Fashion Sewing for Young Designers
Ages 11+ Thursdays from 3:30-5:30pm
January - May 2025 (Dates TBA)
Instructor: Christine Knobel
In this hands-on course, young designers will learn essential sewing and garment construction skills, from sketching and pattern modification to garment assembly and adjusting fit. Students will work on creating one to two finished garments of their own design and build a small portfolio of seam and hem samples. This course is ideal for those eager to transform their fashion ideas into well crafted, wearable pieces.
Results:
One-Two finished garments
Portfolio of Seam and Hem samples
Curriculum:
Apparel Sewing Techniques
Garment Construction
Understanding a pattern with some modifications
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.
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About The Sewing Room
At THE SEWING ROOM we specialize in Apparel Sewing and Fashion. Our instructors have experience with garment fit, construction, design in both the fashion industry as well costuming. Our Fashion Studies Program is an accelerated Fashion program for Middle, High School & Adult Students. In this semester long program, students learn the fundamentals of Fashion Design while being taught & mentored by industry professionals.
Through this program, students build a strong foundation of fashion centered skills while building their portfolio(s) and preparing for deeper study.
Jennifer Serr Owner and Lead Instructor at The Sewing Room, had a career in the fashion industry for two decades before opening shop. Jennifer is also Owner and Lead Designer at Bonjour Teaspoon Patterns - A sewing pattern company specializing in "Classic Style for the Modern Girl & Her Doll". She is also AUTHOR of the Book Sewing Camp Power.
"I started teaching students and about fashion and sewing almost two decades ago. I knew what it was like to have a burning passion to create well fitting, beautiful clothing, and wanted to share my skills and expertise with like minded people. Because I started sewing and designing when I was 7 years old, I know that there are very few boundaries for what drives a person to pursue a calling. Sewing and Fashion are my favorite things and I'm excited to share this expertise and passion with those who consider it their passion as well!" - Jennifer Serr - Owner of The Sewing Room
