Fashion design courses

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Learn how to develop, sketch and make your fashion ideas, gather inspiration, explore line, shape, colour and texture and cut, fold, pin and sew your own items!

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Sewing & Fashion Design for Kids (~8-12yrs)

Sewing & Fashion Design for Kids (~8-12yrs)

Have your kids ever wanted to learn sewing? How about fashion design? This groundbreaking course will demystify the art of dressmaking. Simple techniques. Fantastic structure. The knowledge that will stay for life. The course is 100% online, with no expiration date: take it at your own time & speed. We take the fashion industry and pattern making and rip up the rule book. Liza’s teaching style is so accessible, friendly, and encouraging you will want to take the next step. This course will teach kids to make clothes from scratch...

1 Day Leather Tote or Hobo Bag Making Course

1 Day Leather Tote or Hobo Bag Making Course

In-person course

West Sussex - Next course on 23rd October 2020

A great opportunity to learn how to sew a high end fully lined chrome dyed leather tote or hobo bag from scratch using one of our RJ Leather Studio patterns. We’ll walk you through all the steps needed to create a professional handbag, teaching you how to use a pattern, sew on industrial sewing machines and all the tips and tricks to sewing leather. With over 10 years of working in the accessories industry, having worked in Paris and London for numerous fashion houses and sucessfully run her own handbag...

Sandal Making Italian Style

Sandal Making Italian Style

In-person course

Northamptonshire - Next course on 24th October 2020

Ever wondered how to make your own bespoke sandals that fit your feet? Then you have found the right course. If you like a challenge then you will enjoy sandalmaking. Design and handmake your own unique sandals using only traditional methods handed down through generations of shoemakers. You make them to fit your feet no matter how slim, wide, small or large size. Bunions? Not a problem! Position the straps to fit. No sewing machine or hand stitching used in this workshop.

4 hour leather clutch bag taster course

4 hour leather clutch bag taster course

In-person course

West Sussex - Next course on 23rd October 2020

This is a fabulous introduction to working with leather. The clutch bag is a perfect size for an Ipad or evening bag. It’s really versatile and a super handy size. On this course everything will be pre prepared for you so we will have cut all the leather, lining and stabilisers ready for you to be shown how to assemble it. Key Skills learned in this course How to score onto leather How to use stabilisers How to use different tools for cutting leather How to insert a zip How...

Tartan design (Digital) E-course

Tartan design (Digital) E-course

Live online tuition

- Next course on 26th October 2020

Want to try something new a try your hand at tartan design? This course will consist of 2-hour tutorials over two-sessions - 4-hour on-line tutorial in total. This course will be using Zoom conferencing. The first part of the course will start by giving you an introduction to tartan and the design process. Over the course, I will present my tartan portfolio and explain how tartan can reflect modernity and freshness in modern tartans. I'll introduce you to various design tools and give you ideas on how to develop your...

Pattern Cutting for Bags - Designing Bags in 3D

Pattern Cutting for Bags - Designing Bags in 3D

In-person course

Oxfordshire - Next course on 15th March 2021

Pattern Cutting For Bags 5 day practical bag pattern cutting course Gain the knowledge to create and design your OWN bag patterns at the Hands of Tym Home Studio in Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK This course is ideal for all, from beginners to confident designers/ makers/ crafters. You will learn the basics of pattern cutting for bags through to more complex cutting techniques for multiple shapes, details and techniques. The course will enable you to produce the bags you have been dreaming up and designing into a 3-Dimensional tangible reality. We...

3hr 1 to 1 machine knitting courses

3hr 1 to 1 machine knitting courses

In-person course

Northamptonshire - Next course on 23rd October 2020

At All Knitted, Claire runs courses to suit your needs from complete beginner to advanced lessons. The courses are 1 to 1 so you get all the attention you need, you can ask as many questions as you like and Claire will teach you completely at your pace. You can bring your own machine or use one of the Knitting School's, its completely up to you. All domestic machine tuition are catered for including: Silver Reed, Knitmaster, Brother, Passap and industrial Dubied & Stoll machines. DesignaKnit 8 & 9 tuition...

Drapes to Dungarees at Cowshed Creative, the Lake District near Windermere

Drapes to Dungarees at Cowshed Creative, the Lake District near Windermere

In-person course

Cumbria - Next course on 31st October 2020

Opening 25 Aug. 2-metre distancing and smaller groups. Drapes to dungarees: Have you got an old pair of curtains that you love but are no longer in use? Perhaps a duvet cover from childhood, or a linen tablecloth that just never finds itself on the table? Come and learn how to turn them into a bespoke pair of dashing and daring dungarees, designed to fit your shape. The course will cover the whole process and you’ll leave with a new or honed vision for creative reuse. In this spirit; second...

Costume Horns - Online Fabric Sculpting Workshop

Costume Horns - Online Fabric Sculpting Workshop

Create a pair of fabulous, wearable horns - perfect for so many occasions. In this workshop you will first learn how to build the base structure for your horns, before using fabric sculpting techniques to cover them. The shaping of the horns is up to you, whether you prefer curly, straight, demonic, cute, almost anything is possible. I will then demonstrate my colouring technique which will allow you to really enhance the detail and textures using colours and shading. If you would like to dress your horns up even further...

Make a coat from Cambrian wool tweed with Angela Pitcher Dowdell at Stiwdio 3

Make a coat from Cambrian wool tweed with Angela Pitcher Dowdell at Stiwdio 3

In-person course

Ceredigion - Next course on 15th October 2021

Make your own perfectly fitting, stylish and warm coat for winter from Cambrian Wool Tweed. Designer Angela Pitcher Dowdell is a fan of coats. She believes a good coat is a key item in a successful wardrobe. She also believes different coats do different jobs and that outfits can be made or betrayed by the choice of coat you pop on as you leave the house. This coat has been designed specifically for teaching this course. In its simplest form it is a classic flared coat but add the belt...

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