Dress Making & Design
Study Dress Making & Design with at-home training from Penn Foster Workforce Development.
Develop your natural talent for Dressmaking and Design with the Penn Foster Career School Dressmaking and Design distance learning program. Your customers, neighbors, and friends will respect your skills and admire the clothes you create. Train quickly and conveniently with our “Quick Learn” method. Learn how to:
- Identify fibers and fabrics and care for them
- Select the right material for a project
- Mark, cut, and tack fabric for a proper fit
- Finish garments and alter patterns
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Instruction Set 1
Learning Strategies
The advantages of learning at home; types of study materials; types of examinations; accessing and using the features of our website; determining what kind of learner you are; establishing a study schedule; using study tips; preparing for and taking examinations.
Introduction to Sewing
The art of sewing; introduction to tools and equipment; temporary and permanent stitches; creating the most common seams; taking measurements; purchasing and preparing patterns; making simple pattern alterations.
Learning Aid: Binder
Instruction Set 2
The Sewing Machine
Types of sewing machines and machine attachments; threading machines; making stitches; setting machine timing and tension; sewing machine care; cleaning and lubrication; removing burrs; troubleshooting.
Practical Exercise 1
Instruction Set 3
Fibers and Fabrics
Identifying fibers and fabrics; choosing the right fabric; working and handling fabrics; properly caring for fabrics and treating stains.
Basic Dressmaking Processes
Selecting materials for a garment; marking and cutting fabric; tacking for proper fit; shaping, interfacing, binding, seams, and hems.
Practical Exercise 2
Instruction Set 4
Decorative Features
Introduction to common decorative features; preparing neckline, skirt and sleeve openings; installing zippers; constructing and attaching cuffs and collars; attaching fasteners.
Advanced Dressmaking Techniques
Finishing corners, points, and curved edges; forming pleats; making coats, jackets, trousers; working with linings, shoulder pads, and boning.
Practical Exercise 3
Learning Aid: Pattern
Instruction Set 5
Line and Design in Fashion
Line, color, texture, and detail; types of line; principles of design: balance, proportion and scale, rhythm, emphasis, and unit; creating optical illusions.
Miscellaneous Garments
Construction of non-standard garments: maternity wear, infants and children, nightwear, underwear; working with lace trim.
Practical Exercise 4
Supplement: Always in Style
Instruction Set 6
Embroidery
Embroidery tools and materials; handworking embroidery stitches; machine embroidery; smocking and quilting.
Garment Decoration
Applying garment-decorating techniques: ruffles, fringe, tassels, beading, sequins; belts and belt loops; custom fasteners.
Pattern Alteration
Making major pattern alterations for shoulders, armholes, bust size, sleeves, skirts, and pants.
Practical Exercise 5
Equipment: Patterns
Special Shipment: Brother® Sewing Machine (90% of total program price must be paid prior to shipment of Brother® Sewing Machine.)
Instruction Set 7
Alterations and Fitting
Altering and fitting necklines, including altering necklines, armholes, and sleeves; raising or lowering a waistline; eliminating wrinkles and bulges.
Drafting Patterns from Basic Patterns
Constructing the basic pattern; designing the bodice, neckline, collar, sleeve, and skirt.
Designing by Draping
Principles of draping; using and customizing a dress form; creating original clothing designs.
Practical Exercise 6
Final Project
Supplements:
• Dressmaking Glossary
• Sewing as a Home Business
• Quick to Make
• Sew Basics
We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.
Brother is a trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. registered in the United States of American and/or other jurisdictions.
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