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

Pants, Jeans & Overalls

Create your own well-fitting jeans or make a pair of flared, stovepipe or high-waisted pants.

Dresses

Choose from one of five vintage-style dress patterns

Beginning Sewing

Get the skills to sew

Sewing Knits

Make a whole wardrobe as you learn to sew any knit from tops to dresses to cardigans and sweaters

Sewing Activewear

Sew stretchy fabrics and make a hoodie, sports bra, middie, yoga pants and leggings.

Apparel Construction

Improve your sewing skills and learn industry methods.

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.