*Pre-requisite

• Participants should have completed our Knit Dresses are Sew Fun series.  
• We welcome experienced sewists to join our knit dress class. Do take note that skillsets such as using a serger, sewing set-in sleeves and prior experience with knitwear and jersey fabrics are pre-requisites for this class. 

Intermediate Apparel - Knitwear Draft and Sew

A continuation of our knitwear class, join our hands-on workshop and learn how to draft your very own knit/jersey garment. No longer be daunted by the prospect of making your own T-shirts and jersey dresses with the help of our instructors, ever-ready to provide you with the guidance you need.

Participants will learn to draft their preferred knitwear garment and the specific finishings applicable to their designs.

• Send in an image or sketch of desired design
• Fabric required will depend on the design
• You will receive a base knitwear bodice block.

Topics covered in the class include:

• Understanding and working with knit fabrics: How to choose the right fabric for different dress patterns, calculating Stretch Factor, identifying direction of stretch, cutting knit fabrics
• Drafting for knitwear from a bodice block
• How to set up a domestic sewing machine to sew knit fabric
• Joining seams for knit material (stretchy stitch, zig-zag stitch, 4-thread serging)
• Using transparent elastic tape to stablise seams on knit fabric
• Hemming techniques for knit/jersey fabric such as twin needle top-stitching, binding using jersey binding tape, and sewing a banded neckline

At the end of the course, you will have a deeper understand on the patterning process for knitwear!

Course Fee

• $380; participant will be required to bring their own fabric for their design.
• We will email you the details of fabric needed for the class
  

Course Venue

• Marymount Studio: 41 Jalan Pemimpin, #02-03B, Kong Beng Industrial Building, Singapore 577186

Course Info

• 3.5 hours x 4 sessions, held once a week over 4 weeks

 Have questions on class registration or refunds? Read our FAQs here.