8 July 2011
The Modern Wedding Dress
  		Victoria and Albert Museum
Summer School
A short lecture on the Modern Wedding dress, discussing designing and making Wedding dresses over the past 30 years and the evolution of the wedding from a "religious service" to a "big party".
2-6 May and 9-13 May 2011
Couture Training Northbay Ontario Canada
A 5 day course using hand tailored Couture techniques to finish a tweed jacket. Including taping and canvassing the jacket front, pad stitching the collar and joining the collar to the jacket by hand. Felling the lining and hand worked button holes.
27 September-1 October 2010
The Little Black Dress Northbay Ontario Canada
A 5 day course making the perfect LBD. The lightweight wool crepe is draped on the stand and then using traditional Couture, hand sewing techniques, the perfect dress emerges.
21-25 September and 28 Sept-2 October 2009
Couture Draping Northbay Ontario Canada
A 5 day course making a body double for a dress stand and then draping a jacket on this stand and making a working pattern from the toile.
5-10 January 2008
Fit Palm Springs California USA
A five day course exploring the concept of fit. Students made up various garments, jackets, skirts and dresses and these garments were then fitted on the students in a class situation to show the various techniques involved in correctly fitting a garment.
30 November 2007
Friday Night Late
Draping on the stand.		 Victoria & Albert Museum
The Golden Age of Couture
An evening lecture and display of Couture clothes at the V&A with a practical display of Couture draping techniques including draping tailored jackets and evening dresses.
5-10 January 2007
The perfect Trouser. Palm Springs California USA
A course of 5 days, drafting a trouser pattern to fit each student and then making the trousers using classic couture sewing techniques. Tack marking, stab stitching in canvas and hand finishing a waist band are just some of the things covered on this course.
5-10 January 2005
Couture draping on the stand. Palm Springs California USA
A course of 5 days exploring the concept of Couture draping on a stand. Starting with a simple darted dress and then a tailored jacket and two piece sleeve and moving on to a draped dress and then a bias cut double chiffon top.