“Advanced Couturier”
January 25 – May 9, 2012
Wednesday, 5:30 – 8:00 pm
Class Size is small. Enroll for our next class soon!
Basic pattern making and good sewing skills required.
Fine Finishing and Couture Techniques
Pattern design using flat pattern and draping
This is the focus of this course. Students will learn many fine finishing techniques that are used by couture houses today and the ones that have been used in the past. Many techniques are done by hand and are time consuming. Though results are usually worth their while and produce excellence in fine sewing. It’s the use of these couture techniques that separates average sewing from one-of-a-kind works of art!
During this course students will develop patterns using flat pattern design and elements of draping and produce several original garments using many new techniques that will be studied during class.
I have been sewing garments for fifty years, but this class took my sewing skills to a new level. Not only have I learned how to make my own patterns and fit a muslin, but I learned more about constructing a garment than I had learned over those 50 years. I now have clothes of my very own that started with a sketch and are now a reality. My new garments fit perfectly, and I am thrilled with what I can now make.
Ella Pritsker is one of the most encouraging teachers I have ever had – she wants each of her students to succeed in sewing and design, and has given us the tools to do so.
~ Susan H