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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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      Wednesdays, April 10-June 26, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm
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      Beginning Sewing
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      Series: Mon, April 8-July 1, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm (No class Memorial Day)
      OR Tues, April 9-June 25, 10 am-1 pm
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      Conquer Zippers
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      Saturday, April 13, 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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      Saturdays, April 27-May 18, 2-5 pm
      
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      Tailoring
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      Fridays, April 12-June 28, 6-9 pm
      
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      Classic Shirts
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      Thursdays, April 11-May 16, 6-9 pm
      
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      Embroidery & Beading ala Lesage
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      Beginning: Saturday, April 27, 2-5 pm
      Advanced: Saturday, May 4, 2-5 pm
      
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      Industrial Machine Sewing
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      Tuesdays, April 9-May 14, 6-9 pm
      
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      Leatherworking
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      Wednesdays, April 10-June 26, 6-9 pm
      Leather 1, April 10- May 15
      Leather 2, May 22-June 26
      
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      Menswear Shirts
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      Thursdays, April 11-May 16, 6-9 pm
      
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      Sew Vintage
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      Thursdays, May 23-June 27, 6-9 pm
      
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      Sewing Activewear
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      Fridays, May 24-June 28, 10 am-1pm OR 6-9 pm
      
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      Sewing Knits
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      Fridays, April 12-May 17, 10 am-1pm OR 6-9 pm
      
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      Shoemaking
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      Saturday, May 18, 1-5 pm
      
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      Swimwear
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      Saturdays, June 1-29, 2-5 pm
      
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  - Design Classes
    - Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design
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      Wednesdays, April 10-June 26, 6-9 pm
      
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      Fashion Illustration
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      Saturdays & Sundays, 9 am-3 pm
      Fashion Illustration 1 - April 20 & 21
      Fashion Illustration 2 - May 4 & 5
      Fashion Illustration 3 - May 18 & 19
      
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      Inside the Fashion Industry
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      Mondays, May 20-July 1, 6-9 pm (No class Memorial Day)
      
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      Machine Knitting
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      Thursdays, April 11-June 27, 6-9 pm
      
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      Portfolio
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      Thursdays, April 11-June 27, 6-9 pm
      
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      Textiles: Secret Life of Fabrics
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      Monday, April 8-May 13, 6-9 pm
      
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  - Patternmaking Classes
    - Advanced Pattern & Construction
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      Saturdays, April 13-June 29, 10 am-1 pm (no class Memorial Day weekend)
      
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      Browzwear 3D Patternmaking
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      Fridays, May 17-June 28, 6-9 pm
      
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      Draping Intro
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      Mondays, 6-9 pm
      Draping Series: April 8-July 1 (No class Memorial Day)
      Draping 1: April 8-May 13
      Draping 2: May 20-July 1
      
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      Optitex-Computer Patternmaking
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      Fridays, April 12-May 10, 6-9 pm
      
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      Pattern 1 - Intro
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      Thursdays, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm
      Series: April 11-June 27
      Level 1: April 11-May 16
      Level 2: May 23-June 27
      
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      Pattern 2 - Manipulation
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      Wednesdays, April 10–May 15, 6-9 pm
      
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      Pattern 3 - Design
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      Wednesdays, May 22-June 26, 6-9 pm
      
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      Pattern 4 - Knits & Stretch
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      Tuesdays, 6-9 pm
      Series: April 9-June 25
      Level 1: April 9-May 14
      Level 2: May 21 - June 25
      
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      Pattern Grading & Marking
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      Saturdays, June 1-29, 2-5 pm
      
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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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      Apparel Business Plan
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      Mondays, April 15-May 20, 6-9 pm
      
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      Color Theory
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      Tuesdays, May 21-June 25, 6-9 pm
      
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      History of Fashion
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      Tuesdays, April 9-May 14, 6:30-9 pm
      
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      Materials Development
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      Wednesdays, April 10-May 15, 6-9 pm
      
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      Portfolio
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      Product Development
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      Wednesdays, May 22-June 26, 6-9 pm
      
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How to launch your fashion brand

Posted on March 6, 2019 | by Shelly Caldwell

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

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