2nd level Pattern Making

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  • Length: 2 Weeks / Monday – Thursday
  • Instructor: Nargas Khabazha
  • Capacity: 8 students only
  • Hour Options: 4pm - 8pm

Price: $995

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2nd Level Pattern Making 2 Week Intensive
CA$995.00

Learn how to design and manufacture the technical apparel used for sports, recreation, survival and protection wear, with a focus on the performance properties of various fabrics. Perfect advanced pattern making techniques and skills used in the construction of activewear.  

Class Size: 8 students (maximum)

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Ready to Wear and Technical

 

Learn how to design and manufacture the technical apparel used for sports, recreation, survival and protection wear, with a focus on the performance properties of various fabrics. Perfect advanced pattern making techniques and skills used in the construction of activewear.

 

Overview

 
 

Looking to learn the basics of the captivating world of fashion? The Cut offers you a variety of two-week intensive workshops designed to maximize your industry knowledge within a minimum time frame. In these hands-on workshops, students will be immersed in all facets of the fashion business. In readings, lectures and class discussions, students are taught by industry professionals in small group settings, receiving first-class learning in a real-life business environment, using state of the art digital platforms as well as hands-on hard skill applications. Each class comprises of two levels at 16 hours per week, for a total of 32 hours. Pre-requisites for each class are outlined in each specific course. Acquire the skills you need to reach your academic and professional goals or complement your current full-time diploma or degree program, or simply build a competitive portfolio for graduate program applications to prepare for advanced study.

 

Pattern Making Technical Apparel

Learn the art of technical apparel design and manufacturing with an emphasis on pattern making that enhances the properties of the fabrics best suited to sports, recreation, survival and protection. You’ll master advanced pattern making techniques, encounter new fibres, fabrics and trims, and discover how to use specific construction techniques to build high performance garments.

Required: Basic Pattern Making (Two Week Intensive) or equivalent. Intermediate knowledge of sewing and an understanding of how to convert patterns from paper to garments.

 

You Will Learn:

  • To identify textiles for technical purpose and function
  • Basic pattern making terminology
  • To understand fit by making pattern and fit sample and applying adjustments
  • How to draft and sew your designs
  • How to manipulate patterns to better fit and execute your design
  • Notched collar lined blazer

    • Housekeeping

    • Students will receive a welcome email with instruction and materials a week before class starts
    • All materials can be bought from school or you can bring your own.
    • Please arrive to class on time
    • If you’re going to miss class for any reason, please email in advance to let us know. If you fail to report your absence within 24 hours, your class will be considered a missed session and no make up class will be provided
    • For two-week intensive classes with three or fewer students, total instructional time is 24 hours. The full syllabus and all course material will still be covered.
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    Meet your professors

    Nargas Khabazha

    Nargas opened her first studio in 1997 as a pattern maker for her own clothing line, specializing in women's special sizes. She gained recognition in the Vancouver Sun and North Shore News as a realistic designer. In 2002, she launched a ready-to-wear collection for sophisticated baby boomer women, selling nationally. Nargas has over 40 years of experience as a fashion technical instructor in pattern making, draping, fitting, and textile development. Since 2008, she has supported her students in showcasing their designs at Vancouver Fashion Week twice a year. A Montreal native who moved to Canada in 1984, Nargas began her career with a handcrafted shoe store and later pursued fashion design at LaSalle College and KPU Polytechnic College. She continues to mentor her students, guiding them to successful runway shows.

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    Now it’s time to start

    If you’ve dreamed of turning your passion into an exciting career in fashion, as a designer or in production, this is your chance to bring that dream to life!

    *All our courses can be In person or Online Live.

     
     

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     This program is but not subject to review by the Private Training Institution Regulatory Unit of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. Students may not file a claim against the Student Tuition Protection Fund in relation to this program.