Create your own shirt!
In this 16-hour (4 sessions x 4 hours) course, students will learn to add a variety of sleeves to the top design. They will begin with the basics and learn about major styles, materials to measurements. After mastering this technique, students will move on to cuffs, collars and button design. As the course progresses, students will construct their final bodice or top using calico fabric and make a shirt out of material using their template.
Students must complete Fashion Design: Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 to join this course.
Course Outline:
- Shirt prototypes
- Major styles with shirts
- Activity: research shirts and download styles
- Shirt technical drawings
- Typical materials used for shirt design
- Standard body measurements
- Activity: mannequin measurement activity
- Buttonhole samples
- Cuff sample
- Collar sample design
- Refresh on how to cut a bodice
- Different grains: patterns and stripes
- Patterns in Materials
- Dart manipulation
- Dart activity with card and sewing machine
- Sleeve types
- Create a working design visual for a shirt
- Estimate the cost and time required to make a shirt
- Fabric preparation for pattern cutting
- Calico fabric for sample pieces
- Produce and sew with selected material
- Develop a statement of intent
- Produce a range of samples specific to a chosen design
- Introduction to pattern making: scale size ΒΌ
- Measurements and pattern cutting
- Creating a pattern block from cardboard scale size 1/1
- Construct a shirt using machine stitching to a selected design
- Finish and final fitting for the shirt
- Present the shirt following a design specification
- Produce a cost sheet
- Produce production timescales
- Evaluate completed shirt
Materials:
All materials will be provided
Cancellation Policy:
48 hours prior to course start with full refund
Age Requirements:
18 and older
Additional Info:
- It's mandatory to do Fashion Design Level 1 to 3 to join this course
Location:
The Courtyard
Al Quoz
Dubai
