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Dressmaking for Beginners

Course Code
ARDE011A.FC
ARDE011B.FC
ARDE011C.FC
Start Date
22/09/2026
12/01/2027
13/04/2027
End Date
01/12/2026
23/03/2027
22/06/2027
Location
Ware Campus
Ware Campus
Ware Campus
Study Mode
Part Time

Taking place in our fashion studios, with access to industrial and domestic sewing machines, this course covers all the skills involved in making a garment from a commercial pattern including putting in a zip, waistbands and pockets.

How to book

Bookings for our Art & Design short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.

Please add the relevant course/workshop to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process.

If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select ”Register for an Account”.  You will only need to register for an account once.

For further details regarding the booking process, please see the Further Information section below.

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Students will be required to buy a pattern and fabric for either a skirt of a pair of trousers.  You will be given guidance on purchasing a simple pattern, fabric and basic equipment during the first class.

It is useful but not essential to have access to a sewing machine at home.

There are no entry requirements. All abilities welcome. You may enrol each term to repeat and recap skills.

ยฃ135 for each of the 10 week blocks.
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Our Introduction to Pattern Cutting short course is ideal for anyone wanting to develop their pattern cutting skills and learn how to draft their own patterns and blocks from scratch.

This course is scheduled on a Tuesday evening, 19:00 – 21:00, at our Ware Campus.

Courses run term time only, please click here to view our lates term dates.

All our Art & Design Short Courses are for aged 18+ unless otherwise specified.

How to book

Bookings for our Art & Design short courses and workshops can be made via our online payment portal at HRC Online Shop/Part Time.

If you have not used our payment portal before, please click here and select “Register for an Account”.  You will only need to register for an account once.

Please add the relevant course(s) to your cart before making payment via your online shop account, ensuring you fully complete the checkout process.

Once your booking/payment has been processed on our system, you will receive an email confirming your booking (please allow 3-5 working days for this).

The Department will contact you via email with start-up instructions approximately 1 week before the start of the course.

Please monitor your junk mail for emails from us as we are aware some of our system generated emails can end up there.

All our Art & Design short courses and workshops run subject to reaching minimum numbers.  In the event we are unable to run the course/workshop you are booked on to, you will be offered a space on an alternative course or a full refund of the course fee.

We endeavour to remove our courses from the website once they are full, in the unlikely event you are able pay for a course/workshop that is full, you will be offered a space on an alternative course or a full refund of the course fee.

For further information please contact our Information Centre by email on admissions@hrc.ac.uk, or to speak to an advisor please call 01992 411411.

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