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- - 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.
  - Apparel Entrepreneur
    - 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.
  - Apparel Technical Developer
    - Focusing on computer skills and patternmaking become an apparel developer or work as a technical designer, product developer, patternmaker or fit engineer.
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    - Classes are given in the order they should be taken so you can meet the required pre-requisites. The full curriculum begins each Fall but you can start any time. With concentrated effort, it’s possible to complete a certificate within two years’ study.
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- - Sewing & Apparel
    - Apparel Construction
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      SERIES: Monday-Thursday, July 6-23, 6-9 pm (meets daily)
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      Beginning Sewing
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      SERIES: Monday-Thursday, 10 am-1 pm
      JULY: July 6-23
      AUGUST: July 27-August 13
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      Kids Summer Sewing Camps
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      Summer Camp 1. Monday-Thursday, July 6-9, 2-5 pm
      Summer Camp 2. Monday-Thursday, July 13-16, 2-5 pm
      
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      Open Sewing
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      Mondays, 2-5 pm OR Saturdays, 10 am-1 pm
      
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      Serger Class
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      Fridays, July 10-August 1, 2-5 pm
      
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      Conquer Zippers
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      Saturday, June 6, 2-5 pm
      
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      Dresses
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      Dresses: Monday-Thursday, July 6-14, 2-5 pm (meets daily)
      Pants & Jeans: Monday-Thursday, July 15-23, 2-5 pm (meets daily)
      
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      Embroidery & Beading ala Lesage
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      Beginning: Friday, July 10, 10 am-1 pm
      Advanced: Friday, July 17, 10 am-1 pm
      
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      Lace Shaping
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      Friday, July 24, 10 am-1 pm
      
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      Pants, Jeans & Overalls
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      Monday-Thursday, July 15-23, 2-5 pm
      
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      Sewing Activewear
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      Monday-Thursday, August 5-13, 6-9 pm (meets daily)
      
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      Sewing Knits
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      Knits: Monday-Thursday, July 27-August 4, 6-9 pm (meets daily)
      Activewear: Monday-Thursday, August 5-13, 6-9 pm (meets daily)
      
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  - Design Classes
    - Fashion Illustration (online)
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      Mondays, 10 am-3 pm
      Series - May 4-July 20
      Fashion Illustration 1 - May 4-18
      Fashion Illustration 2 - June 1-15
      Fashion Illustration 3 - June 29-July 20 (no class Independence Day weekend)
      
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      Textiles: Secret Life of Fabrics (online)
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      Tuesday, May 5-June 9, 6-9 pm
      
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  - Patternmaking Classes
    - Advanced Pattern & Construction
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      July 1-Aug 7, 10 am-1 pm (no class Sundays or Independence Day weekend)
      
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      Draping Intro (online)
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      Mondays, 10 am-1 pm (No class Memorial Day or Independence Day weekend)
      Series: Monday, May 4-July 27, 10 am-1 pm
      Draping 1: May 4-June 15
      Draping 2: June 22-July 27
      
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      Pattern 2 - Manipulation (online)
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      Pattern 2: Tuesday, May 5-June 9, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm
      Pattern 3: Tuesday, June 16-July 21, 10 am-1 pm & 6-9 pm
      
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      Pattern 4-Knits & Stretch
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      Monday-Thursday, 10 am-1 pm (meets daily)
      Series: July 27-August 13
      Level 1: July 27-August 4
      Level 2: August 5-13
      
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      Patternmaking Intro
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      Mondays-Thursdays, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm (meets daily)
      Series: July 6-23
      Part 1: July 6-14
      Part 2: July 15-23
      
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  - Business Classes
    - Apparel Business Consultations
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      Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 1-6 pm; Saturday 1-2 pm
      
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      Fashion Buying & Merchandising
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      Tuesday, June 16-July 21, 6-9 pm
      
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      History of Fashion (online)
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      History: Monday, May 4-June 8, 6-9 pm
      Inside: Tuesdays, June 16-July 21, 6-9 pm
      
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      Inside the Fashion Industry
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      Tuesdays, June 16-July 21, 6-9 pm
      
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      Sustainability Tech
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      Monday, June 22-July 27, 6-9 pm
      
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How to launch your fashion brand

Posted on March 6, 2019 | by Sharon

How to launch your fashion brand

from Sharon Blair, director, Portland Fashion Institute

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Posted in Sewing Wisdom, Sharon's Blog | Tagged apparel, apparel business, apparel design, apparel industry, Fashion, fashion business, fashion design, how to start and apparel business, Jobs, launch, Portland Fashion Institute, Portland Sewing

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Portland Fashion Institute
2111 NE 43rd Ave., Portland OR
Phone: (503) 927-5457
Email: info@portlandfashioninstitute.com

1 block north of NE 43rd & Sandy BUS: #12 bus, MAX: 7 blocks from the Hollywood MAX station Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-9pm Sat 10am-5pm Sun Closed

PFI Supply
4225 NE Tillamook Portland OR
Phone: ‭(971) 801-6446‬
Email: portlandsewing@gmail.com
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm Sat 10am-5pm Sun Shut

Portland Fashion Institute
2111 NE 43rd Ave., Portland OR
Phone: (503) 927-5457
Email: info@portlandfashioninstitute.com

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-9pm Sat 10am-5pm Sun Closed

1 block north of NE 43rd & Sandy BUS: #12 bus, MAX: 7 blocks from the Hollywood MAX station

PFI Supply
4225 NE Tillamook Portland OR
Phone: ‭(971) 801-6446‬
Email: portlandsewing@gmail.com

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-7pm Sat 10am-5pm Sun Shut

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