Tag: couture sewing
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October 2022 Free EHC Pattern Drafting Tutorial now!
As promised, our one-time-only FREE pattern drafting Tutorial is now online with free access to viewing. The tutorial will be posted for a limited time, and until then you can view it online on Ecole Holt Couture’s YouTube channel at your leisure. It is a 96 minute, full-length feature how-to video, step-by-step instructional guide to…
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EHC – pattern drafting introduction.
October update! Just finished gathering into one single location a heap of original hand drafted patterns, that I created over the past 35 years from before and during my involvement with the school, of wedding gowns, various types of suits, costumes, and other furnishings. They were all hastily stuffed into drawers after the fact, but…
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August 2021 – Ecole Holt Couture about ‘ONE’
It seems like a long time ago, and yet just like yesterday, since Ecole Holt Couture hosted its first fashion event ‘ONE’, that so many wonderful creatives contributed to making it a success. We’ve hosted many fashion events over the years, with all our treasured volunteers and creative experts, whom without the events would never…
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We’ve reached the end of Term! Sort of.
We’ve reached the end of term, as well as the end of the 2019-2021 Certificate Program. Sort of. Because of the accumulation of Covid19 restrictions during the last 18 months, putting us a little behind schedule, we haven’t actually completed the term. So we will continue our classes for another couple of months with a…
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Why you haven’t heard from EHC for 2 months!
My sincere apology for dropping the ball and not posting any new videos for the last 2 months! As life would have it sometimes curve balls get thrown at you that need your full attention. So that’s the reason. But also, we are committed to completing our full-time studies program with our amazing students. They’ll…
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EHC Pattern Drafting – What it is, how we teach it, why we teach it this way.
Probably better to watch the video, it has more information than me rambling on here…but in summary: Pattern Drafting is a skill in huge demand in the fashion industry, and Ecole Holt Couture teaches pattern drafting in the traditional ‘hand drawn’ way as distinct from CAD, computer assisted drafting. We also teach draping and modelling…
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Indicators for success at Ecole Holt Couture
It is important to know beforehand if the career you’ve chosen to invest the time and money in is the best one for you. This short video may help you to decide whether a career in Couture, Tailoring or Dressmaking is appealing to you and whether Ecole Holt Couture is the right school for you.…
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Did you Know? at Ecole Holt Couture…
Graduates at EHC receive their final awards for attending and completing 600 hours of instruction and 1800 [2400hrs] hours of practical [projects] lab-work for each of the Dressmaking and Couturier/Tailoring awards. EHC awards are printed with the graduate’s name, two official signatures, an EHC embossed seal, the date of issue, and possesses a unique serial…
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EHC – 8 part Project Video Series – Inside the Studio
As we are making preparations to resume on-campus classes the beginning of September 2020, we wonder how it will all work out in the midst of physical distancing precautions, extra sanitising, and how to minimise time wearing a mandatory face mask during this Pandemic. We admit we don’t have it all figured out, and in…
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