Portland Fashion Institute | Portland Sewing – Sewing classes for the beginner to the advanced stitcher!

START WITH THE BASICS

learn tricks to make great clothes

SEWING CLASSES

LAUNCH YOUR CAREER

start your own line or land a job

Earn your certificate

LEARN THE INDUSTRY

from those that live it every day

BUSINESS CLASSES

GET THE SECRETS

to making patterns that fit

PATTERNMAKING

MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE

learn to draw by hand & computer

DESIGN CLASSES

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sashiko: Splendid Mending

Discover ways to repair your favorites in a beautifully visible way

Couture Dress

Make the perfect party or little black dress

Overseas Production

Navigate the rocky shores of manufacturing overseas without getting into trouble or going broke.

Knock it Off

Make a pattern copy of your favorite garment

Browzwear 3D Patternmaking

Learn the latest pattern CAD software and save time cutting & sewing prototypes

Branding

Make your mark. Stand out from the crowd.

EARN A CERTIFICATE. HERE'S HOW.

Apparel Designer

Follow your dreams and become an apparel designer. Gain the right skills to enter the apparel business and opens the door to jobs at apparel companies.

Focusing on computer skills and patternmaking become an apparel developer or work as a technical designer, product developer, patternmaker or fit engineer.

Here are the classes you need to start and stay with your own apparel business. You will complete a business plan and be ready to get financing upon completion of this certificate.

Good News. PFI is accredited!

January 20, 2020 / #studentswithoutdebt #schoolwithoutdebt, accreditation, financial aid, Portland Fashion Institute, Sewing Wisdom, Sharon's Blog

PORTLAND FASHION INSTITUTE EARNS ACCREDITATION FOR ITS FASHION DESIGN PROGRAMS FROM NATIONAL ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland's only fashion ...
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