Current class offerings

Patternmaking and Design   

Students follow a set curriculum at their own pace.  Using either their own measurements or a dress from, students hand-draft exercises in skirts, moulage, dart manipulation, seamlines, necklines, collars, sleeves, pants, and garments. Patterns will be drafted, sewn, and fit in class, and students can expect 2-5 hours of patternmaking and sewing homework per week. Class size is limited to 3 students. Students attend class once per week for 3 hours.  Cost: $250/mo. Students can expect to finish the full curriculum in a year and a half to two years.  No obligation to follow full course of study.  

New students begin the first week of each month. Class times are currently as follows, with new sections available as needed.

Mondays 10am-1pm

Tuesdays 10am-1pm

Wednesdays 10am-1pm

Thursdays 10am-1pm

Construction

This class covers just about every hand and machine sewing technique, all closure types including zippers, buttons, and zipper and button flies, the correct way to sew a dart, pleat, or pin tuck, and the importance of pressing, among other things. Students will also be familiarized with various notions, interfacings, and their applications. All materials provided. Participants will study concurrently with Patternmaking students, and work through the curriculum at their own pace. Construction curriculum currently only offered in Wednesday and Thursday sections. Estimated time to complete materials is 2-2.5 months. Cost: $250/mo

Custom Jeans

Using their own measurements, Students will work through the process of drafting a custom pattern for a pair of jeans, and construct those jeans in class. Students will begin with a basic pants sloper, work through to a jeans sloper, learn to draft and sew jean-specific elements (including zipper fly, button fly, yoke, patch pockets, belt loops, flat felled seams and pocket bags), and leave with the pattern and skills to do it all over again.  There is a strong emphasis on perfect fit and polished construction. Participants will study concurrently with Patternmaking students, and work through the curriculum at their own pace. Estimated time to complete materials is 3 months. Cost: $250/mo.

Bring your own Idea/ Project

Not everyone feels drawn to learn absolutely everything there is to know about Patternmaking, and that’s OK! If you simply yearn to bring one specific idea to light, you can bring that idea with you to class. We’ll walk you through the Patternmaking concepts and steps required to articulate your vision and the construction techniques required to make it. Estimated time to complete varies per project. Cost: $250/mo