Course Description: This course introduces students to essential fabric skills used in fashion, tailoring, crafts, and textile design. It covers fabric types, handling techniques, cutting, stitching, care, and finishing. Participants will gain hands-on experience and develop a solid understanding of how to work with different fabrics for both creative and practical purposes. Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will:

• Identify and classify different types of fabrics.
• Understand fabric properties and their applications.
• Practice cutting, handling, and stitching techniques.
• Learn about fabric care, maintenance, and sustainability.
• Apply decorative and functional finishes to fabric projects.
• Complete a fabric-based personal or fashion/home project.

• Participation and Attendance: 20%
• Hands-on Exercises: 40%
• Final Project: 40%

• Natural vs. synthetic fabrics
• Woven, knit, and non-woven fabrics
• How fabric is made: yarns, weaves, finishes

• Touch and test different fabric samples
• Understand weight, stretch, drape, texture
• Choosing the right fabric for your project

• Fabric scissors, rotary cutters, measuring tools
• Pressing and marking tools
• Organizing a safe and efficient fabric workspace

• Washing, drying, and ironing different fabrics
• Shrinkage and pre-treatment
• How to lay and align fabric for cutting

• Manual cutting vs. pattern cutting
• Cutting with grain, bias, and nap
• Accuracy and safety in cutting

• Basic hand stitches: running, backstitch, and slipstitch
• Hemming and edge finishing by hand
• Sewing for detail and durability

• Sewing machine setup and threading
• Stitch selection, seam allowance, and tension
• Practice: straight stitch, zigzag, decorative stitches

• Common seam types: plain, French, flat-felled
• Edge finishes: pinking, serging, binding
• When and where to use each seam type

• Embroidery, appliqué, trims, and embellishments
• Using interfacing and stabilizers
• Creating textures with pleats, gathers, and ruffles

• Washing symbols and fabric care routines
• Eco-friendly fabric choices
• Repair, upcycling, and fabric conservation

• Planning a personal or home decor project
• Fabric selection, sketching, cutting, and beginning construction

• Final assembly, finishing touches
• Class presentation and peer review
• Feedback and discussion of techniques used