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Design class offers hands-on experience

February 22, 2008|Cierra Milliern

Sewing machines sitting everywhere, pictures of clothing designs decorating the walls, fashion textbooks overloading the cart. Where would all these things be? In the fashion and interior design classroom C-114 taught by Katy Disney.

Fashion and interior design were taught separately until this year, when they were combined to better align with state requirements.

Disney said one of the values of the class is the hands-on experience.

"The students get to do hands-on work, such as lots of projects and sketching," she said. "Students will get to sew, and hopefully get to complete interior design projects."

To teach this course to students at George Rogers Clark High School, Disney is certified in family and consumer science education, and in college she took classes in fashion design, textiles, interior design, design history and apparel construction.

"I've never taught this specific class before, but so far I have loved everything about this class," Disney said. "It's exciting to see my students taken an interest in this class and to see everything they are learning to do."

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Students in the class have a chance to study fashion looks, design their own outfits, sew projects, and study fashion careers and history.

"I want to learn how to sew so I can makes clothes of my own," Swendolyn Roscoe said. "I love fashion, and it's something that I will take in college. I plan on designing clothes in my future."

In the interior design part of the class, the students learn the different design elements and proper room arrangement, and they complete hands-on design projects.

The class gives the students a chance to actually learn about fashion and interior design, areas that interest most teenagers. It's a class that isn't offered at many high schools.

"I enjoyed these classes when I was in high school, and I had a few teachers inspire me," Disney said. "I do believe that students enjoy this class, and I hope they are able to use what they learn throughout their lives."

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