Learn how to draft, cut, and stitch elegant frocks featuring either a free-flowing or umbrella-style flare. You’ll explore how to achieve proper length, fullness, and hemline balance while adding personal touches with necklines and sleeves. Ideal for casual wear, festive occasions, or client projects, these frocks build confidence in constructing fuller garments.
Women’s Wear Essentials – 2 Months
Women’s Wear Essentials – 2 Months
Master Everyday Women’s Clothing with Confidence
Elevate your tailoring skills and build a versatile wardrobe with our Women’s Wear Essentials course. Over two months, Stitch With Shahnaz in Hegde Nagar, Bangalore, guides you through the step-by-step creation of everyday women’s garments—combining practical techniques with creative design. Whether you’re a beginner or refining existing skills, you’ll emerge ready to craft beautiful, comfortable clothing for yourself or your clients.
Projects You’ll Master
Free Frock & Umbrella Frock
Body Lehenga & Skirt
Master the foundational skills for creating traditional body lehengas and modern skirts. You’ll learn fabric measurement, flare calculation, waistband attachment, and hemline finishing. Whether it’s a simple A-line or a heavy flare lehenga, this module ensures you’re well-versed in constructing stylish, comfortable garments suitable for weddings, daily wear, or boutique orders.
Long & Short Blouse
Understand the art of crafting perfectly tailored blouses by learning blouse block drafting, shoulder shaping, dart placements, and sleeve styles. You’ll stitch both long and short variations, incorporating different necklines and back designs. Emphasis is placed on proper lining, finishing, and fit, making your blouse work ready for sarees, lehengas, or fusion outfits.
Petticoats (Saree, Long, Short)
Develop the ability to stitch well-fitting, durable petticoats for sarees and skirts. From measuring and cutting to adding drawstrings and seams, this segment ensures functional and aesthetic results. Learn to manage various fabric types, including cotton and satin, and perfect the gathering method for both daily-wear and designer-style petticoats.
Night Dress & Nighty
Get hands-on with soft and flowy fabrics to create comfortable, breathable nightwear. This lesson covers drafting loose-fitting patterns, inserting facings, and creating stylish designs with minimal effort. You’ll also understand size grading and neckline choices that enhance both comfort and appeal—ideal for personal use or retail tailoring.
Normal Pant, Bottom & Tops/Dresses
Dive into constructing everyday pants, stylish bottoms, and casual tops or dresses. Learn how to stitch straight-leg pants, add pleats, darts, waistbands, and stitch basic tops with design variations. The module also focuses on creating comfortable fits, exploring finishing techniques, and enhancing your precision for garments worn frequently.
Skills Covered in This Course
Fashion Design
Pattern Drafting & Fabric Cutting
Learn how to take accurate body measurements, align fabric along the grainline, and mark key points like notches to ensure a precise and well-fitting garment layout.
Fashion Design
Seam Types & Finishing
Explore essential seam techniques including French seams, overlocking, hemming, and edge binding to give your garments durability, neatness, and a professional-quality finish.
Fashion Design
Neckline & Sleeve Variations
Master different neckline and sleeve finishes such as facings, bias binding, and cuff attachment, along with decorative elements that add personality and polish to your garments.
Fashion Design
Darts, Pleats & Gathers
Understand how to add shape and dimension using darts, pleats, and gathers—perfect for enhancing garment fit and achieving structured or flowing designs.
Why Choose Stitch With Shahnaz?
- Hands-On Learning: Small batches ensure one-on-one guidance.
- Dual Machines: Practice on both domestic and industrial sewing machines.
- Learn from an Expert: 15+ Years of Tailoring Excellence at Stitch With Shahnaz
- Personalised Feedback: Regular reviews to refine technique and style.
- Flexible Schedules: Morning, afternoon, and weekend classes available.
