Warning: Strictly Limited to 10 Seats. Registration Closes October 11th.
Houston Creatives & SEWISTS
Stop Looking Like You're Wearing A Trash Bag.
Learn the exact 4-step framework to custom-fit your own clothes in just 4 hours... using your Halloween costume as the ultimate canvas.
OCTOBER 16, 2026
6PM - 10PM
FABRIC FORGE
6440 Hillcroft Ave, Houston, TX 77081
Only 10 spots available to guarantee 1-on-1 quality guidance
THE NIGHTMARE IN YOUR CLOSET.
The Thrift Store Tragedy
You find an amazing vintage piece. The fabric is perfect. But it hangs off your body weirdly. So it sits in the back of your closet collecting dust.
The "Baggy Costume" Epidemic
You spend money on a packaged costume or online order, and it arrives looking like a shapeless potato sack. You try to safety-pin it, but you just look lumpy.
The Graveyard of Good Intentions
You bought it saying, "I just need to hem it." That was eight months ago. Now it sits in the dark corner of your closet. Every time you get dressed, you can feel them staring at you, silently judging you for abandoning them.
The YouTube Rabbit Hole
You watch 5 hours of confusing tutorials, finally take scissors to your clothes, ruin the garment completely, and swear off sewing forever.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
BEGINNER/NOVICE
You are not a complete stranger to a sewing machine. You’ve successfully tackled simple projects like tote bags or pillowcases, and you are ready to graduate from sewing straight lines to actually fitting and altering garments on a 3D body.
The Halloween Hacker:
You bought a bagged costume or ordered pieces online, and you want to use professional tools to upgrade it from "cheap and saggy" to a custom-fitted look before your party.
The Upcycler & Wardrobe Rescuer:
You are tired of clothes sitting unworn in your closet. You want to learn the fundamental deconstruction and alteration skills to upcycle thrifted gems, rescue ripped garments, or finally take in the waist on those pants you've held onto for months.
Who it's NOT for:
You have never threaded a sewing machine
To ensure everyone gets the most out of our 4 hours, you need basic machine familiarity (meaning you know how to guide fabric without pulling it while gassing the pedal!). If you are an absolute beginner, hold tight for the Sproutling cohort coming to Fabric Forge in January.
You want to draft a pattern from scratch.
This is strictly a garment alteration, hacking, and deconstruction clinic using existing clothing.
You are an advanced sewist looking for complex, high-level couture finishing techniques.
That's our White Orchid Incubator for aspiring designers, not here!
Halloween COSTUME CLINIC
Halloween is just the excuse. This is a foundational tailoring bootcamp disguised as a costume party.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Annie Chyr
Annie Chyr is a 3rd-generation master patternmaker and tailor with 15 years of hands-on experience in the fashion industry. Following the legacy of her grandmother; a master tailor who founded a renowned dressmaking school in Singapore. Annie brings deep, generational expertise to her work as a precision sample maker and custom garment designer. As the founder of Houston's White Orchid Academy and a top-tier Fashion Design graduate, she specializes in demystifying complex tailoring techniques and helping students master the art of the perfect fit.
1. Partner pinning
Stop twisting in the mirror. We pair up to pin on each other so you actually understand how fabric drapes on a 3D body.
2. THE MARKING METHOD
Learn how to take a pinned garment off safely and translate those pins into accurate chalk lines.
3. DECONSTRUCTION
Master the seam ripper. Learn the golden rules of ripping seams and adding seam allowances without destroying your fabric.
4. GUIDED CONSTRUCTION
Sew it back together with 1-on-1 guidance from a 3rd-Gen Patternmaker. If your machine jams or tension is off, I am right there to fix it