Professional Sewing Skills Short Course

Course description

This Professional Sewing course is designed to enhance your exiting 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 in 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.

Course outcomes

By the end of this course, students will:

• Students can make mistakes, sometimes they can be corrected, and on other occasions, they can be overlooked.
• Finally, I hope you will be able to understand how to modify your garment construction process to the correct level of component making, see things from a different perspective.
• You will be familiar with how to collect and making quality samples for reference.
• You will be encouraged to observe your seam allowance in the process of precise stitching and this repetitive move will improve your visual abilities.

Level: intermediate

Please note: this course is for students aged 18 and older.

Clear, easy to understand lessons:

• Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology, they will make sure they explain what they mean.
• New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way that’s crystal clear and easy to understand.

Experience life on campus:

• Join students at London College of Fashion, East Bank a world leader in fashion design, media and business education
• Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
• Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
• Ask questions of your tutor in real time
• Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
• Experience the many sights of London on your down time

A certificate of completion and a digital badge:

• You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
• As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
• We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
• Certificates and digital badges are great to compliment your cv.