Description
Gain the experience you need to design and make clothing for clients or for personal use. Whether you are a hobbyist or working in the fashion and garment industries, this program will help you to gain experience in pattern development. It is an excellent introduction if you are considering small business entrepreneurship in this field.
The courses will provide you with knowledge and hands-on skills in pattern design and tailoring, fabric properties and fashion illustration in a learning environment where creativity is promoted.
It is recommended for students to consider taking Pattern Design, Textiles and Advanced Pattern in sequence. These courses build on one another and they will combine to give students a consistent and continuous learning experience. Students could continue with Fashion Illustration, Ladies Design Details and Ladies Jackets and Coats. Sewing for Beginners and The Saturday workshops are all wonderful hands on experiences using students own sewing machines.
Regular Admission Requirements
Mature Student Admission Requirements
If you are 19 years of age or older and have been out of high school for a minimum of one year at time of application, and you do not meet the regular admission requirements, you may apply under the Mature Student admission requirements.
In this course, students will develop skills in pattern drafting and pattern design. Each class is a hands on experience with students learning to create basic blocks for skirts, bodices and sleeves. After the basics, students will design and shape the blocks into new designs with attractive and functional details. Emphasis on fitting will be part of the classes as we work through each student's skirt, bodice and sleeve portfolio of patterns that have been made into fabric.
The supplies you will need to bring to the first and each class are as follows: pencil, pen, red pencil, eraser, paper scissors, 3 ring binder, drafting triangle (with one side at least 20 to 25cm long), text book (“Metric pattern cutting for Women’s wear” by W. Aldrich, 6th edition), green label scotch tape, straight pins in pin cushion or small box.
No sewing machine is required for class, but one needs to be available for use at home to complete homework.
It is recommended for students taking Pattern Design, Textile and Advanced Pattern in sequence. These courses build on one another and they will combine to give students a consistent and continuous learning experience. Students could continue with Fashion Illustration, Ladies Design Details and Ladies Jackets and Coats. Sewing for Beginners and The Saturday workshops are all wonderful hands on experiences using students own sewing machines.
The Kit fee is included.
Marylla Ginkel Apparel Design Award
A $1,000 award has been created by the late Ramon Zelech to honor the memory of his mother, Marylla van Ginkel. This award is available to an Apparel Design student whose passion is to develop a career in the fashion industry. The successful candidate will have completed three courses from the Apparel Design program at Red River College Polytechnic with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Please accompany the application with a short paragraph outlining your career goals.
The application deadline is January 15.
Learn more about applying for the award.
Textiles focuses on guiding students in the understanding of textile terminology, types of yarns, fabric construction and fabric finishes. Textiles are in every part of daily life so it is valuable to learn their characteristics. With increasing use of online fabric purchasing, this textiles course will give students the knowledge to help make good choices. Students will complete a comprehensive sample work book during the course which will be a valuable future reference.
Marylla Ginkel Apparel Design Award
A $1,000 award has been created by the late Ramon Zelech to honor the memory of his mother, Marylla van Ginkel. This award is available to an Apparel Design student whose passion is to develop a career in the fashion industry. The successful candidate will have completed three courses from the Apparel Design program at Red River College Polytechnic with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Please accompany the application with a short paragraph outlining your career goals.
The application deadline is January 15.
Learn more about applying for the award.
Continue enhancing your skills in this hands-on one-day workshop. Learn to make various pockets styles, hems, cuffs, plackets and neckline finishes. You will sew your own samples in the class to take home. Samples of the details to be sewn in class will be provided in your kit along with a take-home notebook.
Prerequisites: Students must have good basic sewing skills
Supplies to bring to class: sewing machine with bobbin, sewing machine power-cord, regular and zipper presser foot, thread and ruler, pins, pin cushion, seam ripper, white and black thread, fabric scissors and pencil/pen. Please bring any other sewing tools you like to use.
The Kit fee is included.
Learn the basic sewing skills required to sew a wide range of projects. Topics include: seams, seam finishes, hems, zippers, buttonholes, darts, pleats, gathers, facings, waistlines, collars, lapels, and sleeves.
