PRACTICE is the ONLY Way to Learn Most Effectively and Successfully!

Many people wonder why they don’t improve in their sewing skills, simply because they don’t spend enough time practicing on their sewing machine at home.  Learning to sew, pattern draft, French drape, grade, illustrate or do anything related to fashion design is never an easy task if you don’t prioritize and dedicate the time to practice on your own time.  In fact, most fashion design students from all of these fashion design institutions don’t practice enough OR they don’t practice at all during their 1 to 4 years in school, which is why these graduates fail miserably in their technical skills.  These fashion institutions focus 90% on theory and 10% on technical skills, which is why many of their graduates cannot sew, draft, or grade patterns.  At Vancouver Sewing Classes (VSC), we spend not 100% but, rather, 200% on technical skills training, to ensure that our clients have a solid foundation in industrial sewing, pattern drafting, French draping, pattern grading and preparing professional, detailed Tech Packs.  It is extremely valuable and empowering when you practice and master all of the fashion design technical skills that ensure that you will have a long-lasting career in the fashion industry.

When you practice a lot, you will have greater confidence and become more efficient because you will make far fewer mistakes and complete the garment more efficiently in a much shorter period.  Practice will also help build your muscle memory and experience, which you cannot buy from any fashion school or sewing studio.  I always advise all of my clients, “if you don’t practice it, you will lose it.”  Sadly, every fashion school these days focuses and spends far too much time on trash courses and impractical assignments, instead of practicing and honing technical skills.  The reality is that many of their fashion graduates are NEVER going to make it in the fashion industry, since they have no real technical skills to offer to their future employers nor do they possess any real skills to even start their own business.

Early preparation requires a lot of self-discipline, especially at the early stage of learning and training for any new designer or sewer.  If you don’t practice, you won’t get the results you want.  There is NO shortcut to success, and that’s a fact!  Furthermore, you won’t grow and progress in your technical skills development.  If you don’t work hard, you will never know your full potential.