Objective: To train skilled tailors, dressmakers, and textile entrepreneurs who can create and repair garments, design clothing, or start their own fashion and sewing businesses.
Curriculum Focus:
Machine Operation & Maintenance: Proficiency in operating industrial and domestic sewing machines, troubleshooting common issues.
Pattern Making & Cutting: Learning to create, adapt, and cut patterns for various garments.
Garment Construction: Step-by-step assembly of different clothing items (dresses, shirts, trousers, skirts, uniforms).
Fabric Knowledge: Understanding different fabric types, their properties, and suitable applications.
Finishing & Embellishment: Techniques for hemming, seaming, adding zippers, buttons, and decorative elements.
Fashion Design (Basic): Introduction to design principles and trends.
Hands-on Experience: Students create a portfolio of garments, often working on commissioned pieces or school uniform production.
Career Prospects: Working in tailoring shops, garment factories, creating custom clothing, or establishing independent sewing businesses specializing in design, repair, or production. This is particularly popular for female entrepreneurs.
Sewing School Student Performance