Marylla Ginkel Apparel Design Award
A $1,000 award has been created by the late Ramon Zelech to honor the memory of his mother, Marylla van Ginkel. This award is available to an Apparel Design student whose passion is to develop a career in the fashion industry. The successful candidate will have completed three courses from the Apparel Design program at Red River College Polytechnic with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Please accompany the application with a short paragraph outlining your career goals.
The application deadline is January 15.
Learn more about applying for the award.
Fashion Illustration & Terminology provides the Illustration skills to communicate apparel designs. You will be encouraged to express design lines and silhouettes, and to create production sketches. Other topics will include: fashion terminology; elements and principles of design; consideration of body types in design and fabric choices; lay-out techniques; contemporary designers; and sources of inspiration.
Marylla Ginkel Apparel Design Award
A $1,000 award has been created by the late Ramon Zelech to honor the memory of his mother, Marylla van Ginkel. This award is available to an Apparel Design student whose passion is to develop a career in the fashion industry. The successful candidate will have completed three courses from the Apparel Design program at Red River College Polytechnic with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Please accompany the application with a short paragraph outlining your career goals.
The application deadline is January 15.
Learn more about applying for the award.
Explore clothing design for shirts/blouses, dresses and lingerie. You will draft patterns and design with patterns in class. Demonstrations of garment construction will be included in class. You will have weekly pattern design and garment construction homework.
Marylla Ginkel Apparel Design Award
A $1,000 award has been created by the late Ramon Zelech to honor the memory of his mother, Marylla van Ginkel. This award is available to an Apparel Design student whose passion is to develop a career in the fashion industry. The successful candidate will have completed three courses from the Apparel Design program at Red River College Polytechnic with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Please accompany the application with a short paragraph outlining your career goals.
The application deadline is January 15.
Learn more about applying for the award.
Fitting is one of the most popular and challenging topics for sewers. Join this class to explore many aspects of fitting. Come and bring your questions, your garments and your bodies. All bodies, all ill-fitting garments and fitting problems welcome. Each student is invited to bring garments to try on in class. The garments may be something you have sewn, a test copy of a pattern you are trying or a garment you have purchased. If you have the accompanying sewing pattern, please bring it as well. We will look at fit of your garment, decide on needed changes and demonstrate the paper pattern alterations to create a more successful fit. We will look at as many garments as possible during our day together.
No Kit fee. Bring: two to four garments for fitting in-class, small safety pins and straight pins to be used in the fitting process.
Necklines must be perfectly smooth, even and flattering. As part of garment design, finishes may be invisible or be seen from the right side. The same pattern may be re-designed for different necklines. You will learn how to draw and design a variety of possible neckline shapes such as V-necks, round necks, bound edge necklines, scalloped edges, mini-band finishes, faced-edged, and picot edge finishes. In this techniques class, you will sew different full-scale samples to create your own set of neckline samples in both knit and woven fabric -- which will serve as a great reference for your future sewing projects.
Blouses, Jackets and Coats will explore pattern design work for these three types of garments and will include all details of sleeves, body sections, collars, lapels and facings. Sleeves will have placket designs and cuffs. Body sections will allow different shapes, different seaming and different ease allowances to create design variation.
This course builds on the knowledge from Pattern Design. Further topics include pattern drafting for ladies pants, ladies knit wear, lingerie and casual wear. These in-class pattern drafting exercises will lead to design work and test copy work in fabric. Individual fitting evaluation will be possible. Considerations of fabric choices will be a valuable topic for successful design work. There are many possible design experiments to use and try.
Complete two styles of Undies in this all day workshop, one for the top of the body and one for the bottom. Learn the techniques to work with and layer various one and two way stretch fabrics. Learn to sew and create shaping with two different widths of lingerie elastic and other notions. You will sew from pre-cut kits, discover size selection secrets, hear about fitting ideas and see many different Undies in cotton/spandex and polyester/spandex. The techniques you will learn transfer easily to creating swimwear, skating costumes, dance wear and other active wear.
