Learning Center
Design&Sew 1on1
Do you have a favorite pattern you want to sew? Are there parts of pattern making/altering and/or sewing that you don’t understand or want additional help with?
Award Winning Fashion Designer and Albuquerque Apparel Center President Melissa Lea will explain things 1on1 and teach you how to accomplish your design dreams!
Bring patterns, pictures and/or sketches of your favorite designs and inspirations along with a list of the designing skills you would like to learn. Lessons are a mix of seam and finishing techniques, pattern drafting techniques using industry tools and constructing your finished garment. All you need to bring is a pattern, thread, pins, scissors, seam ripper, and fabric. Muslin is available for purchase in class.
Eliminate the stress of hauling in your sewing machine ~ You can use hers!
Unable to make it to the studio? Melissa will come to you!
Additional travel expense may apply.
Please visit albuquerqueapparelcenter.com/education for cost.
To schedule a Design&Sew 1on1 session, Contact Melissa Lea at 505-803-6966 or melissa@MelissaLea.com
Award Winning Fashion Designer and Albuquerque Apparel Center President Melissa Lea will explain things 1on1 and teach you how to accomplish your design dreams!
Bring patterns, pictures and/or sketches of your favorite designs and inspirations along with a list of the designing skills you would like to learn. Lessons are a mix of seam and finishing techniques, pattern drafting techniques using industry tools and constructing your finished garment. All you need to bring is a pattern, thread, pins, scissors, seam ripper, and fabric. Muslin is available for purchase in class.
Eliminate the stress of hauling in your sewing machine ~ You can use hers!
Unable to make it to the studio? Melissa will come to you!
Additional travel expense may apply.
Please visit albuquerqueapparelcenter.com/education for cost.
To schedule a Design&Sew 1on1 session, Contact Melissa Lea at 505-803-6966 or melissa@MelissaLea.com
Albuquerque Apparel Center (AAC) School of Fashion Design
Melissa Lea also teaches several classes at Albuquerque Apparel Center (AAC) School of Fashion Design.
Various levels of classes are available from learning to set up, operate, and trouble shoot your sewing machine to creating your own patterns from a basic pattern block. Choose a one-day class focusing on buttonholes, pockets, zippers, or seam finishes. Dive in deeper with a
detailed class designing the perfect fit of tops, skirts and pants. Learn to create collections from a favorite garment or for a specific season or occasion, and how to find design inspiration from your surroundings. Design Costumes for Film and Theatre. Advanced classes include
taking your concept through to completion: sourcing, costing, grading, sample production, marketing, and more.
Classes are designed for life stage students from high school to second career or older.
Classes held at: Albuquerque Apparel Center:
20 First Plaza Center NW, Suite 31 ABQ, NM 87102 | First Plaza Galeria. Phone: 505-803-6966.
(Downtown, South of the Abq Convention Center between Tijeras & Copper, and 2nd & 3rd.)
For more info and class descriptions, visit the EDUCATION page at ABQ Apparel Center.com.
Various levels of classes are available from learning to set up, operate, and trouble shoot your sewing machine to creating your own patterns from a basic pattern block. Choose a one-day class focusing on buttonholes, pockets, zippers, or seam finishes. Dive in deeper with a
detailed class designing the perfect fit of tops, skirts and pants. Learn to create collections from a favorite garment or for a specific season or occasion, and how to find design inspiration from your surroundings. Design Costumes for Film and Theatre. Advanced classes include
taking your concept through to completion: sourcing, costing, grading, sample production, marketing, and more.
Classes are designed for life stage students from high school to second career or older.
Classes held at: Albuquerque Apparel Center:
20 First Plaza Center NW, Suite 31 ABQ, NM 87102 | First Plaza Galeria. Phone: 505-803-6966.
(Downtown, South of the Abq Convention Center between Tijeras & Copper, and 2nd & 3rd.)
For more info and class descriptions, visit the EDUCATION page at ABQ Apparel Center.com.
