Osas Olumese Training Institute

Change is the only constant thing.  If you are doing anything that stops yielding the  expected result... change it. We have come a long way as a Fashion School in the city of Kano Nigeria, and this has come with various change. At every phase of our growth, we have ensured that we gave our best at that level. Our change over time as been born out of various change in requirement. Let me talk about this change.

What you feel, is a choice for you to make. At this times, we have chosen to be hopeful, ...  smiling through it all. Its a new month, and God is good. Its been a while since we last posted on the blog, but we sure can still talk about the ongoing events. Osas Olumese Training Institute, Kano has been closed since the lock down began here in Kano State, about two week ago, due to COVID-19. This means that we have not been engaging in any business activities.... we haven't been training students in the science and art of sewing and pattern drafting. Although we miss all the busy-ness at the office, we choose to see the silver lining.  It has been a time of going back to the drawing board to think out new, improved and better ways to serve our students better. If at all we downplayed online sewing and pattern drafting classes, as never before, this season has made obvious the need. Although we would still have physical classes after the lockd...

A habit one forms, leads to character Anything worth doing at all is worth doing well My Mother I remember these words of my mother while growing up; even till this day she keeps saying it. While growing up, on hearing these words, I would feel like pulling out my hair, as most times the words are provoked by a poorly done chore. Mummy always loved work to be done to perfection, and she doesn't accept anything less. If she notices any imperfections, she will voice out those words of hers. These words framed my work habit, thus I ensured that whatever I did, I do it in the best possible way I know it can be done. I notice that persons who learn the skill of sewing in a haphazard manner, always find it difficult to change the narrative when they become experts. The truth is that you bring your personality and your work habit into anything you do, and learning a skill also. A conscious effort to put your best from the start... Ensuring that stitches are sewn perfectly...

It seems a lot of people have high ginger, this year 2020. We have received a lot of enquiry,  and we are so excited about the people who are gingered to turn their passion for fashion into tangibly. Welcome to the official blog of Osas Olumese Training Institute, the Number 1 Fashion School in Northern Nigeria. The courses we offer, and their prices are: Start course - skirt. ... 50,000 naira Bodice Course..... 50,000 naira Jacket Course.... 30,000 naira Trouser Course .... 30,000 naira Details of what the courses are about,  can be found here . Payments should be made to  Osas Olumese  0075282528  Access Bank  For each course,  there is an additional refundable fee, which is dependent on the class option of choice (10,000 naira for saturday classes and 5,000 naira for other options). This covers damages  and unnecessary extensions to the course. It is paid at the beginning of the course, and refunded at the end of the c...

What a blog post title for the first post of the year... I thought about it too, but since I have an already  documented post, it can as well be the first for 2020. Happy New Year to you. Thank you for making 2019 count for us, Lets together make 2020 outstanding. New year 2020 Back to the crust of today's post Basically this post is about churning out well made clothes in short time frame. I had to force myself to think about this, as my work load grew. Although I can delegate things to get done, I am yet to grow past the feeling that I get it done it better. Don’t judge me, I will grow out of this. I must, to scale... my brand . Back to the point of this blog post… so when I need to get more done in a short period of time, what I do is... division of labour (thankful for that topic in economics). I do have apprentice that I may not be comfortable giving them the whole garment to do, but I trust their ironing skill, straight line sewing skill, ...

Should I confess? Yay!!!(hands on my head) See my life in my very before, because I want others to learn (pardon my Nigerian English). #TrueConfession My Finance record is very messed up... This has been a struggle, since I started business... I just want to know where the money is coming from and where it is going to. I have used pen and paper, books, apps, excel sheet. I would start, and then begin asking myself, what the point was, as  I never had the time (or more like ..patience) to go through the expenses, to find out what we were spending money on, if the expenses made business sense, if we could reduce or eliminate the expense (typing this blog post, I just thought of a way we could task our office neighbours to contribute in reducing our water expenses)... things like that... The fact that I had not gotten it right yet, meant I would keep trying (right?) Fast forward to the end of August, I knew I needed to try out options I hadn't tried... I put on my t...

