Registration Process


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Our Cancellation Policy:
Regular Classes without a Registration Deadline
  • If you cancel at least 14 days before class, you would receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee and the PayPal fees.
  • Between 7 & 14 days, a 100% credit towards another class to be taken within 6 months.
  • No refunds on cancellations within 7 days of the class except: if the class is full when you cancel and we can fill your space, we would issue 100% credit towards another class to be taken within 6 months.
  • If a class is postponed due to weather conditions or the instructor is ill, you will be notified and the class rescheduled. If we cancel the class for any reason, a full refund is issued.

Our Cancellation Policy for Classes, Workshops and Trips with a Registration Deadline

  • If you cancel before the registration deadline, you will receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee and the PayPal fees.
  • If you cancel after the registration deadline, a student will need to replace you, you will receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee and the PayPal Fees..

Classes


The Bookstore


Book: Minott Method Skirts and Pants available on Flash Drive US Shipping
- Apr 28, 2019 12:00 am
The Minott method takes into account figure differences; skirts and pants are drafted to fit one's hip shape and posture type, not just waist and hip measurements.

Cost: $ 27.00
Book: Minot Method Total Pattern Fit available on Flash Drive
- Apr 28, 2019 12:00 am
This is an easy method of adjusting commercial patterns.

Cost: $ 27.00
Flash Drive Book The Trouser Draft by Kenneth D. King
- Apr 28, 2019 12:00 am
Trouser Draft by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* – 178 Pages • Includes Video Demonstration • $24.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included. Trouser Draft discusses the system of drafting trousers (for men and women) from measurements.

Cost: $ 24.95
Lynda Maynard's CD Book De-Mystifying Fit, International orders
- Apr 28, 2019 12:00 am
CD Book offers a visual approach to fitting. A moulage/sloper/basic pattern that has been fitted or drafted to your personal measurements is duplicated in clear plastic with the necessary reference points

Cost: $ 39.95
Bodice Wrinkle Chart - Minott Method International Shipping
- Apr 28, 2019 12:00 am
Wrinkle Chart from the Total Pattern Fit by Jan Minott.

Cost: $ 32.00
Bodice Wrinkle Chart- Minot Method
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
These Wrinkle Charts are taken from the Total Pattern Fit by Jan Minott. The wrinkle charts also include the alterations to correct the wrinkles found in a poor fit.

Cost: $ 11.00
Flash Drive Book The Moulage by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
• A Flash Drive book* – 130 pages • Includes Video Demonstration on CD-ROM. • $24.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included The moulage is the foundation of the couture pattern drafting system taught by the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne in Paris. This is a system of measuring the figure, calculating, and drafting a pattern that will fit the torso like a second skin, incorporating any of the infinite variations of shape the human figure can take.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - The Basic Sleeve by Kenneth D. King - International orders only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
The Basic Sleeve by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive book* – 89 pages • $33.95 US – shipping included Once you get your slopers, you will need a sleeve. This book continues with the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne system of couture pattern drafting, to draft the three most basic set-in sleeves: Shirt sleeve, fitted sleeve with elbow dart, and two-part tailored sleeve.

Cost: $ 33.95
Flash Drive Book - Brush Fringe Jacket by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Brush Fringe Jacket by Kenneth D. King • A Book on a Flash Drive* • $17.95 US – shipping included.

Cost: $ 17.95
Flash Drive Book- The Brush Fringe Jacket by Kenneth D. King - International Orders only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Brush Fringe Jacket by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $31.95 US – shipping included.

Cost: $ 31.95
Flash Drive Book - The Skirts by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
The Skirts by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $38.95 US – shipping included. The Skirts is another installment of the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne system of pattern drafting.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book - Dress Lines by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Dress Lines by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $19.95 US – shipping included. The Dress Lines CD is the final installment of the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne pattern drafting system.

Cost: $ 19.95
Flash Drive Book - Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan - International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
NEW Flash Drive book! Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan By Kenneth D. King Kenneth has introduced yet another book, on garment techniques, called Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan!

Cost: $ 39.95
Flash Drive Book - Birth of a Bustier by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Birth of a Bustier by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping included. If you’ve ever made strapless garments, you will know how difficult it is to make a garment that fits well and stays in place.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - Birth of a Bustier by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Birth of a Bustier by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $38.95 US – shipping included. If you’ve ever made strapless garments, you will know how difficult it is to make a garment that fits well and stays in place.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book - Tailored Jacket by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Tailored Jacket by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book, 289 pages* • $27.95 US – shipping included. My aim was to create a book that illustrates the process so well that one would feel confident to try an tailored jacket.

Cost: $ 27.95
Lynda Maynard's CD Book De-mystifying Fit- US Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
This CD Book offers a visual approach to fitting. A moulage/sloper/basic pattern that has been fitted or drafted to your personal measurements is duplicated in clear plastic with the necessary reference points

Cost: $ 27.95
Book: The Minott Method Total Pattern Fit on a Flash Drive - International Shipping
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
The Minot Method is an easy method of adjusting commercial patterns to fit.

