Fashion-Enter Ltd (FEL) and Fashion Impact Fund hope the collaborative partnership will enable 15 women to gain free practical skills in sewing and recycling for the fashion and textile sector.
The four-day course, which is running from 13 to 16 February 2023 in London, will teach participants how to take measurements correctly, how to thread an industrial sewing machine, learn different stitches and tensions and understand how to cut fabric from a pattern.
It will also cover how to cut fabric from a pattern, sharing knowledge about different fabrics and how they are different in handling, how to sew straight lines, around corners and how to make sleeves, as well as how to make a garment from a pattern.
Both Fashion-Enter Ltd and the Impact Fashion Fund are committed to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and FEL’s courses aim to teach practical sewing skills with a focus on recycling and repairs to ensure the longevity of clothing.
The four-day course will also cover techniques on how to upcycle an existing garment and sew an existing garment.
FEL CEO, Jenny Holloway explains: “Working with the Fashion Impact Fund grant, we can now offer free places to 15 women on the popular Sew and Recycle course in February. This can then lead to a free Level 2 course with Stitching and the FEL team can further support with job interviews and internships. “
Kerry Bannigan, founder and chief executive of Fashion Impact Fund adds: “Jenny has an unwavering commitment to ethical clothing production in the UK. We are pleased to offer a program grant in support of Fashion-Enter’s commitment to training, upgrading and developing the fashion industry for women to create employment or enable entrepreneurship. We are grateful to Jenny and her team for leading the workforce development courses that play a critical role in shaping a just transition for the future of fashion.”
The course will take place at FC Designer Workspace, 9 Durham Road, London N7 7FB and free places are still available.
Last March (2022) Fashion-Enter CEO Jenny Holloway told Just Style exclusively at the opening of the world’s most sustainable clothing microfactory that creating clothes ‘from pixel to parcel’ in one place is the future of fashion and for survivor, industry. should embrace it.
