Liza Grant - Dressmaker
Hello! My name is Liza Grant and I’m very pleased to welcome you on to my Facebook page.
The idea of making clothes was already in my mind as a young child. If my mother carelessly left scissors lying around I started cutting everything I could see, perfecting my skills as a pattern designer! As I grew older I started to make clothes for my dolls and once I decided I was a ‘skilled dressmaker’, I managed to make a waistcoat for my younger sister. My grandmother’s suit from the wardrobe was used for that, but for some reason grandma didn’t appreciate this first work. Then I made a lot of clothes for myself and later the first customers appeared. After finishing school I went to technical college and studied to be a sewing technologist. After graduating from technical school I continued to do my favourite work, and that’s what I still do now twenty years later.
I would be glad to help you if you have got a special occasion coming up or just want to have something in your wardrobe which will fit perfectly on your figure. Your new outfit will look completely unique and different from the clothes you can see the people all around you. You are very welcome to my little studio which is situated in my home.
You can telephone me or write to me by email and if it sounds as though I can help you we can discuss the time and date convenient for you to visit.
If you’ve got a specific idea already, either a drawing or a photo from the internet or a fashion magazine, it would make our job much easier, but if you don’t have any of this and just have a desire to have something new I will help you with your choice.
First we will choose the design from magazines or I can give you some ideas and then we will discuss the type of material and accessories you need, and if you don’t have the material we can go to a fabric shop and choose everything together.
The next step will be measuring you which will happen on the first visit. When you have approved everything and I have the fabric I can start to make a pattern and cut and prepare the garment for the first fitting. The number of fittings depends on the complexity of the design or garment and how many changes or modifications we make during the process, in which case we may need extra fittings. Normally though the number of fittings is between 1 and 3, and very rarely more than that.
If you have got any questions or need my advice for anything please don’t hesitate to ask.