Garment Construction

Evening Design Workshop


Learn about fashion industry techniques used in garment sewing. This course is perfect for those wanting to elevate their sewing skills or looking to apply to a full time fashion program

Why you should study with us:

In this series of lecture and lab sessions students will learn about the fashion industry techniques used in garment sewing.

Participants will be introduced to the industrial sewing machine and serger and build a reference book of samples using industry standard construction techniques. The characteristics of a production pattern will be introduced and students will learn about the industry seam allowances and pattern markings that make sewing faster, easier and more economical. This course is perfect for those wanting to elevate their sewing skills or those looking to apply to a full time fashion program in the future.

Objectives:
Students will practice sewing and constructing a variety of seams, darts, collars, pockets, waistbands, zippers, and facing samples using industrial sewing equipment and techniques. Students will complete a sample book of garment construction techniques demonstrating their acquired sewing skills.

Course Length: 6 weeks: 36 hours

Materials Needed:  Dressmaker’s Pins, Pin-cushion, Thread- Gutermann: (4) polyester, Fabric and Paper Scissors, Tailor’s Chalk, Seam Ripper, Thread Snips, Muslin: light-medium weight – 4 m, HB Pencil, Three Ring Binder, Plastic Page Protectors

Next Program intake:  April 16, 2024

Course Hours: 5:30 – 8:30pm. Tuesdays & Thursdays

Fees: $595.00 plus $25 nonrefundable registration fee. Taxes included.

This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. As such, PTIB did not review this program.

Course Outline

Class 1: 
Intro to Industrial Sewing Machines
Sewing Practice: Getting Comfortable  with the Industrial Machine
Sewing, Sample Cutting, and Prep
Fabric Terminology: Grainlines and Muslin Prep

Class 2: 
Hand Sewing: Buttons, Thread Loops,  Hems.
Seam Allowances and Pattern Markings-lecture
Industry Lay-Up and Cutting  Techniques-lecture
Stitching Samples
Seams and Seam Finishes – Start

Class 3: 
Seams and Seam Finishes – Continue
Sewing Project – Bring own Pattern

Class 4:
Corners and Curves, Darts

Class 5:
Pockets: Patch, Slash, Inseam


Class 6:
Zippers: Centered, Lapped, Invisible, Fly Front

Class 7:
The Skirt & The Waistband

Class 8: 
The Bodice
Facings/interfacing

Class 9:
Collars & Continue Sewing Project

Class 10:
Plackets: Sleeve & Continue Sewing Project

Class 11:
Work on sewing project

Class 12:
Complete sewing project.

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