CLASSES

Introductions

• Students will Introduce themselves (to build a sense of community)
• Ara will introduce himself.

All About Leather

Leather: qualities, properties, and terms

Types of Leather: exotics, lamb, goat, cow, synthetic, etc.

Natural Characteristics of Leather

The wide range of usages for leather, from Ancient Egypt, through the Middle Ages, till 2016

How the use of leather directs design and production process (this includes the range of uses in fashion, home, luxury goods)

Leather and the accessory market: parts of the animal in relation to design and function, provide visual examples

Leather trade shows and fairs; purchasing leather from the tannery, as opposed to a distributor (pro’s vs. con’s)

Pattern Making

Ways to make pattern by hands 

Pattern specification

Creation of hard paper patterns

Making modifications

Seam allowance

Trimming allowance and finishings

Students will create a pattern of the bag they will be making (soft paper)

All About Machines

Bobbin

Feed Dogs

Foot Pressure Dial

Stitch Width

Stitch Length

Tension Knob

Students will thread the machine

Students will practice using the machine

Cutting and Sewing the Bag

Cutting the bag.  Bags will be cut previously

Sew the bag

Finish bag