Intermediate Sewing Course Description

NO FORMULA

INTERMEDIATE SEWING COURSE DESCRIPTION

Summary:

10-week course, 3hrs per week. Saturday afternoons 12-3pm. $380. Starts 26th Nov.2011

 

Description:

Already know your way around a sewing machine? Completed a couple sewing pojects and feeling confident in your budding abilities? Eager to improve on your skills and continue learning professional garment-making?

Then Welcome to No Formula’s Intermediate sewing course!

As with the beginner’s sewing course, over 10 weeks, you will be instructed by designer Sonja Maus, creative mind behind successful Gold Coast eco-womenswear label, No Formula.

You will be creating a No Formula designer garment. Your choice of either a jersey dress, or a woven semi-fitted dress. Create a designer style for yourself or as a gift, and learn the professional techniques needed to do it!

You will re-visit basic and essential cutting and sewing techniques, such as sewing darts, invisible zippers, and waistbands, but also discover more advanced skills such as pleats, tabs, gathering, linings, and professional finishings!

You will learn how to create your garment first on calico, then with a fabric of your own choice. Sonja will provide the calico for your first practice garment, then she will advise you on what type of fabric you will need to create the actual garment.

You will be provided patterns from which to work, as well as some sewing instruments, calico fabric, new sewing machines, overlockers, and iron & board.

The first 5 weeks of the course you will be working on calico fabric to complete your ‘practice’ garment. Once finished, you can start making a dress with your choice of fabric, in a style of your preference to finish professionally and proudly show off to your friends and family!

Sonja will keep the classes sizes small so you receive as much one-on-one mentoring, instruction, and tutorship as possible. You will find yourself with enough time to work at your own pace and spend time with Sonja on anything you need extra time and help with. Each class is 3 hours, and with classes four days a week, at a variety of times, you will be able to find the right one to fit into your schedule!

The classes are held in a new, bright, spacious and clean venue, with new machines and instruments.

Tea, coffee and light snacks are provided during each class. If however, you are missing a meal during these classes, please feel free to bring your own food and drink, as there will be a 10 minute tea-break in each class.

Although sewing instruments are provided, and there is a ‘sewing kit’ of spares, please bring the following items with you:

-Scissors

-basic sewing kit

-handsewing needles

-pins

-tape measure

-note pad

If you have your own sewing machine with which you are already comfortable using, please feel free to bring it!

An added bonus:

If you have already completed a basic sewing course with Sonja, you automatically receive a 15% discount on your Intermediate course!!

Some info about your instructor:

Sonja is a Fashion Production Diploma graduate from ’99, and has over 12 years experience designing, manufacturing, pattern-making, and working in various aspects of the fashion industry in Canada, the UK, and Australia. With a widespread and comprehensive history of education and work experience in designing for her own label since 2002, and working in various design rooms internationally, she is well-equipped with the skills and knowledge to provide you with all the skills and knowledge you need to learn basic sewing.

She also has participated in multiple internship and work experience programs, as well as sewing teaching courses since 2009, and enjoys passing along her knowledge to willing students! She has carefully drafted this basic sewing course to allow you to learn all you need to know on basic sewing skills and methods to enable you to continue to learn, practice, and grow your skills at home, all the while working at your own pace during the course.