Osas Olumese Training Institute

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 lockdown,

At the beginning of each year, we do get loads of inquiries regarding our courses. This ginger which propelled them to send that DM, whatsApp, call, or even visit our location, sadly does not turn to actual enrollment, for many. We also found that for those who register, the community formed with other creatives at our Fashion School, spur them to out-do themselves. Who are you? We are excited, to work with persons who are relentless in achieving their 2020 goals learning to sew. Our curriculum that ensures you maximize the time spent with us has been tested and is trusted. Our Fashion School facility is very conducive for learning. What is the reason why you won’t work towards your passion for fashion? For details about our offering click here . To speak or chat (WhatsApp) to our personnel, call 07087269825

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 course Our class options are Weekda

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

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

Would you love to learn how to pattern draft bodice; talking about dresses, tops/ blouse etc. You don"t have the luxury of time, as you are working. Good news!!! A new session of our Bodice Course   ( Weekend-Saturday option ) kick starts on Saturday, 27th April, 2019. Secure your slot today!!! Bodice Course ( Evening Option ), would be starting on Monday 6th, May 2019. Be social, share this information with your friends, and tell them to tell two. Thanks in anticipation

Kano Miracle Crusade (KMC) has grown to become a yearly event organised by Christ Embassy Church Kano, enriching the body of Christ. This year's was the fourth, Frank Edwards was live in Kano. I have been privileged to attend ...uhhmmm... 2.5 (LOL). Now to the gist. About two years back, a fellowship I belong to decided to start a pop corn business to raise money for her activities, thus reducing pressure on her members. This has been a beautiful idea. We got someone, whom we trained and he started working for us. Last year, we attended KMC as a business, and let me just say, we smiled at our income, so this year, we decided to be at KMC again. We had our plans, we shared duties amongst the Excos, we made money change in smaller denominators. Infact, everything was set for us to outdo our past KMC result. The day came finally on Friday 12th April 2019. All Excos were asked to be present at the venue at 8PM, as it was an all night event. I being an Exco got ther

As an introvert, I find it easier to talk… or should I say communicate with persons who show interest in what I am saying… If I am talking to you, and you don’t realize when I stop talking, then you are not interested in what I have to say… Asides from being an introvert, the above way is one way identified by Dale Carnegie in his book “How to win friends and influence people”. How this does relates to the title of this blog post? As fashion designers, our team members must be made up of people who are genuinely interested in your point of view, because, you would be working with them to make your vision a reality. If they are not genuinely interested, actualizing your vision would be a lot of back and forth. Generally this is the case…that is the back and forth part, but it is greatly reduce by the   interest of your fashion team members. Their interest somehow gives the Fashion designer “freedom” to share his / her ideas. When this freedom is there, the creati

Hello,  I am Miss Chinwe. I'm here to tell you about my experience in Osas Olumese Training Institute. Firstly, it is a fashion school where pattern drafting is used. Seriously, I enjoyed my learning here... though when I started, it wasn't really funny because I was not following nor understanding the pattern at all. I must confess, I wasn't really following during my skirt variation class. At a point I told myself that this is really a waste of time and resources but as we all know, nothing good comes easily. I continued coming. During the bodice class, I opened my mind and I conciously avoided distractions, and I enjoyed every moment of the class. I would say it's better to start early, especially if you have passion for it,  than to procrastinate. When I started this fashion school, the funds wasn't there but grace kept me going. At this point I would say there is nothing wrong with having a handiwork. Are you still thinking of a great pl

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

Can I learn confidence in two(2) months? This should be the actual question asked. The truth is this, the principles of sewing and pattern drafting are simple, but they may not be properly communicated to the learner. As a result, the learner learns by self interpretation of what has been observed. Principles which have been communicated to a learner properly, needs  practice time to be mastered. But a of time long practice time does not necessarily mean mastery, as mastery time may be elongated by lack of confidence. I remember when I started pattern drafting, in following the instruction, I would read and re-read instructions, I would compute, and compute again to avoid mistakes, I would compare pattern instructions... not sure of which would work.... These I realized latter on, were time wasters... though  these actions made me more in touch with pattern drafting. I had to take the risk of being incorrect, making use of the pattern to cut the fabric (testing the patt

