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Pattern Making Sewing Course: Extension

Level up your sewing skills at this pattern making course in Sydney

Nola Dennis

Sydney Community College

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4 x 6.5 hours

5 to 20 $499

What you'll do

If you're fully COVID-19 vaccinated, you can attend this class anytime
If you're not fully COVID-19 vaccinated, you can attend from 1st Dec onwards

Learn how to use a pattern block to make a variety of patterns of skirts, shirts, pants and dresses in this sewing course with Sydney Community College in Rozelle!

This course will teach you to recognise, name and make patterns for a variety of clothing styles and elements, including:

Skirts: A-Line, Pencil, Gathered, Full Circle etc.
Shirts: Long Sleeve with cuffs, Gathered Short Sleeve, Open Front Placket etc.
Pants: Fitted, Flared, Front Tucks etc.
Dresses: Shift, Waisted, Slip, Swing etc.

You will be able to design your own garment and make the pattern to match.

What you'll learn

Making your own blocks
How to make a variety of patterns from your block, including an array of skirts, shirts, pants and dresses
Using all you have learnt from the previous weeks you will be able to use your blocks and paper patterns to create a pattern for your own design.

Course outline:

Week 1: Making your own blocks
You may already have blocked from the 'essentials' course, OR if not, you will be able to create a cardboard block in your own size for future use throughout the course. Using these blocks we will make a variety of paper patterns for skirts, shirts, pants and dresses.

Week 2: Skirts
How to make a variety of skirt patterns from your block:
Eg. A-Line Skirt with Waistband / Pencil Skirt with Facing / Skirt with Yoke / Full Circle Skirt / Gathered Skirt.

Week 3: Shirts
How to make a variety of shirt patterns from your block:
Eg. Sleeveless Shirt / Shirt with gathered Short Sleeves / Shirt with Long Sleeves and Cuff / Collared Shirt.

Week 4: Pants
How to make a variety of pants patterns from your block:
Eg. Pants with Waistband or Facing / Pants with Pockets / Flared Pants.

Week 5: Dresses
How to make a variety of dress patterns from your block:
Eg. Shift Dress / Slip Dress / Swing Dress.

Week 6: Review of skirts, shirts, pants and dresses
We will review all the paper patterns you have made and you will be able to concentrate on the area you would most like to practice on and / or improve - specialising in any area or asking to learn a particular thing not yet covered in class.

Weeks 7: Your own Design 1
Bring a drawing of your own design to class (front & back picture). It can be a skirt, shirt, pant or dress.
Using all you have learnt from the previous weeks you will be able to use your blocks and paper patterns to create a pattern for your own design.

Weeks 8: Your own Design 2
Continue using all you have learnt from the previous weeks to create a pattern for your own design.

Knowledge required

It is very important that you have done the Pattern Making Sewing Course: Essentials - or that you have had some basic pattern making experience. Certain prior learning will be expected (eg. that you understand terms such as seam allowance, grain lines, darts, notching, welt, pleat. bias cut.)

What you'll get

Professional pattern making tuition.
Blocks and patterns to use in future projects.

What to bring

Three metres of calico
Ruler (a long ruler over 50cm is ideal)
Tracing wheel
Paper scissors
Measuring tape
Notebook and pens to take notes
Sharp pencils and a rubber
Stapler
Masking Tape
One red and one black or blue thick marker pens
An A4 folder with some plastic sheets
Brown paper lunch bags
Two large glue sticks such as UHU
Water and snacks
Please wear closed-in shoes

Session repeats

This class series runs over 4 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday, hens party, team building activity, bucks party or Christmas party.

Nola Dennis (your teacher) adheres to COVID-19 government guidelines.

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Location

Sydney Community College - 2A Gordon St, Rozelle NSW

Your teacher

Nola Dennis

Nola has worked in the Fashion Industry for over 35 years – as a designer, production manager, pattern maker and specification technician. She began her career in the 1980s for a women's label called 'Kangarucci. She later worked for a number of years for Levi Strauss, Reebok Australia and Camilla & Marc. Nola is now currently working for a large company that owns the retail ‘Glue Stores’, working in the design/manufacturing department of the company on such labels as Henleys, Le Coq Sportif, Nude Lucy, Lulu & Rose and Articles of Society Denim.

During her working career in fashion, she has also been a contract pattern maker for many brands including Tiger Lily, Asics and Orton. She has also taught pattern making at a number of fashion colleges such as Raffles and KvB Design Institute.

Your host

Sydney Community College

4.8 (82)

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Sydney Community College is a social enterprise with a mission to offer innovative continuing adult education programmes that support individual efforts and facilitate sustainable social change.

Our mission is to enrich lives, to strengthen adult individuals and to build communities through innovative high quality continuing education and training.

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$499 per guest

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