Program Ideas for Chapters

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Business Related Programs:
Budgeting and Managing our Businesses
Tax Planning and Billing
Marketing and Advertising
Business Forms and Practices
Business Contracts
Business Insurance
Computer Workshop
Program on Marketing
How to Advance Your Business
Pricing
Taking Credit Card Payments

Business Helps:
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
Introduction to Photoshop
Motivation/Personal Branding
Website Presentation
Photoshop Presentation
Fashion Illustration
Tame Your Clutter with a Professional Organizer
Storage Ideas
Photographing your Garments
Demonstration of Preparing a Garment for Evaluation Process
Sharing Sources
Time Management
Life or Business Coaching
Studio/Workroom Organization

Tours and Field Trips:
Trip to manufacturing plant
Attend fashion shows or exhibits at area colleges
Attend Museum exhibit
Tour of Costume Designer Studio
Attend Fabric and Trim Shows
Tour a Dry Cleaning Establishment
Visit Area Fabric Stores
Plan a Sewing Retreat
Plan a Meeting Where Members Fit Garments/Patterns for Each Other

Techniques and Miscellaneous:
Bra making
Bra Fitting
Needle Felting
Hand and Machine Couture work
Pockets
Sleeves
Collars and Cuffs
Darts
Hemming
Zipper Techniques
Working with Stretch Fabrics
Alterations
Plus Size Fitting and Sewing
Pants Fitting and Construction
Machine Embroidery
Fabric Coordination
How and Where to Use Boning
Purse Making
Pattern Fitting
Pattern Alterations
Pattern Grading
Pattern Drafting
Draping
Industrial Techniques
Silk Ribbon Techniques
Beading
Costuming vs. Custom Sewing
Presentation on Art to Wear
Textile Characteristics and Why They Behave the Way They Do
Body Scanning
Buttons
Bound Buttonhole Techniques and Applications
Fabric Weaving
Thrift Store Shopping and Possibilities for Redesign and Alterations
Bias Fabrics
Favorite Notions
Interfacing - Types and Uses
Bridal Alterations
Bustles
Millinery
Upholstery Techniques
Charity Sewing Projects
Color Analysis
Wardrobe Planning
Professional Image
Fabric Manipulation Techniques
Presentation on Traits of Natural/Manmade Fabrics
Fabric Preservation
Presentation by Independent Pattern Maker
Watch a Video on Specific Techniques
Heirloom Sewing
Tailoring Techniques
Redesigning, Remodeling and Reusing Clothing
Fitting and Sewing Knit Fabrics

Workshops:
Program on Madeline Vionnet
How to Shop Thrift Stores and Estate Sales
Professional Image Management
How to Make Fabric Flowers
Corselette Workshop
Making Duct Tape Dress Forms
How to Use Industrial Sewing Machines
How to Use Industrial Sewing Machines
Silk Flower Class
Fitness and ergonomics related to sewing
Silk Painting
Draping

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