Apparel Design

A 6-week course aimed at exploring a new-age approach to fashion design, revolving around the use of imagination and retired garments. Students will explore the fashion design process through the use of common tools, basic sewing, embroidery, and screen printing. After exploring a variety of techniques, students may choose to follow the screen printing or sewing pathway. From there, students can explore the photography, filmography, and content creation that goes into modern marketing. The course will culminate with a pop-up or art show featuring student-produced garments.

At Beaverton HS

  • During BeaverLodge, Room 407

  • Starting Friday, November 3rd

  • Semester 1 Dates: 11/3, 11/14, 12/5, 1/4, 1/18

  • Semester 2 Dates: 2/9, 2/23, 3/6, 3/13, 4/1, 4/11

At Roosevelt HS

  • First three Tuesdays in December

  • 3:45-5pm in art room

  • Sewing Pathway

    • Class 1: What is design? Tap into creativity, explore different types of production (sewing or printing)

    • Class 2: Intro to tools, use/maintain sewing machine, explore machine, basic stitching, types of thread.

    • Class 3: Sewing material together, deconstructing garments, working w/ different materials

    • Class 4: Creating garment from scratch, repurposing existing garments, reattaching limbs,

    • Class 5: Intro to embroidery w machine/hand embroidery, tools,

    • Class 6: Attaching zippers, buttons, miscellaneous objects, patchwork

  • Screen Printing Pathway

    • Class 1: What is design? Tap into creativity, explore different types of production (sewing or printing)

    • Class 2: Analyzing and understanding the different types of screen printing (vinyl, ink, prefab vinyl)

    • Class 3: Creating a design that works (use of adobe illustrator) and vectors

    • Class 4: Prepping and burning a screen, selecting and ordering garments

    • Class 5: Intro to printing, different inks and techniques

    • Class 6: Multiple color prints