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Private lessons Make Do and Mend: learn to repair or alter your clothes so that they remain wearable!

From 96.64 C$ /h

Don't want to just throw away your beloved broken or ill-fitting clothes? But can't figure it out yourself? With a few simple steps, they get a well-deserved second life, and often without a sewing machine! Repairing and altering clothes is wonderfully sustainable, good for your wallet, and also wonderfully zen to do.

What are you learning?

We will work specifically on the garments that you bring yourself and/or the techniques that you want to learn yourself. Taking into account the time and your own possibilities/sewing level, we will try to make your clothing wearable again. You will receive personal advice and learn specific techniques to tackle the problems with the clothing you brought. You will also learn about materials and tools that you can use to repair and adjust clothing. At the end of the lesson, you will have made one or more garments wearable again and learned a lot of techniques that you can continue to apply at home on broken and ill-fitting garments.
If you choose to book a series of multiple lessons, I can offer you a full clothing repair course, covering as many clothing repair techniques as possible.
At the end of each lesson you will receive a handout to take home, which explains the techniques again.

What are you bringing?

Clothing with torn seams or loose hems, stains, holes, tears, broken zippers, missing buttons or hooks. Clothing that is too big or too small in the waist, too long or too short in the hem, etc. If you have some sewing supplies at home, you can bring them along: needles, pins, thread, scissors, tape measure and seam ripper. If you don't have any, don't worry, all the necessary tools are available. And if you want to continue working at home, you can buy a Mending Kit from the teacher on the spot. There are also (vintage) haberdashery and materials for sale.

Extra information

Please send us some photos in advance of the garments you would like to repair or alter, or let us know which of these techniques you would like to learn:
- repair cracks
- filling holes (visible and/or invisible, in woven and/or knitted fabrics)
- repair hems
- repair seams
- repair/replace zipper (by hand)
- visibly stop a mending loom
- patching (visible and/or invisible)
- ...

Location

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At student's location :

Around Amsterdam, Netherlands

At teacher's location :

Lapland Amsterdam, Borneostraat, Amsterdam, Nederland

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

90 minutes

The class is taught in

Dutch

English

Skills

Fashion design

Fabric arts

Sewing

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Private dressmaking lessons: learn pattern drafting and sewing from a professional

99.98 C$ /h

Learn to make clothes from A to Z with private lessons from tailor professional Sofie Huybrechts! Pattern drawing to your measurements, sewing techniques and repairs - personally guided and at your own pace. For beginners and advanced! Sofie has over 15 years of experience as a tailor and is an expert in the field of repairing and adapting/making vintage clothing wearable.

Minayel

This class aims to equip the student with a hands on knowledge regarding design. Design is not merely trends and style there is a whole concept and working behind it. You will get a hands on grip on research, mood board, pattern, draping, textile and design communication. If needed an advanced course of photoshop can be given to create technicals.

Sefe

Teaching students aged 15+ fundamental basics to free hand pattern drafting in the fashion industry.

Pattern-cutting is the essential skill of all designers in bringing a design to life from a 2D perspective to a 3D wearable garment.

Block patterns are used for standardised sizing, but for a full understanding of how patterns work, I will be teaching the basics in drafting and developing a basic skirt pattern, which can then be used for your own designs.

My lessons would be a vast advantage to students finishing their GCSE's or A-level's Textile who wish to continue further on to Fashion at foundation/university, as it will provide you with a insightful head start on a crucial aspect of all Fashion courses.

However, these skills are accessible to everyone from all professional backgrounds, so if you'd like to learn about the creation of garments from scratch, these lessons will be as easily enjoyable.

Lessons will be easy-going, very much working at your own pace. If there is something you'd like to make, I can provide tailored lessons to work towards your goal.

Yuval

Making and designing costumes is something many fear to approach, due to the unconventional nature of their making.

As a self-taught costume designer and seamstress with 10 years of experience I believe the best approach to learning is by doing.

Together, we will come up with a design, talk about the different aspects of creating a costume for different purposes, break down the different parts of the design and work on it together - from pattern creation or augmentation to the final costume.

I can teach either on your own sewing machine or mine.

Minayel

Sefe

Yuval

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