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Learn how to sew your Dream French Couture Jacket

The first online course with an easy guide to make a test garment for a perfect fit, simple step-by-step lessons to crack the code of couture sewing and tons of ideas on how to choose the perfect fabric and trim for your personal  styled jacket.


The "everything included" course that helped hundreds of sewing lovers to create their own
luxurious Chanel inspired Couture Garment

No matter which sewing experience you have, even if you have 
limited sewing experience and even if you have never sewn a couture garment before...yet.
 






-Start date April 25th, 2022 


Yes, I want to join now!

 

​What you will get after purchase:


✔ A printable pattern, size 32-48 (A4 and A0)

✔ A list of materials to sew your fabulous jacket 

✔ Fabric recommendations 
plus recommendations where to buy fabric online

✔ Weekly lessons in PDF file and video's where you'll learn to make:
 your test garment, quilt the panels of the jacket, make your own trims,
learn how to manipulate the fabric with your iron for a beautiful fit,
learn the most important basic hand stitches and much more.


✔ Access to a private community in Facebook


✔ Personal feedback from Maaike Andriessen and help via the FB group on your progress


✔New knowledge of couture sewing techniques used for this jacket

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✔Your own hand made French Couture Jacket


The course exists of a total of 6 modules/lessons which will be posted in the private group on every Monday for the next 6 weeks. All lessons can be downloaded in PDF file and altogether  form a 130 pages long document. You can do this course at your own pace; the Facebook group will stay open for a long time so you can post your questions whenever it suits you, even after the first 6 weeks.

We want this course to be a mindful experience, in your own sewing pace :)
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Sewing together as an online group in times like these gives great distraction and can even relieve stress in the body.
Working with your hands creates a flow and connecting and sharing this experience with each other as a community is even more powerful.  
During this course you will learn how to sew your own French Couture Jacket step-by-step. You don't need tons of sewing experience, just an open mind and lots of enthousiasm!




This Course starts on Monday, April 25th, 2022  . No worries if you need more time to work in your own pace, we will keep the private FB group open long after these  6  weeks in order for you to be able to follow your own pace and keep asking questions.

The price for this Online Course is 129 Euros.



How it works:

After your purchase you will get a confirmation email with a link to the private Sew-Along Facebook group.
Once in the Facebook group, you can find all information you need to get started: a list of materials plus a size chart and a couture jacket pattern in A0 and A4 format. Each week we will give you step-by-step instructions on how to start and sew your jacket. All techniques can also be viewed in seperate video's and all lessons are also downloadable as PDF's for you to print and use as your back-up material. This way you can follow the sew-along but you can also choose to do the whole sewing process in your own time and pace. We will keep the group open long after the first 6 weeks for you to be able to keep asking your questions.



​WATCH the introduction video that comes with the first module below:

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What other say about this Online Course:

Thank you Maaike! I'm having super fun, I never thought I would have the nerve to re-do so many steps to better the outcome. I'm always doing things too quick. Now I'm really enjoying the calm stitching and measuring.
-Meri


 Thanks Maaike,  I can´t find words, how great is this online course. I love it and I´m happy now to start the next new tutorial!!! Thanks for all.
-Bettina


Maaike, thank you so much! It's just so fantastic to learn how to do this properly. With everything I do I feel the need to show it (to my husband or the dogs) and say: oh look how amazing, look what I've learned!
-Diana

 Hello Maaike, just started on lesson 3. It's nice to learn so much new techniques!
-Hanne


Maaike - Thank you for a jacket pattern that fits! I was expecting to just do the sew-along to learn the techniques and wasn't expecting to get a jacket I could wear at the end of it, so I'm now super exited to get going!
-Tanya


Thank you Maaike! I like this online course very much!! It was a long time ago when I sew a jacket. I like the combination of hand and machine stitching. Especially quilting the panels....amazing!
-Ineke

Thank you Maaike, I have a lot of fun to learn of your lessons.

I had been planning to make a French jacket for a few years, but it never came to pass. this course gives me a stick behind the door.
-Joke


Zo onwijs leuk gevonden! Super bedankt voor alle adviezen en werkbeschrijvingen. 👌🏼 Ik zou het iedereen aanraden, of je nu veel of weinig naai ervaring hebt! Het jasje zit als gegoten. ❤️
-Floortje


It was such a learning experience for me, as a relative beginner with sewing, to make such a detailed jacket! But I loved every part of it! Thanks Maaike Andriessen for providing us with this opportunity online and all the help! And a thank you to all the others, from whom I also learned very much and gotten a lot of inspiration!!
​-Kristina
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-Kristina
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YES, I WANT TO JOIN NOW!

Check below Youtube video to get an idea of the private facebook group and how it works:

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My expertise:
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For more than 20 years, I work as a dressmaker for various clients, from bridal wear to Haute Couture. I also teach sewing and couture techniques to students on- and offline and organize Haute Couture sewing retreats in my beautiful workshop, an ancient bell tower  in my hometown Edam, the Netherlands. 
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