Fashion Design Lab: Intermediate to Advanced

March 5 – May 22, 2025

Thursday, Ages Teen to Adult: 6:30-8:30 PM

For the best value, avoid Eventbrite fees and purchase the full course!

Take your fashion design skills to the next level with this immersive, hands-on course designed for intermediate to advanced students. Perfect for aspiring designers who want to deepen their technical expertise and creative expression, this class focuses on advanced garment construction, detailed fashion illustration, and professional finishing techniques. 

Students will expand their skills with complex sewing methods, advanced pattern-making concepts, and fabric manipulation techniques. Emphasis will be placed on design innovation, craftsmanship, and the ability to create original, runway-ready garments. Each student will build a professional portfolio featuring technical sketches, fabric swatches, and completed projects to showcase their design growth. 

What You’ll Learn: 

• Advanced Fashion Illustration: Enhance your figure drawing skills with dynamic poses, refined fabric rendering, and technical garment detailing. 

• Precision Sewing Techniques: Develop mastery of machine and hand sewing techniques, including French seams, flat-felled seams, invisible zippers, piping, and couture finishing details. 

• Complex Garment Construction: Explore advanced patternmaking, including dart manipulation, pleats, gathers, and draping for both structured and fluid designs. 

• Textile Knowledge: Gain a deeper understanding of fabric types, textures, and how to select materials that complement your designs. 

• Design Innovation: Work on original projects that encourage creative problem-solving, unique styling, and personal design aesthetics. 

Final Project: Create a fully constructed garment or mini collection showcasing your technical and creative growth. 

Perfect for students ready to bring their ideas from concept to creation with confidence and style! 

Host or Publisher Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL)