Courses in Dress making

Maria, Chichester, West Sussex

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Once you purchase a voucher, we will email you a code that can be redeemed against the full price of this lesson.

Voucher codes are valid for 12 months.

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How do vouchers work?

Once you purchase a voucher, we will email you a code that can be redeemed against the full price of this lesson.

Voucher codes are valid for 12 months.

For more info, see our  FAQs.

How do vouchers work?

Once you purchase a voucher, we will email you a code that can be redeemed against the full price of this lesson.

Voucher codes are valid for 12 months.

For more info, see our  FAQs.

  • What You’ll Learn

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  • Complete dressmaking

    During this six week, half a day a week course, you’ll learn how to make clothes from a commercial pattern. Bring a pattern of your choosing suited to your ability, and Maria will help you achieve a professional finish, guiding you through everything from how to insert zips to how to finish seams and hems. 

    Pattern cutting

    Are you a confident dressmaker who is frustrated by the fact that commercial patterns never fit in the right places? Then this is the course for you. Not only will you make a perfectly fitting bodice, sleeve and skirt block based on your own measurements, you will also produce a pattern of your own design, as well as learning how to manipulate patterns to create diverse styles. Please note that during this course you will be working in calico to make toiles. If you’d like to make an actual garment then take a look at the complete dressmaking course instead.

    One day professional techniques course

    Spend an entire day learning how to sew a full range of seams including basic, curved, piped, under stitched and overlocked. You’ll also learn buttonholes, facings, tailors tacks, darts, under stitching, set-in sleeves, zips and bias binding. Maria will then explain when to use each of these techniques to achieve the best results for your garment.

  • Maria started making her own dresses at an early age and honed her skills at Kingston University, where she studied design. After graduating, she became the course leader for fashion at Chichester College, where she taught for ten years, and it’s there that she picked up the craft of pattern cutting. As well as being an incredible designer, pattern cutter and seamstress, Maria is also an excellent teacher, whose passion for sewing is infectious. She loves the entire process of creating a garment, from concept through to the craft of making it. More than anything, though, she loves that she too is always learning.

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The Details

Is this course suitable for everyone?

Maria’s dressmaking and pattern cutting classes are suitable for beginners or for those looking to improve their sewing techniques.

Maria’s professional techniques one day course is best suited to those with some experience in dressmaking who'd like to further their skills.

Where does it take place?

In Chichester town centre. Full address details will be emailed to you once you book onto the lessons.

What should I bring?

The materials you'll need to bring differ, depending on which course you choose.

Complete dressmaking course:
You need to bring a commercial sewing pattern to suit your ability, and all the necessary fabric and notions. Maria is more than happy to offer advice on which pattern to choose. Just contact us with any queries you may have.

Pattern cutting course:
A small budget for calico and pattern paper (all provided by Maria). A lever arch file, pencil and calculator.

Professional techniques one day course:
No materials required

How many people per class?

All classes have a maximum number of six students

Anything else I should know?

You must provide the material as stated above for the lesson to take place.

Booking a lesson

Once you book onto any of these lessons, you’ll receive email confirmation within 24 hours. If you would like to gift this lesson to a friend, buy a voucher! All vouchers remain valid for 12 months from date of purchase.

If you'd like to ask us any questions just call: 020 3239 7466 or email team@skill-shop.com

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