Cost: $ 47.00
Book: The Minott Method Skirts and Pants on Flash Drive International Shipping
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
An easy method developed by Jan Minott to alter commercial patterns for a custom fit.

Cost: $ 47.00
Tacoma Poncho Pattern by Ryliss Bod
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Tacoma Poncho pattern with collar and front closure.

Cost: $ 14.00
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light and Medium Taupe View A -2 packs
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light and Medium Taupe View A -2 packs

Cost: $ 17.75
Flash Drive Book Advanced Sleeve by Kenneth D. King International orders only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Advanced Sleeve by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive book* – 215 pages • $38.95 US – shipping included Advanced sleeve picks up where The Basic Sleeve leaves off

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book Necklines and Draping by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Necklines and Draping by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book Necklines and Draping by Kenneth D. King International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Necklines and Draping by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $38.95 US – shipping included. This is the next installment in the series of couture pattern making CD’s.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book - Making Garments from Existing Garments by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Making Garments from Existing Garments by Kenneth D. King • A flash Drive Book* • $38.95 US – shipping included. If you have a garment that you love, one that you’d like more of, you can use this way of taking a pattern from it without ripping the garment apart.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book - Embellishments by Kenneth D. King
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
NEW Flash Drive book! Embellishments By Kenneth D. King $24.95 Price includes shipping. There’s a new CD book out by Kenneth! Called Embellishments, it gathers many diverse embellishment techniques that Kenneth has written about, taught at the Fashion Insititute of Technology, and across the country.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - Embellishments by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
NEW Flash Drive book! Embellishments By Kenneth D. King

Cost: $ 38.95
Both Minott Books, Total Pattern Fit and Skirts and Pants on Flash Drive Includes Shipping in the US
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Total Pattern Fit and Skirts and Pants; Adjusting, Drafting, Coding and Fitting Sewing Patterns. Get both books and save money.

Cost: $ 43.00
Both Minott Books, Total Pattern Fit and Skirts and Pants on Flash Drive International orders
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Both Minott Method Books: Total Pattern Fit and Skirts and Pants on a Flash Drive or Digital Version International orders .

Cost: $ 67.00
How Posture Controls Fit by Jan Minott - US shipping
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Jan Minott's handout for adjusting pants and skirt patterns for your posture type.

Cost: $ 10.00
How Posture Controls Fit by Jan Minott - International Shipping
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Jan Minott's handout for adjusting pants and skirt patterns for your posture type.

Cost: $ 24.50
Beginning Sewing Class Notes in a Digital version
- Jun 30, 2019 12:00 pm
Digital version of the Beginning Sewing Class notes with measurement charts, sizing charts, ease charts and basic sewing information.

Cost: $ 27.00
Flash Drive Book - The Skirts by Kenneth D. King
- Dec 29, 2019 12:00 am
The Skirts by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included. The Skirts is another installment of the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne system of pattern drafting.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan by Kenneth D. King
- Dec 29, 2019 12:00 pm
NEW Flash Drive book! Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan By Kenneth D. King Kenneth has introduced yet another book, on garment techniques, called Cool Tricks Takes Manhattan!

Cost: $ 25.95
Flash Drive Book Trouser by Kenneth D. King - Internaltional Orders only
- Jan 05, 2020 12:00 am
Trouser Draft by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* – 178 Pages • Includes Video Demonstration • $32.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included. Trouser Draft discusses the system of drafting trousers (for men and women) from measurements.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book The Collars by Kenneth D. King Internaltional Orders Only
- Jan 05, 2020 12:00 am
The Collars by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $38.95 US – shipping included. The Collars is another installment in the series of couture patternmaking CD books.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book- Patternmaking 2 Course Notes Developed to teach patternmaking by Kenneth D. King - International Orders
- Jan 05, 2020 12:00 am
Flash Drive Book- Patternmaking 2 Course Notes Developed to teach Patternmaking by Kenneth D. King

Cost: $ 43.95
Flash Drive Book - Making Garments from Existing Garments by Kenneth D. King
- Feb 02, 2020 12:00 am
Making Garments from Existing Garments by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping included. If you have a garment that you love, one that you’d like more of, you can use this way of taking a pattern from it without ripping the garment apart.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book The Moulage by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
The Moulage By Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive book* – 130 pages . • $24.95 US – shipping and all applicable taxes included The moulage is the foundation of the couture pattern drafting system taught by the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne in Paris. This is a system of measuring the figure, calculating, and drafting a pattern that will fit the torso like a second skin, incorporating any of the infinite variations of shape the human figure can take.

Cost: $ 38.95
Flash Drive Book The Basic Sleeve by Kenneth D. King
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
The Basic Sleeve by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive book* – 89 pages • $19.95 US – shipping included Once you get your slopers, you will need a sleeve. This book continues with the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne system of couture pattern drafting, to draft the three most basic set-in sleeves: Shirt sleeve, fitted sleeve with elbow dart, and two-part tailored sleeve.

