learning to sew necessary???

melissa54
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:55:11 +0000

My daughter was a fashion design major and definitely needed to learn to sew. At her school, some basics were taught in the beginning classes in her major. But, she also took a summer class to improve her sewing skills. She had very minimal sewing skills before she started college. She was never interested in sewing when she was younger but she was detemined to major in fashion design so she made a major effort to learn. Begininng in sophomore year, she was sewing almost constantly to prepare projects and to get ready for fashion shows. Students in her program were required to sew all the garments they designed and were not allowed to get outside help; I think this is typical of fashion design programs.

My suggestion is that you encourge your daughter to start learning to sew as soon as possible. It will make things a lot easier later on, if she ends up majorig in fashion design. Best of luck to her.