Kit includes: pre-cut undies, elastics, hook closures and two Sewing Patterns designs with complete written instructions.
Please send your body measurements to jbones3@shaw.ca at least one week before the workshop date. This will allow time for your kit to be prepared for the workshop.
Please bring: sewing machine in good working order, ball point sewing machine needles (size 70-80), white & beige polyester thread, fabric scissors, good quality pins, pin cushion, tape measure, a notebook and a pen.
The kit fee is included.
Sew an item of sleep wear and gain experience in sewing knit fabrics, elastic and lace. You will learn techniques for successfully sewing seams, elastics, straps, beautiful mitered lace necklines, and hem edges. You will work on a pre-cut knit sleep wear item.
Supplies to bring: sewing machine (cords & foot control), polyester thread in white and beige, scissors, pins/pincushion, hand sewing needles, small ruler, tape measure and bag lunch.
Please send your bust and hip measurements to Jan Bones, Instructor (jbones3@shaw.ca or by phone 204-453-2462) Your Instructor will prepare your precut kit for use in class.
The kit fee is included.
In this workshop, you will learn how to use 2-way stretch knit fabrics. These are fabrics that stretch both lengthwise and crosswise; and, may be made with rayon, cotton, or polyester and are blended with spandex. This workshop will show you the best cutting techniques, special ideas for seams, and other interesting techniques for this unique fabric type. You will work on a pre-cut knit sleepwear item.
Please contact your instructor at jbones3@shaw.ca by registration deadline, with your size information to prepare kits for the class.
Prerequisites: You must have good sewing skills
Supplies to bring to class: sewing machine (cords & foot control), polyester thread in white and beige and black, scissors, pins/pincushion, sewing machine ball point needles, small ruler, tape measure and bag lunch.
The kit fee is included.
Draping is defined as "creating clothing on a dress form without the use of a pattern". Draping is one of the most fascinating ways to experiment with fabric, body curves and design ideas. We will use 1/2 scale dress forms in class to learn the beginning steps and move forward during the day to a range of design ideas.
Supplies to bring to class: Three (3) yards light weight, lightly colored cotton fabrics like muslin. Please have fabrics pressed and ready for use. Fabric scissors, small and large sizes, straight pins, pin cushion, lead pencil, hand sewing needle, a spool of any colour thread.
The kit fee is included.
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Online learning is a critical component of course delivery in all Red River College Polytechnic programs. To ensure each student has the tools they need to achieve their academic goals, all Red River College Polytechnic students require, at minimum:
1. Off-campus access to a current computer with a webcam
2. A high speed internet connection
• Recommended minimum speed: 10 mbps for download, 3 mbps for upload
• Slower internet connection speeds may result in audio and video issues. Please keep in mind that if others in your home are using the same internet connection at the same time as you are, you may also experience audio and video issues.
• Please refer to https://www.rrc.ca/studentcomputing for further information on Computer Requirements for Students.
Please note that any anticipated costs are not included in Books and Supplies estimates.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process which documents and compares an individual's prior learning gained from prior education, work and life experiences and personal study to the learning outcomes in College courses/programs. For more information, please visit www.rrc.ca/rpl.
A complete list of awards, bursaries, and scholarships can be found at catalogue.rrc.ca/AvailableAwards
This is an $1000 award given annually to a student who demonstrates exceptional effort and/or the ability to lead, organize and engage students or members of the community in embodying the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism and social justice.
The successful recipient will be a community activist, advocate or leader who has worked for systemic changes at various levels and with various social identities in mind. Their advocacy may involve (but is not limited to): human rights, LGBTT* issues, anti-racism, anti-poverty, public health, non-violence, community-building and student engagement, or encouraging others on issues of social justice that impact the lives of students and the broader community.
Applications will be evaluated by the Selection Committee, based on the following criteria:
• Making a significant contribution to equity, inclusion and social justice through community engagement, either in specific positions of responsibility or while involved in organizing activities. (Requirements: Student statement and at least one reference letter)
• Engaging and inspiring other students or members of the community to advocate on social justice issues that impact the lives of students or the general community.
