Intermediate Sewing
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Same Day Same Time 1X a week for 2 hours
- Class Size: 8 students (maximum)
- Your Teachers: Katrina Sawan, Chay Clayton
- Classes Start: Monthly
Price: $525
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We’re excited to help you take your first step into your future career in fashion. Don't wait to follow your passion, express yourself, and follow your dreams now.
Project Include:
Build your sewing skills by learning new techniques and drafting and sewing your very own design in eight weeks.
- Sewing sample book
- construct and sew a lined blazer/coat
Intermediate Sewing Class Online
Master advanced sewing techniques, learn how to drape a pattern, and how to cut and sew a lined tailored jacket or coat.
Important Notes
- Your instructor will structure your work around your skill level, capabilities and preferred pace
- All muslin is included
- Sewing kits and additional fabrics can be purchased at The Cut Fashion Design Academy at wholesale price. (Read more on our FAQ page)
- Classes of three or fewer students are considered private classes. In this instance, you’ll complete all assignments as listed but in six, not eight, weeks
Housekeeping
- Please arrive to class on time
- If you’re going to miss class for any reason, please email in advance to let us know. If you fail to report your absence within 24 hours, your class will be considered a missed session and no make up class will be provided
- You’re permitted one make up class per session, as long as it’s taken within the time frame of your course and as long as a spot becomes available during another class
Meet your professors
Chay Clayton
VCAD Alumni, who has been working at The Cutting Room for two years, pattern making and sample sewing. Chay has been a favorite instructor to many of The Cut's students for the last two years and now enjoys teaching Gerber Digital Pattern Making at The Cut. Chay also was head seamstress at Scissors, a costume creation studio that specializes in creating out of this world garments for film.
Katina Sawan
Having started her fashion design studies at LaSalle College in Montreal, Katrina went on to get her Bachelors and Masters in fashion design at the École Supérieure des Arts et Techniques de la Mode in Paris. Her graduate collection was featured in Paris Fashion Week. Since then she has had internships with various fashion brands around the world in Paris, Tokyo, Berlin and Antwerp. She has gotten her pattern making experience from working with brands like Walter Van Beirendonck, Dirk Van Saene and Ann Demeulemeester. Katrina has also recently worked as a Pattern Maker for Haider Ackermann in Antwerp. Having rounded out her skills by taking classes at The Cut Fashion Design Academy, she is now a Pattern Maker at The Cutting Room here in Vancouver.
Komal Chharahhan
Komal Chharahhan, founder and creative director of Ginni Gill, is an Indo - Canadian fashion designer. Her love for garment making began at the age of 13 when her grandmother introduced her into the world of sewing by making Indian wear for special occasions. Her passion for learning different techniques soon turned her newfound love into a business. Fashion design naturally became a creative outlet for Komal to experiment with. After immigrating to Canada at the age of 19 she started building her drawing skill set. Soon after that she began her fashion career at the Visual College of Art Design where she studied fashion design with a speciality in fashion marketing. With a keen interest in pattern making and garment construction, Komal has acquired a range of expertise. Adept in technical skills such as drawing, computer- aided design and pattern drafting Komal has gained a love for teaching all that she has learned. Komal began her teaching career in fashion design at the Cut Design Academy in June of 2022 in Vancouver, BC.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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