Description

What’s it all about?

Ready to bring your fashion industry dreams to life? This course is your backstage pass to the world of garment making! You'll learn how to decode industry patterns, understand how to use and care for industrial sewing machines and create a portfolio of samples reflecting industry current techniques and skills, then dive into the magic of cutting, sewing, and creating your very own stylish tote bag.
But wait, there’s more! You’ll also get hands-on with the real deal tools of the trade:
• Practice fabrics like calico and denim to practice your skills
• Access to professional-grade industrial sewing machines and overlockers — to prepare you for professional sewing!
And have the opportunity for a visit to the R.M. Williams guest speaker with extensive fashion industry experience.
Whether you're dreaming of your first handmade skirt or plotting your own debut into industry, this course sets you up with the skills (and confidence) to make it happen.

Who’s it for?
Whether you’re a stitch-savvy beginner or a seasoned sewing enthusiast looking to sharpen your skills, this course is for you! While it helps to know your way around a domestic sewing machine and have a bit of hand-stitching know-how, everyone’s welcome we’re all here to learn, create, and have fun!

Outcomes of course?
By the end of the course, you won’t just talk fashion you’ll make it! You’ll leave with the confidence and skills to bring your own garment ideas to life, from first sketch to final stitch. Here’s what you’ll master along the way:
• Fabric cutting and sewing techniques that turn flat fabric into fabulous fashion
• A portfolio of industry current skills and techniques: seam styles in different fabrics, hems, sewing curves, gathering, easing, tucking, top stitching.
• Confidence working on industrial sewing machines and overlockers (yes, the real deal!)
• How to care for and maintain industrial sewing machines and how to identify issues and get your machine running smoothly
• Inside knowledge on fabrics and fibres, making you a fabric expert
• How to plan and work to a professional industry standard.
You will walk away with skills that can lead you to industry employment, further study, or being a savvy home-sewer.
The follow-on skill set from this is the Sample Machining Skill Set, where you will learn how to insert 2 types of zips, and make basic garment styles.

For organisations that wish to pay the student fees for this course and are unable to pay by credit card via the website, please contact the Short Course team via email at ShortCourses@tafesa.edu.au to organise a Third-Party Payment invoice.