Fashion Studies Program - Fashion Sewing II - Spring 2024
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Spring 2024
Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 PST - January 18th - MAy 16th
Instructor: Christine Knobel
This course will focus on more advanced sewing techniques for fashion design. Home and industrial sewing techniques will be explored to construct garments using a sewing machine.
These more advanced techniques focus on finer finishing for garment construction including:
shirt yokes, various plackets, welts, front fly assembly, as well as lined jacket assembly.
Students will be introduced to the innovative problem solving required to take a two dimensional form and fit a three dimensional figure.
Results:
ONE finished garment in Fashion Fabric - with process photos
Create a Sewn Sample Library including -
Shirt Yoke, Hidden Button Placket, Polo Shirt Placket, Sleeve Placket and Cuff, Scalloped Edges, Single Welt Pocket, Double Welt Pocket, Front Hip Pocket, Front Fly Zipper & Mini Jacket
Curriculum:
Apparel Sewing Techniques
Garment Construction
Working with and identifying different fabrications
About the Instructor
Christine Knobel Christine works as a freelance designer, seamstress, and instructor in the Northern California Bay Area. She teaches fashion and textile courses at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Design. Christine has also worked as an instructor at Arizona State University in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. She led courses in pattern drafting and draping, fashion collection development, and fashion capstone projects. While at UC Davis for her M.F.A., her thesis focused on fashion sustainability. She studied dyeing methods, textile life cycle assessments, and ultimately dove into biotextile design. Her work there led her to Make: where she's been sharing her research on kombucha textiles and cosplay. As a fashion designer she's worked professionally in pattern drafting, loungewear design, textile print design, and with private clients for cosplay design and construction. Her cosplay work has been featured by Marvel Comics, and seen on such sites as Vanity Fair, LA Weekly, and the Daily Mail UK. Christine has a passion for fashion, from fiber, yarns, textiles, to the rich history of the garments we wear.
Please Email Jennifer@TheSewingRoomAlameda.com immediately after you purchase to confirm which courses you would like to enroll in.
Each student will have a sketchbook (provided) & design binder (also provided) that will be reviewed weekly. Sketchbooks will travel back and forth from home to class and students will be required to sketch for 5 hours a week in addition to class time sketching and instruction. Design binders will house designs, loose papers and sewing samples.
Students should bring their sketchbook each day they come to class. Projects can remain at The Sewing Room.
Cancellation Policy - Please make sure you are able to commit to the classes before you register. Cancellations with refunds will only be accepted for two weeks before classes commence in January Student may make up a missed class by attending one of our sewing classes or another "Design" Class, provided there is space. There are NO addtional pattern making classes, so direct make up classes for missed pattern making classes are NOT available.
Please do not come to class if you are sick. Masks optional.
