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The Fashion Institute
is a non-credit program with evening and weekend classes offered to
individuals to learn the art of sewing, pattern marking and fashion
design. Our mission is to preserve the art and craft of fashion design
by bringing together the best fashion industry professionals to teach
lessons that inspire and educate students, home sewers and the fashion
curious, to prepare them for any goal they have such as having their own
clothing line, working in the fashion industry or just home sewing for
themselves. This 12 course program covers each of the five fashion
design disciplines of Sewing, Pattern Making, Fashion Design, Draping
and Textiles in order to provide the students with the foundations they
need to develop a career in the industry.
Course descriptions
Construction 1:
Students will learn all the basic techniques for sewing, hand sewing,
machine sewing, seams and seam finishes. Learn the operation and
maintenance of sewing machines. Become familiar with vocabulary for
sewing.
Construction 2: More advance techniques and details: How to make pleats, darts, facing, zippers and elastics.
Construction 3: Students will be able to learn how to make tops, skirts, sleeves and collars.
Construction 4: After
completing this course, students will be able to make a finished
garment, with all the seams and seams finishes of a designer quality
garment.
Pattern Making 1:
Students will learn how to make a basic sloper from a dress form and
how to transfer it onto paper. They will learn to add seam allowances to
the patterns and how to take body measurements. They will also be
introduced to the pattern-making flat technique.
Pattern Making 2: Using
the flat technique, students will learn how to transform the sloper to
different styles and neck lines. They will understand all types of dart
manipulations.
Pattern Making 3: Student will focus on how to make patterns for a skirts, sleeves and collars.
Pattern Making 4: Students will learn how to make princess lines and ¾ dress or sloper.
Fashion Design 1:
During this course, students will be introduced to the world of fashion
by teaching them how to create a collection and how to follow fashion
trends in order to create sellable styles. They will also learn fashion
terminology.
Fashion Design 2:
Students will continue exploring the fashion industry by learning the
circle of design and how the production process works within the
industry.
Draping 1:
Students will learn how to drape a bodice sloper to a bustier, blouse
or dress. Students taking this course will be able to create their
designs by draping the fabric on a dress form.
Textile 101:
During this course we’ll detail the process from fiber to textile, show
the students a variety of samples and dig into the terminology that
will deeply improve their understanding as a sewer. We'll start by
discussing woven fabrics vs. knit fabrics and how each of these is
constructed. Next, we'll demystify the major fiber types through a
step-by-step introduction to cotton, wool, silk, linen and their
man-made counterparts. During the course they’ll put together a useful
swatch kit to reference in the future whenever a little refresher is
desired.
The
School of Continuing Education & Professional Development's mission
is to make the College more accessible to the public and to meet
community needs not served by traditional college programs. We offer
non-college credit courses for individuals who want to enrich their
cultural experiences or improve their professional or occupational
skills. No record of previous education is necessary and there is no
homework, attendance requirements or grades for most classes.