aged 18 and older, interested in developing basic machine sewing skills to a professional standard.
Key information
Topics covered
- Seam types
- Edge finishing
- Collar and facing applications
- Various cuff finishes
- Zips
- Pockets
- Fly fastenings
- Garment pressing procedures
Learning outcomes
- Understand how to modify your garment construction process to the correct level of component making
- See things from a different perspective
- Familiarise with how to collect and make quality samples for reference
- Be encouraged to observe your seam allowance in the process of precise stitching and this repetitive move will improve your visual abilities
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
Materials
- Pencil, eraser and sharpener
- Fabric shears
- Small sharp pointed scissors
- Stitch ripper
- Fine steel pins
- Metric tape measure
- Tailors chalk
Tutor
Siaw Lee Priddle
Siaw's passion for bespoke tailoring started as a student and developed in the years by further building on her technical skills. Siaw has over 12 years of extensive experience in the fashion industry, having worked for several manufacturing outlets, including Marks and Spencer suppliers as a sample machinist, where she learnt how to operate all the machines in the workroom. Her experience led her to become a Senior Specialist technician at the University of the Arts London, where for the last 25 years she has been helping students understand all the technical and digital processes of garment construction.Book a course
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