Ten skills that you need in sewing as a beginner.
What you'll learn
- To create confidence in sewing for beginners by learning to do these 10 samples without help.
- Naturally remember each step through repetition. Understand why they are used. Then apply that knowledge to each sample.
- Analyse what you did right and try and learn form the wrong ones. Evaluate your understanding of the concept.
- Quality of product is what makes each sample beautiful to look at, but more importantly accurate to the pattern.
- You will receive a Certificate of Completion when you finish this course.
Requirements
- This course is ideally suited to a first-year fashion student who has gained some knowledge and experience in sewing. This course will not suit the absolute beginner who has never sewn before. It also can suit anyone else that wishes to refresh their skills. There and tips and tricks I use which I have gained over time; that I demonstrate in the course. After completing this course, you will have a better understanding of how to create better quality clothing.
Description
This course will teach you my personal insight into what First year sewing “should” include. Hi my name is Tunku Adhikari. I am a Fashion Educator and Designer based in Melbourne, Australia. I have taught in the field of Fashion and Design for over 20 years.
I say “should” because we are slowly becoming less and less hands on, especially since the pandemic. It is a course that Includes tips and tricks that I use personally, learnt over the years.
Ten Skill you need in Sewing as a Beginner, is a course I designed based on what I believe a 1st Year Fashion student should know before transitioning into 2nd Year. These topics are based on questions from students that I have answered for over 20 years. You could say it is a problem-solving guide for sewing.
After completing this course, you will have a better understanding of how to create better quality fashion.
To create confidence in sewing for beginners by learning to do these 10 samples without help.
Naturally remember each step through repetition. Understand why they are used. Then apply that knowledge to each sample. Analyse what you did right and try and learn form the wrong ones. Evaluate your understanding of the concept. Eventually create your own samples without instructions.
Quality of product is what makes each sample beautiful to look at, but more importantly accurate to the pattern.
Who this course is for:
- This course is ideally suited to a first-year fashion student who has gained some knowledge and experience in sewing. This course will not suit the absolute beginner who has never sewn before. It also can suit anyone else that wishes to refresh their skills.
Instructor
Coming from a family of artists, writers and musicians Tunku Adhikari studied Graphic Design at Parsons School of Design, New York. He went on to join NIFT, Delhi, graduating in 1994 - the same batch that produced some of the finest fashion designers in India.
In 1996, Tunku launched the label Azuli by Leong & Adhikari in partnership with his batchmate. The brand’s design philosophy emphasised starkness, balancing meticulously clean lines and playful drapery both stemming from a solid technical base. An evolved approach to garment construction coupled with an eagerness to explore varying textures and colours was signature Azuli.
The label was stocked by some of India’s finest designer stores.
In 2002, Tunku moved to Australia and shifted his focus to education. Training and nurturing hopeful young talent has become his passion. He has taught fashion design for over 18 years at RMIT, Melbourne School of Fashion and Kangan Institute.
Tunku is currently joint director of AYTA Studio of Fashion Arts and Partner at Adhikari-Seal.