This 10-week course starts with gaining more advanced sewing skills including a fly zip, facings, pockets and linings. We will cover couture techniques to take your skills to a higher level of finishing. You will be introduced to stretch fabrics and confidently using an overlock machine before completing a half scale jersey t-shirt. You will gain an understanding of choosing commercial patterns along with fabrics and haberdashery. You will complete a professionally finished lined dress.

If you are considering a career as a tailor or you wish to gain invaluable technical insights into the world of tailoring, this course is for you. You will learn how to pattern draft, cloth cutting and re-marking for traditional items such as suits and dinner suits, while mastering hand stitching and hand finishing. Each term will focus on a specific garment: jacket, waistcoat and trousers. On completion of three terms you will receive a WMC Bespoke-tailoring Certificate.

Develop your garment construction and pattern alteration skills on this sewing course aimed at beginners and Intermediate students. For Beginners this is a project-based course, each term we will be sewing a different garment, using a purchased pattern. For intermediate students, having attended three terms, you can work on your own project, altering design features on your patterns and learning new techniques to create garments that fit and have a personal touch.

Having a working knowledge of digital design has become an essential part of the fashion, textiles, jewellery and accessories designers skill set. This course is for students who want to build on their creative design work whilst developing a knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You will learn basic graphic and illustrative drawing techniques by exploring brush, vector and shape tools and use blending techniques to help enhance your existing drawings