BA (Hons)
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On this highly practical 10-week course, you'll learn the essential skills needed to create your own clothes with confidence.
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This succeeding level clothes making course will guide you in mastering the fundamental skills that go into making a garment. You'll learn how to take measurements efficiently and accurately and apply them correctly to develop your own customised pattern using personal and direct body measurements.
Your vastly experienced and specialist AUB BA (Hons) Fashion tutor Alice Kiernander will introduce you to the basic techniques of draping a neckline, employing a pattern cutting method frequently used by designers that involves draping fabric onto a body form using our professional mannequin stands.
Throughout the course you'll study how to use specialist equipment, become familiar with pattern terminology and learn the correct written and drawn information that’s applied to finished patterns. You'll learn how to tackle more advanced elements such as pockets and garment openings, as well as grain lines, notches and selvedge when laying out your pattern pieces.
Using block pattern manipulation techniques, pivoting of darts and development of drafts, you’ll progress in your learning and put into practice various seams and explore a variety of different fabrics.
At the end of the course you'll:
Will I be assessed?
No, there's no formal assessment. As the course progresses, your tutor will measure your overall performance and offer essential guidance and feedback so you know how you're getting on.
BA (Hons)
Spring term 2026
Thursday 15 January – 19 March 2026 (10 Thursday evenings, 18.00-21.00)
Age
Suitable for adults aged 18+.
Level
Intermediate or anyone with some experience who want to refresh or develop their skills further.
Experience or qualifications required
You should possess some tailoring knowledge or experience in order to benefit the most from this course. Ideally, you'll have completed Clothes Making – An Introduction (Stage 1).
If you'd like to discuss if this course is suitable for you, get in touch with us: academy@aub.ac.uk or 01202 363222.
£379
Any additional costs
You'll need to provide basic materials. This'll incur an additional cost if you need to purchase one for the course. See the 'What to bring to class' section below for full details.
Course materials included in the price
Any additional materials and resources not listed below will be provided by AUB.
A basic amount of calico and pattern paper for making a practice garment, known as a toile, will be supplied during the course. Further calico can be purchased from the tutor.
You'll be expected to purchase their own material for their final pieces.
Information about resourcing specialist materials/consumables that you may need to bring these with you
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This could just be the start of your creative journey! After this course, you could further your clothes making skills with another short course or look to the future and explore our creative qualifications that can prepare you to further your current career, enable you to retrain to an alternative career path or prepare you for future creative arts studies.
We're a first-choice provider of art and design short courses for anyone wishing to engage in art and design subjects in their spare time.
There are plenty of reasons to consider studying a creative short course. Perhaps you want to retrain, learn new skills, or just have fun...
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