Melbourne School of Fashion offers intensive industry specific courses in core aspects of the fashion industry.Classes are restricted in size to maximise individual tuition and all lecturers are chosen for their teaching experience as well as their fashion industry expertise.
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Certificate of Pattern Making and Garment Construction - Full Time
Based on current industry methods, this course is for the student who wants hands on experience! If you would like to start your career as a designer, dressmaker, pattern maker, sample hand, machinist or want to start your own label, then this is the course for you!
The Certificate of Pattern making and Garment Construction course can be studied by beginners as well as those with some sewing and pattern making knowledge. The level of proficiency achieved will depend very much on the willingness of the student to learn and to complete the set tasks, requiring consistent application at home as well as in the classroom.
Course Content
- Pattern making, grading and fitting according to recognised Australian Standard sizes.
- Construction in calico of master patterns, prototypes, and samples of skirts, pants, shirts and jackets.
- Conversion to fifth scale of all full scale patterns studied, to form a permanent reference manual.
- Basic construction and sewing skills covering: darts, seams, waistbands, collars, cuffs, facings, pockets, buttons, buttonholes, zips, plackets, hems, linings, pads, sleeves.
- Proficiency in the use of industrial sewing machines, and pattern making equipment.
- Pressing techniques.
Assessment
- Completion of set assignments on time and to the required standard.
Course Prerequisites
- Year 12 preferred.
- Access to sewing machine
- Sufficient time at home for punctual completion of assigments and set tasks
Teaching Venue
156 George Street, Fitzroy
VIC 3065
Equipment Costs
Approximately $480
Suggested Reading
Winifred Aldrich
Metric Pattern Cutting
Blackwell scientific Publicatiuons, 1997
Helen Joseph-Armstrong
Pattern Making for Fashion Design (3rd edition)
Prentice Hall, 1995
Sewing & Knitting
A Reader's Digest Step-by-step Guide
Reader's Digest Publications, 1993
CODE: ( GC/A)
22 February 2010 to 6 December 2010.
Mondays and Thursdays 9:00am to 5:00pm
Class Size
Maximum 16
Contact Hours
462 hours
Non-Contact Hours
240 hours (minimum) approximately 8 hours per week.
CODE: ( GC/B)
3 March 2010 to 26 November 2010.
Wednesdays and Fridays 9:00am to 5:00pm
Class Size
Maximum 16
Contact Hours
462 hours
Non-Contact Hours
240 hours (minimum) approximately 8 hours per week.
CODE: ( GC/C)
22 February 2010 to 6 December 2010.
Mondays and Thursdays 9:00am to 5:00pm
Class Size
Maximum 16
Contact Hours
462 hours
Non-Contact Hours
240 hours (minimum) approximately 8 hours per week.
Table Of Fees
| CODE: GC/A GC/B GC/C | AUD$ |
| Total Fee: | $7,616.00 |
| Initial Instalment: | $2,936.00 |
| Balance of Fees: | $4,680.00 |
Balance of fees to be paid in nine monthly instalments of $520 each commencing 1 April 2010, ending 1 December 2010.
