1. The Shift Dress

• Choosing the right pattern
• How to use a commercial garment pattern
• Simple pattern alterations to the neckline and shoulder
• Making and fitting a toile/mock-up garment
• Cutting out your dress
• Perfect darts
• The neatest neck facing
• A truly invisible zipper
• Sewing in short sleeves
• Precise hems
• Bespoke adaptations. Using you shift dress pattern to create a more individual dress with puffed sleeves, waist tie and hem frill

2. The A-Line skirt

• Choosing your pattern
• Review of possible fabric types
• Simple pattern alterations for a hollow back or rounded tummy
• Cutting out the skirt and optional lining
• Seam neatening possibilities including Hong Kong, pinked and zig-zag finishes.
• Neat machine sewn lapped zipper.
• Making an elegant lining
• Adding a waistband with button fastening
• How to sew a button on really well
• Hems
• Bespoke adaptions. Adding contrasting fabric slots seams with top-stitched detail and a piped and bound wavy hem

3. Blouse

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations
• Making and fitting a toile/mock-up garment
• Fine French seams
• How to make the best one piece collar with perfect points
• Sewing long sleeves with a band to the lower edge
• How to position and sew buttonholes
• Hem choices
• Bespoke adaptions. Mixing prints for contemporary styling. Adding frills or flutes to the bottom edge of the sleeve and lower edge of the blouse, and applying collar trims

4. Trousers

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations for a flat or rounded bottom and for a rounded tummy
• Making and fitting a toile/mock-up garment
• Sewing a centre front zipper
• Making nice flat inset front pockets
• How to add an optional partial lining
• Attaching the waistband
• Getting hems level
• Bespoke adaptations. Decorative pocket and back yoke details

5. Lightweight quilted jacket and waistcoat

• Choosing your pattern and fabrics including fabric placement and design possibilities
• Simple pattern alterations
• Making and fitting a toile/mock-up garment
• To quilt or not to quilt
• Seam options including a range of bound finishes
• Perfect patch pockets
• Edge finishing with contrasting bound edges
• Fastening options to include ties and buttons with loops
• Bespoke alterations. A short scalloped edge waistcoat with added trim details

6. Shirt for ladies and gentlemen

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations
• Sew shaped front and back yokes
• Make a super two-piece shirt style collar
• Learn how to sew professional shirt sleeve plackets
• Add buttoned cuffs
• Make buttonholes in a front band
• Bespoke options. Sleeve variations and embellished details

7. The day dress

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations - reducing the armhole depth, decrease the bodice length
• Making and fitting a toile/mock-up garment
• Gather sleeve head and bodice details for shaping and as design features
• Waist seam styling
• Seam finishing choices
• Traditional closures such as side zippers and hooks and eyes
• Soft feminine Peter Pan style collars
• Bespoke adaptations. Sleeve and skirt variations and use of purchased or made trims

8. Dressing gown and kimono wraps

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations
• Working with silk or silk-like fabrics
• Making a shawl collar
• Piped trims
• Decorative cuff
• Contrast fabric details
• Side seam pockets

9. Sewing with knitted fabrics

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Simple pattern alterations
• Extensive exploration of 3 and 4 thread overlocking
• Investigation of stitches and techniques for sewing knitted fabrics on a regular sewing machine
• Sewing a zipper into a knitted garment
• How to hem knitted garments
• The class project is flared leg jump suit with v-neck and dramatic cape 

10. Jeans for everyone

• Choosing a pattern and fabric
• Discussion of how Denim is made and the weights available
• Simple pattern alterations to the waist, rise and bottom
• Seam options to include flat fell and mock flat fell seams
• Sew a front fly zipper
• Precise patch pockets to the posterior!
• Make a waistband with added belt loops
• To rivet or not to rivet!
• Conquer those chunky hems
• Exploration of decorative seam options and trims

11. Bridesmaid dress

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Making a toile
• Fitting and pattern alterations
• Lapped top-stitched seams
• Interlining a bodice and a half lined skirt
• Three methods for one-piece neck and armhole facings
• Super neat narrow hems on fine fabrics
• Gathered shoulder feature
• Roueau loop and covered button fastenings
• A narrow belt construction

12. Showerproof Raincoat

• Choosing your pattern and fabric
• Making a toile
• Fitting and pattern alterations
• Waterproof seam choices
• A fully lined hood with drawstring feature
• Front pockets with flaps that help to shed water
• Popper fastenings
• Chunky open ended zipper fastening

All classes are supplemented by our monthly live members only Q&A with Philippa, and through the very active members only Facebook group where many topics, questions and garment making problems are discussed.

Patch Pockets

Detailed instructions, techniques and design ideas for 10 different patch pocket styles.

Welt Pockets

Detailed instructions, techniques and design ideas for 6 different styles of welt pockets.

In-seam pockets

Detailed instructions, techniques and design ideas for inserting pockets into seams.

Pocket Bundle

Get all three pocket classes for the price of two

With a range of distinctive features the Chanel style jacket employs exquisite detail and the highest couture level techniques. Philippa Naylor is the perfect teacher to guide you through this exiting and informative  process - giving you precise instructions and demonstrations of every step. The end result will be a beautiful Chanel style jacket you are proud to wear on every occasion.