Looking at the time, I realized it was 12:04 AM, 20th July, 2018. Yay!!! It is my Birthdaay. I said a quick prayer, and then it was time to sleep. I woke up excited, smiling to everyone at home, but they didn't even realize it was my day. Funny enough, my sister  had reminded me the day before about what happened Eleven (11) years ago. That day doubled as my birthday and my sister's convocation... so everybody forgot my side. Anyways, my childishness 11years ago, did not steal my excitement this year, although I didn't remind them, I went to the office as usual. I was the first person in, and I ensured I monopolized the music box with my choice of songs😊. As my colleagues came in, they wished me happy birthday...except one (Kelechi). How could they forget, as I had on numerous occasions reminded Sekina (one of my  Mighty girls ) that she would be making my birthday dress. Birthday Girl - moi Sekina Fast forward to about three(3) hours latter, th

Man cannot discover new oceans  unless he has the courage to  lose sight of the shore .  - Andre Gide -  An essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail. -Dr Edwin Land- This morning, I found time to do two posts on our Instagram handle @OOTIKano . As I turned on my data this evening I got a notification about a comment...  (who does not like a comment on ones post... call me vain, Nah you sabi) Student's Work: First garment deliverable Excited, I went to check out the comment, to my surprise, a handle I had sometime gone through and admired was the commenter...Yepa😃😄😄 Dont get me wrong, I know we take our time to impact knowledge here at Osas Olumese Training Institute, I know we ensure that the students follow the outlined steps to come up with their unique style, I know we have tweaked and tweaked the curriculum - to ensure that it reflects new trends and maximizes the times students spend with us; but yet an outside opinion, of a hand

I remember when I was a lot younger… I think I was in secondary school, my mother took me to a tailor to get measured for a garment. According to my mother, this tailor was on-point (you know what I mean) as in his work was beautiful. Learn how to sew at OOTIKano I cannot remember being so excited about it, but who would not love to have more clothe as a child. Fast forward to the day when I received the clothe…. My response was…Is this it? The finishing was poor, the fit was not it. We took it for a number of amendment, and at a point, I just stopped, thinking I would grow to meet the cloth over time LOL. This memory is what caused me to keep asking myself “there must be something more”, as I learnt how to make clothing using the free hand method of doing things. This questions led me to the answer - pattern making. I wanted the focus of my garment to have a lot of emphasis on its Fit and Finish . I would not say I have arrived, but I constantly want to out-do my last job

We would sincerely like to appreciate you for choosing us in your pursuit for sewing and pattern drafting knowledge. We would love to inform you of some changes that would be effected in 2018. We have made changes to the curriculum we have been using, and are excited about this. Our course offering .has reduced to four courses, and they are: Starter: Sewing and Pattern Drafting Course – Skirts Sewing and Pattern Drafting Course – Bodice Jacket Making Course Trouser Making Course For details on the courses, please check the Course Page Tab Each course would run for four to eight (4 - 8) weeks, four times weekly. In order to maximize the available space, two courses would run almost concurrently, with one running between the hours of 9:00am and 1:30pm (Tuesdays to Fridays), while the other would run between the hours of 11:00am and 3:30pm (Mondays to Thursdays). In 2018, we would continue having evening and weekend classes to accommodate persons who love to maximize their

Happy Sunday people, It seems I am having fun typing away. I hope this continues, so I can load this blog with so much of my musings about FASHION of course. So today, I went to the market after service (please don't judge me)... guilty conscience . I then decided to get myself my current favorite biscuit... Igloo Coconut Cookies. As I pointed it to the biscuit to the seller, a lady I met there told me about this NEW biscuit, I should try... OK. I left what I had in mind to buy, and got myself this NEW biscuit. As soon as I  had the opportunity,  I opened the biscuit to enjoy it. It was nice, but to me, it did not measure up to Igloo Coconut Cookies... my opinion My point here is after getting the information from the lady, I decided to take a risk, and try. As the saying goes "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". Confidence can only be built when to you step out on your own. Look at a child learning to walk... He takes a step, falls down, stands, a

I started learning how to sew at a very young age. When I opened my business, people are always surprised when they come by and they meet me. Some, who do have courage did ask when I started sewing. I do not ascribe what I know today as regards sewing to the fact I started learning early. I had a lot of breaks in between, cause I could not tell my Dad that I was not going to school, so I could do garment production (ehe no go hear ram o). Besides, my father was proud that he could send us to school, seeing that he did not have our privilege, So back to the matter. In my learnings, the thoughtful part of me just knew there was something more and better, that would assure me of consistency in my result. I wanted to know more. I started learning with Mrs Mabel Odumah of Royal Vintage Kano, when I was twelve years old (it was during school breaks) She still does know the in and out of the trade. Me, I was just wanted to get straight to the matter, hitting the nail on the head, my