Alterations & Upcycling

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Learn to turn your altered garments into trendy, stylish and exciting wear through upcycling. By altering your garment, you can make it appear to be custom made. You will learn the fundamentals and understanding of alterations and tailoring techniques including how to understand human body types for measurements and correct fit, marking, repairing, and grading. Learn to determine what can and cannot be altered, and why. Class topics will include hand sewing, finishing stitches, pattern alterations, methods of fitting, and redesigning. There are a number of ways through creative design in which you can refashion and recycle clothing. Learn different techniques to help turn that t-shirt into a fashionable dress, tank top, or skirt, and pants into shorts or pedal pushers, sweaters into cardigans, and more using upcycle methods, while utilizing your favorite appliques, and embellishments of buttons, lace, ribbons, sequins, tassels, studs, collars, for that perfect personal you! Projects: Alterations of jacket, pants, skirt. Redesign a project. Prerequisites: Must have sewing skills.

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