Create your own Fashion Top for 11 to 15 Year Olds Short Course
Course description
- Young people aged 11 to 15 who are interested in fashion, drawing, creativity, sewing, design or making their own clothes
- Complete beginners as well as those who have some creative or sewing experience and want to build confidence working with fabrics and garments
- Beginners / early intermediate level
No experience is required as full instruction will be provided – enthusiasm is the only requirement.
Key information
- Fashion inspiration, mood boards and future catwalk trends
- Fashion drawing and experimenting with colours, textures and design ideas
- Introduction to sewing machines and safe studio practice
- Fabric preparation, cutting and construction techniques
- Garment making: creating a custom top from design to finish
- Generate design ideas using mood boards, collage and sketching
- Develop a fashion concept inspired by a theme
- Understand the basic steps of garment design and construction
- Thread and safely operate a sewing machine
- Apply simple sewing techniques such as seams, hems, decorative stitching, gathers or trims
- Prepare fabric, follow a simple pattern layout and cut fabric correctly
- Construct a wearable top from start to finish
- Document and present design development in a clear and creative way
- Receive a digital badge and certificate of attendance
- Develop an open-minded approach to art and design
- Experience art school teaching
- If possible, please bring a camera or camera phone to record the process of making work and the final outcomes
Tutor
Salima Sule Ali
Salima Sule Ali is a London-based Womenswear Fashion Designer and facilitator in the art of creativity. Since graduating from the London College of Fashion in 2020 with a BA in Design & Technology Womenswear, she has built her namesake made-to-order luxury brand, SALIMA.ALI, driven by her passion for quality craftsmanship.
Her work is grounded in the principles of quality, craftsmanship, and sustainability in design. With over 10 years of experience in the apparel and fashion industry, Salima has held roles such as Production Assistant, Garment Technologist, Pattern Cutter, and Digitiser. She has collaborated with leading fashion brands and couture houses, gaining extensive knowledge of both creative production processes and the business operations that sustain a fashion brand.
Salima's passion for creative subjects has enabled her to work with a wide range of organisations. Alongside running her brand, she collaborates with University of the Arts London (UAL) as a creativity facilitator, working on projects with the Widening Participation Outreach department and partner colleges. Through these collaborations, she shares her love of fashion and creativity with students while enhancing their knowledge and access to pursue creative pathways at the degree level.
After completing her PG Cert in Academic Practice at UAL in 2022, Salima continues to evolve her practice as a Visiting Practitioner and Guest Lecturer at the London College of Fashion. Central to her teaching philosophy is the belief that facilitating creativity transcends age, and that true knowledge exchange is driven by a passion to explore.
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