Improver Dressmaking Course - Autumn dress
brand new in 2022
Develop your skills by tackling a more challenging garment with our brand new autumn dress course.
Cost: £210 - 7 x 2 hour classes, suitable for those who have made a few garments before, or been on one or two of our beginner courses.
Learn how to work with fitting the bust, front gathers, inserting sleeves/raglan sleeves and finishing the neckline with a collar or neck binding.
If this sounds like a step to far, we have just launched our beginner plus dressmaking course - click here - which we make a sleeveless dress.
Or try our improver lined coat course - click here
Please scroll down for more information and class content.
AVAILABLE COURSE DATES…
November improver options coming soon - newsletter release mid-late September
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To attend this course you must have made multiple garments before, or attended one or more of our beginner dressmaking courses and feel confident with the jump in skill. We now offer a stepping stone course - beginner plus - which is best to attend before joining us for improver classes.
You will also need your own machine.
EXTRA INFO...
Location:
This term classes are held in South Nutfield, Surrey (full address given once booked) . There is some free parking at the location, as well as free on road parking.
Each class is 2 hours long.
Please arrive up to 5 minutes beforehand to set up your equipment and get settled in, as we start promptly at the times stated - we have lots to fit in!!
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If you would like to book the full course but cannot make one of the dates, you can book the lesson you will miss as private tuition. This would be £40 extra per 2 hour lesson*, discounted from the usual £35 per hour private tuition which would be £70.
*this discounted private tuition price only applies when booking/booked on to the full course.
Level:
As this course is not a beginner or basic garment, you may be required to do some of the easier sewing, cutting or preparing as homework, dependant on your speed. This is to make sure we have time for tuition on all the more involved steps of the garment in the lessons.
You won’t be asked to do anything hard, new, or something you haven’t already done during the lesson at some point. But you may need to finish things that will have been started during the lesson, so we can start the next steps in the next lesson together. As everyone works at different speeds.
Fabrics:
You will need to purchase fabric, along with matching thread and zip, for your garment in advance of lesson 2. We will let you know yardages and suitable fabric choices once you have booked.
Sewing machines and equipment:
Please bring your own machine with you. If you do not have a machine, you must get in touch before booking.
You are also welcome to bring an overlocker (if you can already use it) for finishing the edges of your fabric. If you don’t have one we will be zigzagging the edges to stop them from fraying.
schedule of class content:
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 1:
Measurements, sizing and preparing your pattern
Cutting out calico for mock up
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 2:
Sewing mock up
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 3:
Finish sewing mock up
Fitting
Pattern changes
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 4:
Cutting, pattern markings
Initial overlocking/zigzagging
Start main seams
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 5:
Inserting zip
Start sleeves
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 6:
Finish sleeves
Start neckline
Improver Dressmaking Lesson 7:
Finish neckline
Hem
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