Design and Make a Printed Shirt for 16 to 18 Year Olds

You will start the course by making a shirt toile (making your shirt in a test fabric to ensure that the fit and cut is perfect). The next stage is to research and design your pattern, printing your final design on fabric that you will use to make your own unique shirt.


Topics covered

• Making a shirt toile to gain technical experience of using industrial machines and learn the techniques for constructing collars, plackets, yokes, cuffs and different seam finishes.
• Print design –research a chosen topic and use this as a basis for print ideas
• Printing onto fabric using the heat press
• Making up the final shirt in original printed fabric
• Learn how to present your final piece and the research that went into it in a portfolio.

Outcomes

By the end of the course you will have a finished printed shirt and pattern, a sketchbook full of inspired design ideas, skills in print, working with a pattern and toile, techniques for construction a shirt

Who should take this course

This course is aimed at students aged 16 to 18 who are studying art and design or fashion at college. No prior experience of the techniques covered in the course are required.

Level: Beginners

Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older