Sewing for Pleasure- Perfect Fitting Clothes

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Sewing for pleasure is designed to show how easy and rewarding it is to make a professional finished piece of clothing. Develop your sewing and pattern cutting skills to make a perfect blouse or shirt. This one day workshop is for anyone from beginners level to the more experienced sewer wishing to learn tips and tricks to save time and improve their sewing skills and create a good finish. To make an item of clothing from a shop bought pattern using industry techniques for the perfect finish. You may wish to start an item of clothing to finish at home, or you may attend more than one workshop to complete your item. You will be taught to read and understand a shop bought pattern and the wealth of knowledge a pattern holds. Transfer personal measurements to the pattern for the perfect fit. Sewing machine techniques, correct needles, thread tension, seam allowance guides, button holes and machine sewn buttons.How to get the best cut, warp, weft, pin and cut with ease and precision. Garment construction, importance of notches and quick ways of marking the fabric, set in sleeves, one and two piece collars, cuffs, perfect darts, and a whole lot more!

Course information

Name: Sewing for Pleasure- Perfect Fitting Clothes Qualification title: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20150806 14:39:08 Updated 20150806 14:39:08

Entry requirements

Please bring with you on the day fabric for your item of clothing, thread, buttons and interfacing. Please contact the tutor in advance if you need advice on what to bring with you on the day.If you have these items please bring them with you: Sewing equipment, pins, scissors, tape measure etc, note book or folder. Please bring along your own sewing machine if you have one and wish to use it. The tutor also has some spare sewing machines which students can use. Equipment required Please bring with you on the day fabric for your item of clothing, thread, buttons and interfacing. Please contact the tutor in advance if you need advice on what to bring with you on the day.If you have these items please bring them with you: Sewing equipment, pins, scissors, tape measure etc, note book or folder. Please bring along your own sewing machine if you have one and wish to use it. The tutor also has some spare sewing machines which students can use.

Provider

Peter Symonds College: Adult Education
Further Education
ace@psc.ac.uk
01962 886166
http://www.psc.ac.uk/ace/

Address

Stoney Lane
Weeke Town: Winchester County:Hants

Learning aims

Title: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated provision, Entry Level, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing

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