Join one or all of our New Fashion Workshops: Create a Fascinator Hat, Painting on Fabrics, Upcycle Used Garments

Students will build on their essential sewing skills, while learning new skills, including Industrial Sewing Machine operations. The Project for this course is a tailored Shirt/Blouse in a Cotton or Cotton-blend fabric. Through this project, students will learn custom construction techniques to achieve a professional-looking tailored Shirt/Blouse.
Total Program Hours: 30 hours
Prerequisites: CD-592 | Sewing Essentials

Students will learn about the different kinds of fibers, their properties and characteristics, wovens, non-wovens, stretch wovens and knits, basic fabric finishes; and the best end uses for the different fabrics. They will learn how to select the right fabric for a sewing project including, proper handling, pinning, cutting, sewing, pressing techniques, and care of garment, that will yield the desired results.
Total Program Hours: 30 hours

Students will construct a Wool Jacket. They will use traditional and contemporary tailoring techniques such as; Hair Canvas/Fusible Interfacing, Pad Stitching and other Hand Stitches, Taping, Pocket Applications, Notched Collar, Set-In Sleeves, Shoulder Pads/Headings, and Full Lining.
Total Program Hours: 60 hours
Prerequisites: CD-592 | Sewing Essentials, CD-198 | Intermediate Sewing

Students will learn basic hand sewing techniques, and sewing/overlock machine operations. They will learn the fundamentals of fabric grain, pattern layout, cutting, sewing, pressing and hand finishing, through a variety of sewing projects, which includes learning how to utilize commercial sewing patterns.
Total Program Hours: 30 hours