Tailoring and Fitting
Get the tips and techniques for perfect fitting clothes everytime. Please register early for these classes, as some require advanced preparation from students and most sell out quickly. Special cancellation dates apply for some classes, or 48 hour advanced notice is required for a full refund.

CLONE YOURSELF I - Duct Tape Dressform
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So, you really want a clone of yourself, and you’ve heard all the fantastic things about Jean’s Clone I & II classes, but you can’t commit to two days? No problemo! This one day session will allow you to get your customized dressform in a private 1 hour duct tape session in the morning, and then you can stuff your new dressform to yor proportions in the afternoon group workshop. This patented technique really re-creates your body so you can fit your patterns and garments accurately in your sewing room, and you can stick pins in them and squish them when need be. This is also ideal for those of you whose bodies have changed since your last taping. You must cancel at least 72 hours before the start of class for a full refund. Class fee: $165 plus materials. Instructor: Jean Haas.

VICTORIAN OVER-BUST CORSET CLASS
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The object of this class is to learn how to fit a corset mock-up and build a corset using the double layer construction technique. This includes applying a busk, measuring for and chooseing bones, marking and setting grommets. The class starts with a commercial patern, and you learn to adjust it to fit your body measurements, make a mock-up, and fit it with the teacher's guidence, transferring the changes to the original pattern (so you can make your next corset without a fitting partner), and finally putting the corset together. This two day workshop is fairly intense and the students rarely finish in class time, so the corset you end up with is a basic white corset that has been your learning tool - it may or may not be something you want to wear but it is an excellent reference for future corset making. This class has sold out previously. The next time you make this corset, you can use a fashion fabric on the outer layer. Class size is very limited. Class fee:$295 which includes corset materials, bones, busk, fabrics, grommets and pattern. No cancelations after August 1st. Presented by Farthingales, LA.

DRAPING FOR BEGINNERS - The 15 Minute Camisole
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Learn the secrets to designing and making your own indispensable core wardrobe piece -- The Camisole. It is so easy to drape your own camisole pattern from scratch using the fashion designer method of draping. Once you make this quick camisole, you will want to wear your creation over and over again! Quickly discover how you can take any 1 yard remnant from your stash and put it to good use. This class will be available beginning early March, 2009. It is an on-line class, so when you register, we will send you a link to the files. You will then have 30 days to watch and download the videos, tutorials and pdfs. Watch it again and again during those 30 days in the comfort and privacy of your own home anytime, day or night, anywhere around the world! Class Fee: $45. Instructor: Jean Haas

DRAPING FOR BEGINNERS - The 15 Minute Straight Skirt
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Are you in a hurry for a perfect fitted skirt pattern? If so, then you don't want to miss this fantastic class! You are going to learn the absolute simplest way of creating your own skirt from scratch. In the privacy of your own home, right before your eyes, you are going to see how to "drae a skirt" in just 15 minutes. This class will be available beginning early March, 2009. It is an on-line class, so when you register, we will send you a link to the files. You will then have 30 days to watch and download the videos, tutorials and pdfs. Watch it again and again during those 30 days in the comfort and privacy of your own home anytime, day or night, anywhere around the world! Class fee: $45. Instructor: Jean Haas.