Students in this discipline would be proficient in dress making, creating original patterns, curtains, custom tailored alterations and stitches, and clothing repairs. These graduates will be ready for employment in the garment industry or to start their own business.
Student Kit includes:
⦁ Scissor
⦁ Seam ripper
⦁ Pins / pin cushion
⦁ Measuring tape
⦁ Colored tape
⦁ Hand needles
⦁ Thimble
⦁ Threads – white, neutral, gray, black
⦁ Tailor’s chalk
Each student kit is $20. Please consider donating to sponsor a student, or take a look at the needed equipment list and donate towards a larger tool or equipment that will be used in training students from multiple classes.
Additional needs specific for the sewing lab
⦁ Sewing machines we have about 30
⦁ Lint brush $ 10
⦁ Sewing machine needles $ 80
⦁ Loop turner $ 30
⦁ Sewing machine needle inserters $ 30
⦁ Point turner and seam creaser $ 25
⦁ Machine lubricant $ 30
⦁ Flexible seam guide $100
⦁ Hand needles $ 10
⦁ Tracing wheels $ 15
⦁ Needle threaders $ 10
⦁ Tailor’s awl $ 10
⦁ Scissors $100
⦁ Hem clips (Big) $100 (Small) $ 50
⦁ Seam rippers $ 30
⦁ Thimbles $ 20
⦁ Tape measures $ 15
⦁ Colored pencils / tailor’s chalk $ 20
⦁ Pins (ball point) $ 10 (safety pins) $ 5
⦁ Pin cushions $ 20 wrist pin cushions $ 15
⦁ Threads (white, neutral, gray, black) Each color (Big spool) 8 $120 Assorted (small spool) 50 $175
⦁ Thread conditioners $ 30
⦁ Thread holders $ 50
⦁ Thread racks (holds 60) $ 30
⦁ Thread conditioners $ 30
⦁ Cone thread holders $ 50
⦁ Rulers – Straight $120, Angle $ 60, Curve $ 50, Hip $ 60, Seam gauge $ 50
⦁ Rotary stick cutter $ 30
⦁ Adjustable Dress Form (2) $500
⦁ Desk lamps $150
⦁ Magnifier/lamp combo $ 75
⦁ Cutting mats 12 x 18 $ 30, 18 x 24 $ 44