Cost: $ 19.95
Flash Drive Book The Collars by Kenneth D. King
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
The Collars by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping included. The Collars is another installment in the series of couture patternmaking CD books.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - Handbag Construction by Kenneth D. King
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Handbag Construction by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $24.95 US – shipping included. Handbag Construction is a CD book, based on the popular classes Kenneth teaches at www.patternreview.com.

Cost: $ 24.95
Flash Drive Book - Dress Lines by Kenneth D. King - International Orders only
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Dress Lines by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book* • $35.95 US – shipping included. The Dress Lines CD is the final installment of the Ecole Guerre-Lavigne pattern drafting system.

Cost: $ 35.95
Flash Drive book Patternmaking 2 Course Notes Developed to teach Patternmaking by Kenneth D. King
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
CD Patternmaking 2 Course Notes Developed to teach Patternmaking by Kenneth D. King

Cost: $ 29.95
Antique Silk Covered Snaps 6 packs in a variety of 15 colors.
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps 6 packs in a variety of 15 colors.

Cost: $ 110.00
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Medium and Dark Brown View B -2 packs
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Medium and Dark Brown View B -2 packs

Cost: $ 17.75
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light Pink, Medium Pink and Red Wine - View C -3 packs
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light Pink, Medium Pink and Red Wine - View C -3 packs

Cost: $ 25.50
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Pale Yellow, Light Yellow and Green - View D -3 packs
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Pale Yellow, Light Yellow and Green - View D -3 packs

Cost: $ 25.50
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light, Medium and Dark Grey - View E -3 packs
- May 31, 2020 12:00 am
Antique Silk Covered Snaps -Light, Medium and Dark Grey - View E -3 packs

Cost: $ 25.50
Flash Drive Book - Tailored Jacket by Kenneth D. King - International Orders Only
- Aug 30, 2020 12:00 am
Tailored Jacket by Kenneth D. King • A Flash Drive Book, 289 pages* • $39.95 US – shipping included.

Cost: $ 39.95

Private Lessons available for hectic schedules


Torri is learning how to use her new sewing machine by making a sleeveless blouse. She completed 2 pairs of pants, one lined, before heading off to college on the east coast on a volleyball scholarship.  Pants are generally too short for her and now she has a pattern to fit and can continue to make variety of styles.
Kristina 1st dress was Vogue 8900
Her goal: study Fashion Design in New York





Mattie finished her top and wore it home in her Learning to Sew class.  Her goal is to be a fashion designer.












Draping


Make Your own DRESS FORM


Email Ryliss@comcast.net if interested in this class.












Dress Forms 2015












Inspiration from the runways


 

Koos van den Akker Vogue 1277

Calendar


Feb 20
Open Lab Wednesday Feb. 9:30 -3:30 pm

Open labs are set up for people to sew on their projects with the help of an instructor.

Feb 20
Open Labs WEDNESDAY February 12:30-3:30 pm

The lab is for people who wish to sew or design on their own with a teacher available for help if needed.

Feb 23
Redwood City, CA Trouser Drafting with Kenneth D. King

Trouser Drafting with Kenneth D. King in Redwood City, CA,

Feb 23
Learn to Sew Part 1 Saturday Feb 23 9:30-12:30 FULL
Feb 23
Learn to Sew, Part 2 & 3 Saturday in Feb 23, 2-5pm
Feb 24
Redwood City, CA Trouser Drafting with Kenneth D. King
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Gift Cards

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Maison Margiela


Magpie trend fall 2015

Fendi


Frayed Tweed

New Pattern Vogue 9166





New Pattern Vogue 1484


Boss


Basic Knit Block Workshop with Lynda Maynard

New Patterns


 Vogue 1494

New Patterns


New Pattern Vogue 9167


 

Our Cancellation Policy:
  • If you cancel at least 14 days before class, you would receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee.
  • Between 7 & 14 days, a 100% credit towards another class to be taken within 6 months.
  • No refunds on cancellations within 7 days of the class except: if the class is full when you cancel and we can fill your space, we would issue 100% credit towards another class to be taken within 6 months.
  • If a class is postponed due to weather conditions or the instructor is ill, you will be notified and the class rescheduled. If we cancel the class for any reason, a full refund is issued.

Our Cancellation Policy for Classes with a Registration Deadline: Workshops or events with instructors brought in from another state or country.

  • If you cancel before the registration deadline, you will receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee.
  • If you cancel after the registration deadline, a student will need to replace you, less a $5.00 processing fee.

Our Cancellation Policy for Trips with a Registration Deadline
  • If you cancel before the registration deadline or date the trip fills and arrangements are booked, you will receive a full refund, less a $5.00 processing fee. You will be notified prior to the early booking.
  • If you cancel after the registration deadline, you will need cancellation insurance, at an additional cost.

Welt Pocket Opening Instructional Video


 
Watch a Video on construction a Welt Pocket Opening by Threads.


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