Explore The Cut's 2-Week Sewing Program
- Dates: September, November, February
- Length: 2 Weeks / Monday – Thursday
- Instructor: Melissa McSorley, Cecilia
- Capacity: 8 students only
- Hours: 4pm - 8pm
Price: $995
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Sewing 2 Weeks Program
This course is designed for students wanting a fast and intensive overview of sewing basics. For students entering the Pattern Making & Assembly Program and Costume, this course is critical should you not have prior knowledge or demonstrated skills in sewing.
Overview
Looking to learn the basics to captivate the world of fashion design? 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. With lectures, class discussions, and hands on instruction students are taught by industry professionals in small group settings, receiving first-class learning in a real-life business environment. Each class is 2 weeks long at 16 hours per week, for a total of 32 hours. There are no prerequesites for our 2 week intensives. 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, or just simply become better at your craft.
Sewing
If you’re new to sewing this is the course for you. You’ll start with the basics and learn to cut and sew garments and accessories. You will create a sample book which include seams, zippers and bindings. The projects you will make include a tote bag lined, sweatshirt, button up shirt, and more.
Projects You Will Make:
Housekeeping
Meet your professors
Melissa McSorley
Following in her mother and grandmother’s footsteps, Melissa chose a career in the fashion industry and has been teaching for the last three years. She is a graduate from the Art Institute of Vancouver’s Fashion Design and Merchandising program. After a successful pattern making internship while in her second-to-last quarter, Melissa started working in the industry three months before graduation. Since graduation, Melissa has been building her skill set in contract pre-production manufacturing, wearing many hats. She also works with her own clients as a seamstress, doing alterations and one-of-a-kind projects.
Cecilia
Cecilia is an Argentine fashion designer and entrepreneur. She developed a passion for sewing at a young age, thanks to her grandmother who taught her to recycle the family's textiles and create her own style. Ceci has a Bachelors degree in Fashion Design from the University of Buenos Aires and pattern making. After working with various brands and producers, she founded her own business, focused on upcycled clothing and patchwork. For the past 10 years, Ceci has also been an instructor at design intitutes, hosted workshops, and provided private training, sharing her love for sewing and fashion with her students.
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This program has been approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
The Cut Design Academy is designated with PTIB