LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CA.

* Fashion Designer, Erika Ikeler, founded her small school for sewing and design in 2002. Her experience, love for sharing what she knows with others and her ability to inspire people, is her success as an instructor. Seminars, workshops, classes, or private instruction on the following subjects can be arranged and are regularly taught at her workshop called 8 LIMBS in Los Angeles, CA.
8-LIMBS

Email designer: erika@fashionninja.com

BEGINNER

LEVEL 1
Intro. to Clothing Construction
Intro. to Clothing Construction requires no prior sewing experience, and offers a student all the basics of clothing construction. The objective is to learn how to operate a sewing machine, create successful seams, adjust machine controls, change the needle, and learn how to engineer clothing. Intro to Clothing Construction provides a solid foundation in building upper body garments, pattern development, textiles, types of seams, seam finishes, sleeve installation, best construction order, quality engineering , and the creativity in fashion design. Sewing machines are available for a student to use.

INTERMEDIATE

LEVEL 2
The Art of Fashion Draping
The Art of Fashion Draping offers a solid foundation in the fundamentals of draping a design on a dress form, making a pattern from the draped design, and construction techniques, stressing the importance of proper fit, sizing a design, and craftsmanship.
Dress forms are provided for the draping labs, and are for sale if a student wants to purchase their own.

LEVEL 2
Handbag Design and Manufacturing
Handbag Design and Manufacturing allows a student to build one complete pattern and sample of a handbag design. Focus is spent of drafting a pattern from a design concept, building one sample of the the design, construction order, and handbag details: Pockets, Hardware, and Zippers.
An industrial machine is available for students to use and to accommodates leather, vinyl, and thick upholstery with ease.