2 Day Sewing Intensive
- Dates: January, April, September
- Length: Weekend Workshop
- Instructor: Komal Champreet, Liz Gao, Laura Smith
- Hours: 10am - 4pm
Price: $525
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2 Day Sewing Intensive
This course is designed for students wanting a fast and intensive overview of sewing basics. For students entering the Pattern Making & Assembly Program and Costume, this course is critical should you not have prior knowledge or demonstrated skills in sewing.
Overview
Looking to learn the basics to captivate the world of fashion design? The Cut offers you a variety of two-day intensive workshops designed to maximize your industry knowledge within a minimum time frame. In these hands-on workshops, students will be immersed in all facets of the fashion business. With lectures, class discussions, and hands on instruction students are taught by industry professionals in small group settings, receiving first-class learning in a real-life business environment. Each class is 2 Half-Days / 6 Hours per Day / 12 Hours in Total. There are no prerequisites for our 2 day intensives. Acquire the skills you need to reach your academic and professional goals or complement your current full-time diploma or degree program, or simply build a competitive portfolio for graduate program applications, or just simply become better at your craft.
Sewing
If you’re new to sewing this is the course for you. You’ll start with the basics and learn to cut and sew garments and accessories. You will create a sample book which include seams, zippers and bindings. The projects you will make include a tote bag lined, sweatshirt, button up shirt, and more.
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Students will receive a welcome email with instruction and materials a week before class starts
All materials can be bought from school or you can bring your own
Meet your professors
Komal Champreet
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 new found 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.
Liz Gao
Liz Gao is a fashion and costume designer with a strong foundation in both creative design and technical garment construction. Her passion for clothing began in childhood, inspired by her grandfather, who used to sew garments for her. She earned her first degree in Fashion Design in China and completed a second degree in Theatre Design and Production at UBC, specializing in costume design. Liz has worked as a freelance costume designer for theatre productions and designed apparel for a fashion startup. She also gained experience at the Lululemon head office, where she further developed her interest in activewear and technical design. To deepen her skills, she studied technical pattern making and Gerber AccuMark at The Cut Design Academy. She now teaches beginner sewing and pattern making, and enjoys helping students build a strong foundation in garment construction.
Laura Smith
Laura Smith has been sewing clothing since 2016, when she became interested in historical costuming. In 2023, she received her Fashion Design Creative Arts Diploma from The Cut Design Academy. Since then, she has been working primarily as a corset maker, and designed a couture collection that was a part of Vancouver Fashion Week SS 25.
Now it’s time to start
If you’ve dreamed of turning your passion into an exciting career in fashion, as a designer or in production, this is your chance to bring that dream to life!
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This program is 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 a PTIB-designated institution.