Dressmaking and Design

CAREER OUTLOOK

Choose your Career
When you become a Dressmaker and Designer, you'll discover the satisfaction of making clothes for yourself and for your friends and family. You'll be the one friends and neighbors turn to for repairs, alterations, or new clothes. You might work for a local tailor or a major brand-name clothes designer, or start your own business. Dressmaking skills will always be in demand.

Earn your Career Diploma at home in as little as nine months by studying just an hour a day for your new career.
Start your own business. Work part-time from home, or open a full-time Dressmaking shop of your own.

Your New Skills
You'll learn every important part of being a Dressmaker.

The basics. The sewing machine, basic dressmaking processes, fibers and fabrics.
Design techniques. Line and design in fashion, embroidery, and garment decoration.
Designing by draping. Using and customizing a dress form, creating original clothing designs.
Alterations and fitting. Altering and fitting necklines, armholes, sleeves, waistlines, and more.
Decorative features. Applying ruffles, tassels, beading, and custom fasteners.