• Financial need may also be considered. Applicants may choose to complete the financial section of the application, and/or include information.
All full-time and part-time Red River College students are welcome to apply. The general application form must be accompanied by a student statement and required letter(s) of reference in order to be considered. The deadline for applications is March 1st. Completed application forms should be submitted by email to financialaid@rrc.ca .
The Southern Chiefs’ Organization Every Child Matters Scholarship was created in honour of the children who attended residential schools and those who never made it home. Southern Chiefs’ Organization recognizes that all First Nation people, families, and communities have been impacted by the residential schools. The $1500 scholarship is intended to support Survivors and their descendants, as well as descendants of the families of the children who died. The scholarship is to be awarded on the basis of academic merit to a status citizen of one of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization member First Nations (Berens River, Birdtail Sioux, Black River, Bloodvein, Brokenhead, Buffalo, Canupawakpa, Dakota, Dakota Tipi, Dauphin River, Ebb and Flow, Gambler, Hollow Water, Keeseekoowenin, Kinonjeoshtegon, Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin, Little Grand Rapids, Little Saskatchewan, Long Plain, O-Ch-Chak-Koo-Sipi, Pauingassi, Point Pegui, Pinaymootang, Plains Pine Creek, Poplar River, Rolling River, Roseau River, Sagkeeng, Sandy Bay, Skownan, Swan Lake, Tootinaowaziibeeng, or Waywayseecappo), who is a full- or part-time continuing student at the Red River College Polytechnic, who has successfully completed at least 12 credit hours, and who has made contributions to their school community or their community at large. Applicants must submit a letter describing their school or community involvement. The contact information of the chosen recipient shall be disclosed to the donor each year. Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. observes an annual commemoration of all successful applicants. By submitting an application for the scholarship, the recipient of the Scholarship consents to be contacted through electronic mail or telephone for a brief interview with a member of Southern Chiefs’ Organization. In the unlikely event of a mitigating circumstance, such as a protection order or equivalent, anonymity will be granted to the recipient of the Scholarship. Application deadline is February 26, 2024. Please note the name of the award to enter on the application form and have additional required documents ready to upload.
The Southern Chiefs’ Organization Every Child Matters Scholarship was created in honour of the children who attended residential schools and those who never made it home. Southern Chiefs’ Organization recognizes that all First Nation people, families, and communities have been impacted by the residential schools. The $1500 scholarship is intended to support Survivors and their descendants, as well as descendants of the families of the children who died. The scholarship is to be awarded on the basis of academic merit to a status citizen of one of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization member First Nations (Berens River, Birdtail Sioux, Black River, Bloodvein, Brokenhead, Buffalo, Canupawakpa, Dakota, Dakota Tipi, Dauphin River, Ebb and Flow, Gambler, Hollow Water, Keeseekoowenin, Kinonjeoshtegon, Lake Manitoba, Lake St. Martin, Little Grand Rapids, Little Saskatchewan, Long Plain, O-Ch-Chak-Koo-Sipi, Pauingassi, Point Pegui, Pinaymootang, Plains Pine Creek, Poplar River, Rolling River, Roseau River, Sagkeeng, Sandy Bay, Skownan, Swan Lake, Tootinaowaziibeeng, or Waywayseecappo), who is a full- or part-time continuing student at the Red River College Polytechnic, who has successfully completed at least 12 credit hours, and who has made contributions to their school community or their community at large. Applicants must submit a letter describing their school or community involvement. The contact information of the chosen recipient shall be disclosed to the donor each year. Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. observes an annual commemoration of all successful applicants. By submitting an application for the scholarship, the recipient of the Scholarship consents to be contacted through electronic mail or telephone for a brief interview with a member of Southern Chiefs’ Organization. In the unlikely event of a mitigating circumstance, such as a protection order or equivalent, anonymity will be granted to the recipient of the Scholarship. Application deadline is February 26, 2024. Please note the name of the award to enter on the application form and have additional required documents ready to upload.