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Tailoring & Garment Making

From threading a machine to finishing a made-to-measure garment, taught at the workshop with a tutor at your shoulder.

Tailoring is learned at a machine, not on a screen. The reading is done at home; every stitch that matters is sewn at the branch under supervision.

You will finish with garments you have made yourself, a set of patterns you can reuse, and prices you can defend.

What you will be able to do

  • Thread, operate and maintain a sewing machine
  • Take accurate body measurements
  • Draft and cut a pattern from measurements
  • Construct a finished garment to a saleable standard
  • Price your work and take orders from customers

What you need to start

  • Attendance at the workshop for every practical session
  • Tape measure, scissors, pins and chalk (a starter kit is provided if you cannot buy one)
  • Fabric for your own projects — inexpensive cotton is fine to learn on

Curriculum

5 module(s) · 20 lesson(s)

Before any garment, the machine has to become familiar.

  • Parts of a sewing machine
  • Threading, tension and stitch length
  • Fabrics and what they will do
  • Practical: Machine handling

Getting the numbers right, because everything after depends on them.

  • Taking body measurements
  • From measurements to a pattern
  • Seam allowance and ease
  • Practical: Drafting your block

Turning flat fabric into something with a shape.

  • Laying out and cutting
  • Seams, darts and facings
  • Zips, buttons and fastenings
  • Practical: Cutting your first garment
  • Practical: Construction workshop

The difference between homemade and professional.

  • Hems, linings and neat insides
  • Pressing as you sew
  • Fittings and alterations
  • Practical: Fitting session

Turning the skill into an income.

  • Costing a garment
  • Taking a deposit and agreeing a date
  • Selling what you make online

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