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Pattern Making & Garment Construction Level 1 & 2

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Short Course by  Design Academy of Fashion
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LEVEL ONE
COURSE OUTLINE

The Patternmaking & Garment Construction course is broken up into 8 four-hour lessons. These lessons will take place every Saturday from 9am-1pm for the duration of the course and be held on campus at Design Academy of Fashion. We will start with patternmaking introduction and principles and then move onto the garment construction side. You will receive engaging tasks and assignments.

  • Lesson One: Introduction to pattern making tools and how to measure a customer and basic draughting techniques.
  • Lesson Two: Construct overgarment pattern and discuss details and how to write down construction details.
  • Lesson Three: Introduction to pockets, pleats, and dart manipulation. Construction of shirt block.
  • Lesson Four: Construct pants pattern with elasticated waistband.
  • Lesson Five: Garment construction. Introduction to sewing machines and sewing. Laying, cutting, and sewing sleeves.
  • Lesson Six: Sewing darts, seams, pleats, and pockets.
  • Lesson Seven: Cutting, sewing shirt, and fitting shirt, begin cutting pants.
  • Lesson Eight: Sewing up and fitting pants final garment.


LEVEL TWO
COURSE OUTLINE

The Patternmaking & Garment Construction course is broken up into 4 four-hour lessons. These lessons will take place every Saturday from 9am-1pm for the duration of the course and be held on campus at the Design Academy of Fashion. It is imperative that you have either completed the Pattern Making & Garment Construction level 1 short course or have previous experience with pattern making and garment construction and sewing for this course.

  • Lesson One: THE JEANS PATTERN-In this lesson, students will be provided with the basic jeans pattern and will be requested to design their own jeans and alter the pattern accordingly.
  • Lesson Two: Checking off homework and giving feedback on the pattern adaptation. THE CORSET PATTERN PREP. Discuss the new pattern in relation to the design and mock-up.
  • Lesson Three: Fabric cutting.  Feedback on the pattern adaptation. Students will lay out all their patterns on the table (JEANS PTRN & CORSET PTRN) for final check before cutting out on fabric. Sew Jeans
  • Lesson Four: Prep and sew corset= Finalise and complete all garments.
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Launched in 1999, the Design Academy of Fashion has quickly become one of the top Fashion schools in South Africa. Founded by Daphne Treadaway, it was bought in 2006 by Bianca Fobian and Suzanne Aldridge.

A vision for continued excellence and a contemporary approach to education has seen the Academy grow in leaps and bounds.

Our Mission

To provide quality education and training, conducive to the optimal development of each student by ensuring individual attention and commitment to learners, to maximise their unique potential and equip them to enter the fashion industry in any fashion field with confidence, expert knowledge and skills.

With a contemporary apporoach to education, the education fosters inquisitive learning through the encouragement of individual development, focussing on the strengthes of each student and the exploration of possibilities in engaging the world through their unique point of view as designers.
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