Sewing Classes and Costume Classes

Farthingales is Expanding

Farthingales has taught corset making classes at many places and offered an extensive list of classes when in Los Angeles, now they're offering them in Stratford, Ontario.

Two large well lit class rooms are almost ready for use with new walls, floors, electrics, windows and sewing machines! The spaces are awesome!

Several professional costumers from one of North Americas premier theatres are offering to teach classes from basic sewing techniques (so you can get up to speed for serious fashion and costume projects) to tailoring, corset making, hat making and ruff making with many other interesting project classes and drafting! 

Weekend Workshops will be offered through out the year with several multi evening classes and many since evening or single day classes. Pattern Drafting Classes, Corset Making Classes, Elizabetha Ruff Classes and so many more.

A few of the classes are listed here:

http://farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com/products.php?cat=Class

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Corset Making Classes

Farthingales is on the move!

As of June 1st 2014 Farthingales will be in a new larger location with two classrooms and potentially six teachers to offer a wide selection of classes.

Linda, the owner of Farthingales and the author of "The Basics of Corset Building" will be teaching a corset class in August - the exact date has yet to be determined, but it will be an all weekend class.

Other classes in development are:

• Elizabethan ruffs/cuffs
• fashion illustration
• pattern drafting
• Open Sew - bring your own project
• Hat making
• basic sewing

and the list keeps on growing!

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Corset Making Class

Corset Making Class in December 2013

Taught by Linda Sparks

Author of “The Basics of Corset Building” 

Two day workshop will see you make a mock-up from a commercial pattern, fit it to your body, make alterations to the pattern for future use and make the mock-up into a real corset with bones and busk etc. All supplies are included in the class fee and machines are supplied. You must at least have basic sewing skills – be familiar with operating a sewing machine and bring your own tools (see through ruler, scissors for paper and fabric, pins, measuring tape, note taking materials, tracing wheel and paper, tape etc.)

 

The corset to the right is NOT the corset we will make in class...but it's something to aspire to!

 

Depending on your abilities you may not finish the corset in class time but you will know how to finish it. Depending on your abilities you may not have a corset you want to wear by the end of class but you'll have the skills to make a better one. Come and learn how to make your own corset!

When: December 7th & 8^th   

Time: 9:30 – 4:30

Where: Montreal  at  École de couture Céline Ross

 4230 Décarie Blvd. Montreal, QC H4A 3K3

 

Fee: $270.00 plus tax for a total of $305.00

 

To register e-mail Linda@farthingalesla.com with your phone number and she will call you to register you and get credit card payment. You can also opt to pay via PayPal.

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This past weekend found me teaching an amazing group of teen's how to make a corset the quick n easy way using Rye and Ginger Corset Kits corset kits. We met at 10 on Saturday morning and one of the girls finished around 4, the others weren't far behind. We faced a few delays but weren't far off our targeted finish time.

The girls chose basic black and basic white waist cincher corsets and plan to add embelishments later - but before the Corset Fashion Show - they'll be modeling their work during Farthingales Corset Fashion Show on Friday October 22nd, at the Creativ Festival

Over Bust corset making class

Farthingales L.A. is hosting a two day over-bust corset class at Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, Illinois this coming August!

Two full days it tight to learn all there is about corset making but you will learn alot. Most people don't finish the corset in class but at least they have a pattern that fits them and they know how to complete the corset.

If you really want to know how to fit an over bust corset and put one together this is a good choice. Note: white coutil is used and there is limited to no opportunity to embellish it in class. This is all about learning the processes.

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Corset Class - waist cincher

Farthingales L.A will be hosting a one day Waist Cincher Class at Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, Illinois this August.

This is a great way to start corset making especially if you're new to sewing but even if you're not. This class is based on Rye & Ginger Kits waist cinchers to make it a fun and easy class that results in a great fashion accessory AND learning the basics of corset construction.

In the past we've had people come from as far as Washington state, Vogue Fabrics can connect you with hotels in the area and the shopping experience at the flag shop can be amazing - you'll get a discount card when you

Corset Making Class

The next Corset Class taught by Linda Sparks of Farthingales will be held October 20th at the Creativ Festival in Toronto. The information should be on their web site soon.

You can sign-up for their e-mail news letter by following the link provided here. http://www.csnf.com/f10_index.html

The class is just one day! And will be based on a pre-cut corset kit similar but not the same as those found on http://www.ryeandgingerkits.com/