Allow me to first of all say "Happy New Month" - September is H E R E I served in Lagos, and I worked my posting there (smiling face). I had so much plans about how my service year should be, and I felt Lagos was the place I should be. I grew up in Kano state Nigeria, where I had my primary school education, and partly secondary education... part, I did in Kaduna. My tertiary education was in Ogun State (Covenant University). Why am I giving you my history? I am very conservative, and highly introverted, and looking at my history, working my NYSC posting to Lagos, would not cross one's mind. One of our very first corpers...  I did it! And for me, this was one of the best decisions I made. I made most of my decision (even money decisions) while serving, asking myself again and again why I decided to get posted to the state. This helped me make choices that favoured my serving in Lagos . I attended a lot of Fashion events, both free and paid. I attende...

For change to take place, there must be discomfort with the present state of things. The statement is so true, and determines whether or not one grows.There is need to keep challenging the norm, by asking ourselves "How can I do things better?" The need for stylish and perfectly fitting clothes by women; for ever growing events, cannot be denied. Women are constantly needing pieces that will make them stand out from the crowd in events. They want the memory of what they wore to still ring a bell, a long time after the event. This is a good thing for persons in business of making clothes, as you always want to have business. When people start appreciating the great job you do, work begins to grow to a point that you have more work than you can handle within a said time frame (as the demand keeps growing). If you don't find a way of keeping track of things, the ball starts to fall from your hands. Customers do not want to experience being disappointed, as a...

The class is not for you if you have enough time available to you to do our  normal course . .. Summer Fashion Course Yes, It is for you, if you don't have so much time on your hands, but have this summer available to you, and would love to get a skill in sewing and pattern drafting.. We are excited, because we have been looking for you to share our excitement and experience with, as we hold your hand in this journey.. So may exciting things awaits you in this journey, amongst which is that, you would be updating your wardrobe, with clothes made by you...💃💃💃💃 Are you a guy who would also love to be a part, learning to make female clothing... you are not left out. . Register today Get your registration form, for the sum of 1,000 Naira Fill and submit; agreeing to our terms and conditions Pay your school fees, 50,000 Naira,  Get your  Sewing kit Get ready, classes start in the second week of August Be a part. Click on the link below, so we ge...

Yay!!! It is a great day to be alive. It is the second day of 2019, and our action plan is to be more. We are not wasting time, as we know there are a lot of people who have plans to make the most of 2019, learning how to sew and pattern draft. The good news is that we are set to receive you. Sewing and Pattern Making Course

It is the last starter class for 2018!!! Yes, you heard me right ... It is the last for our weekday class. It starts on Monday, 22nd October 2018 Are you looking for a fashion school in Kano state that would give you value for your time? We are excited to have you join our programme which is so structured, so that every day you are present in class you must deliver.  You would be pressed to deliver, you would work hard, you will sweat, you would be confused, but must of all you would LEARN, and meet other creatives in the process,... making the journey worth while. Our curriculum has been designed to take you from a novice, to a knowledgeable person in sewing and pattern drafting. You don't need to go outside Kano to make your dream a reality, as we offer you a world class curriculum. Registration is ON , and it would be closed as soon as the slots available gets filled up. Your slot can ONLY be secured by you paying your fees. The exact...

I was surprised today when she brought me a micro-mini version of the cut out fabric of what she had been taught in class, asking how it should be sewn. On a second thought, I was excited about the fact that she would be adding her creativity to the work...So I thought. I asked her, she further surprised me by saying, it is actually a macro-mini version, and she would be using it as house clothe😟😞😕 ....house clothe, ke? you mean you would take your time to sew a house clothe? My thoughts were these: she plans not to take the class work serious she would not put effort to ensure a beautiful result, by ironing or evening using interfacing. When I inquired, she then goes on to explain how she is better than those who made their class deliverable for some other person. Then I realized her issue, as I remembered a student who once said they were being thought how to sew vintage clothes. Consideration has been put into the curriculum we have come up with. We have had t...