Autumn: Teenage Fashion Lab & Arts Award Class (11-18 yrs)

FashionLab is for the students who love to be creative and have an interest in fashion! Students explore importance of sustainability within the fashion industry and how they can still enjoy fashion in a responsible way. The students will continue to enhance their design, making and textile skills, leaving the course with a fabulous handmade garment to be proud of and that will demonstrate everything they have learnt over the term. A wonderful selection of donated dead stock designer fabrics will be available for the students to pick from to use.

Everyone will end the term (ambitious project's may need more than one term) with a garment or outfit designed and made by themselves along side a journey book packed with exciting visual research, design development sketches and final illustrations.

Tutors, Jasmine and Elena, will advise the student the whole way through on their own specific project, giving them inspiration and specific and personal technical demonstrations, whilst learning more universal sewing skills.

Students aged 11+ also have the opportunity to work towards the nationally recognised Bronze or Silver Arts Award qualification alongside their Fashion Lab sessions. Subject to numbers, Elena will lead the Fashion Lab projects, while Jasmine will support students completing the Arts Award through one-to-one tutorials and portfolio development. The qualification is suitable for both new students and those continuing an existing Arts Award and can usually be completed over two or more terms.

Some of the techniques covered include rolled hems, invisible and standard zips, collars, pockets, cuffs, basic pattern cutting, fly zips, different sewing machine feet, fabric selection and cutting techniques.

What we provide:
Expert tuition from practising fashion designers, pattern cutters and textile specialists.
Janome sewing machines, sewing equipment, tools and threads.
Access to our Circularity Bank of donated designer fabrics, or students may bring their own.

At the end of term students will receive:
Design sheets, sustainable fabric awareness and technical sewing samples.
A completed garment and/or accessory designed and made by them.
Certificate of completion (over 80% attendance).
Arts Award students will also continue building their nationally recognised qualification portfolio.