Jody Pearl - Bio & CV

I grew up surrounded by hand-made clothes, they were either knitted, crocheted or sewn. On leaving secondary school I found myself naturally drawn toward the fashion industry. A career that started in a knitwear factory, moved onto a fashion design course and developed into the Sew Outside the Lines Workshops I have been running continuously since 2002.

In between times I have managed my own clothing label and garment construction & pattern making business, sewing for other WA designers and design houses.

I have been re-inventing clothes most of my life. My first memory is at 11yrs when I added wedges of floral fabric (cut from a brand-new handmade skirt) to the slashed sides of a brand-new pair of jeans. I thought they looked gorgeous and wore them with pride...my mother was horrified & I got into a lot of trouble. Undetered, here I am years later still re-inventing and encouraging the planet to do the same!

I have a very formal background in sewing and design, having studied and worked in the industry for over 30yrs. The transistion from formal dress design & made-to-measure has been made all the easier due to my formal sewing & design training. Skills I find a pleasure to share with others.

I believe clothes need to serve 2 purposes ie. adornment and protection, Re-inventing reflects these 2 simple principles. By combining my sewing & design abilities with a fearless imagination I have developed a unique way of re-designing existing garments into brand-new creations.

During classes you will discover the most efficient & effective way to produce new garments which express who you are as an individual.

There are 3 things you should consider before joining me;

1. You CANNOT make a mistake.

2. You will NEVER look at another piece of clothing the same way again.

3. Re-inventing is ENDLESS and can be EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE!

CV

Bentley TAFE.

Diploma of Fashion Design - 1990 - 1992

Yangebup Community Services.

Re-cycled Garments Project – Sept. – Nov. 2001

Designing Women Textile Group.

Exhibition – November 2006

Fremantle Art Centre.

Tutor - Ready to Wear…Again Workshops 2002 – 2008
Mentor Student Exhibition – Ready to Wear…Again July 2008
Tutor – Sew Outside the Lines – Ready to Wear…Again 2009 -
Tutor - Sew Outside the Lines – Denim Surgery 2009 -
Tutor - Sew Outside the Lines – Knitwear Surgery 2009 -
Tutor - Learn To Sew, Adults & Teens - 2009

Private Lessons.

Tutor – Re-invent your Wardrobe Workshops – 2005 & 2006
Tutor – Re-invent your Wardrobe PD Day - 2007

Santa Maria Catholic College - PD Days.
Tutor – Re-invent your Wardrobe – Home Economics 2006
Tutor – Re-invent your Wardrobe – Art Dept. 2007

Mundarring Art Centre.

Tutor - Re-invent your Wardrobe Workshops 2007
Tutor - Re-invent your Wardrobe Workshops 2008

Old Royal George Community Art Centre.

Tutor - Re-invent your Wardrobe Workshops - 2008
Tutor – Sew Outside the Lines - Re-invent your Wardrobe – 2009 -
Tutor – Sew Outside the Lines - Playing with Patterns – 2009 -

Moora Fine Art Society Winter School.

Tutor - REinvent your Wardrobe Workshop July - August 2008
Tutor - REinvent your Wardrobe Workshop July - August 2009

Re-inventing Your Wardrobe Fashion Talks.

Felt West Winter Retreat – July 2006
City of Melville Artopia - Living Fibre Artists – September 2007
WA Quilting Association - May 2008
Treasured Craft Creations & Antique Fair - November 2009
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Santa Maria - 2010

Sewing.

Jody Pearl Fashion & Homewares Range – 1992 -
Home-based Alteration & Made-to-Measure Business 1995 - 2002
Lume Designs – summer range – 2004
Roberta Leary Designs – summer range 2005
summer range 2006
Seton Catholic College – Drama Dept. – June 2007
Blushouse Designs – seasonal sample ranges - 2007
seasonal sample ranges - 2008

Aprodite Concepts, seasonal range - 2009

Sew Outside the Lines Workshop dates and images can be viewed on the 'Workshop Dates' and 'Workshop Images' pages on this site.

You can read Course Outlines HERE.

Garments produced by Jody and her students during Sew Outside the Lines - Re-inventing your Wardrobe Workshops can be viewed on Jodys Blog and Flickr site:
http://re-inventingfashion.blogspot.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reinventing_fashion