Custom Marine Canvas Training Workshops is the most comprehensive marine canvas training program in the USA! Our boat canvas instruction courses features a hands-on training approach. Our team of experts have instructed students from all across the US and internationally to successfully fabricate quality marine canvas products, and to set up a profitable marine canvas & upholstery business.
BASIC CANVAS WORKSHOP:
Our boat cover instructional course is designed for a beginner with little or no experience, or for the canvas maker who wishes to improve their fabrication techniques.
Curriculum includes becoming familiar with a commercial sewing machine, how to measure, cut, fit, sew, and install basic canvases such as Cockpit Covers, Travel Covers, and Mooring Covers. Many canvas sewing techniques will be taught including those essential for making marine canvas. Canvas-cut windows, canvas & window repairs, and zipper repair & installation are also taught in this class. You'll also learn about hardware & fasteners, canvas making tools, types of fabrics & threads, basic canvas estimating, canvas shop marketing, canvas & upholstery product resources, and more! You will learn how to set-up shop and get started! Students will sew their own Cockpit Covers in class and take these projects home for reference along with a free roll of practice fabric! Each student will have their own sewing machine to use during the course.
ADVANCED CANVAS WORKSHOP:
This Workshop is for the student who has taken the Basic Workshop, but would like more training, or for someone who has worked in a canvas shop and needs to learn shortcuts and easier methods of producing a quality custom canvas product. We encourage the Advanced Workshop for those who are serious about marine fabricating as a full time profession. Curriculum includes more difficult items such as, zippered bow pockets, leak-proof aft window, fitting and patterning methods, frame bending, and a continuation of fitting and sewing on more difficult projects. Frame construction, fitting, sewing, and installing a Boat Top, Side Curtains, and Aft Curtain will be the main focus in this class. Students will sew their own Boat Top, Side Window-Curtain, and Aft Curtain to take home as a reference! Each student will have their own sewing machine to use during the course. You will also work on an actual customer job in our workshop. The ADVANCED Workshop follows the BASIC Workshop.
BIMINI ENCLOSURE & CAMPER WORKSHOP:
If you intend to fabricate custom ca
nvas as a profession and maximize your fullest earning potential, or you desire to produce the highest quality product possible, this canvas training course is essential! This workshop is reserved for experienced fabricators or for students who have taken the Basic and Advanced Workshops. Learn the techniques that will bring you top dollar and unsurpassed quality of your soft enclosure projects.
This class includes these advanced topics:
• Variable Frame System Design
• Fabricating Advanced Bimini Tops
• Fabricating Enclosure Window Systems
• Fabricating Camper Tops and Connectors
• Fabricating EZ-Smile roll-ups with screens
• Fabricating sculpted, zippered, and snapped bow pockets
• Fabricating the perfect Camper-Top rainflap
Other class features include:
• Multi-directional patterning & fitting
• Advanced Bow Pockets; sculpted, zippered, and snapped
• Advanced canvas fabrication techniques
• Advanced trim and quality techniques
• Each student will sew an advanced Bimini Top and Window Panel to take home!
• Each student will have their own sewing machine to use during the course.
• Step-by-step Enclosure & Camper Training Manual included
• Introduction to advanced estimating using Quick Canvas Estimator software
• Introduction to advanced frame bending using Quick Frame Calculator software
RIGID ENCLOSURE WORKSHOP:
Now, experienced fabricators can keep in step with current design trends by offering rigid and semi-rigid enclosures. Once available only through third-party vendors, local canvas companies can now offer this ultimate enclosure system.
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Patterning & installing custom-crafted Rigid Hardtops and fabricating Semi-rigid Enclosure Panels is the focus of this ultimate training workshop! Learn the latest techniques used by the country's leading canvas professionals. Work with the newest products available on the market! This course is reserved for experienced fabricators or for students whom have completed the Basic & Advanced Workshops.
Class Topics include:
• Patterning custom-crafted Fiberglass Hardtops & Dodgers
• Project design-options and construction
• Designing and installing 'Snapless' Track Systems
• Fabricating Semi-Rigid Enclosure Windows using the latest in semi-rigid glass.
• Fabricating Flange / Rainflap Valances for track systems
• Fitting / Sewing inverted Fly Bridge windshield corners
Class Features include:
• Step-by-step Rigid Enclosures Training Manual
• Manufacturer sources for rigid and semi-rigid products
• Statistical data on Makrolon and other semi-rigid products
• Each student will sew a polycarbonate Window Panel to take home with them
• Each student will have their own sewing machine to use during the course.
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MARINE UPHOLSTERY WORKSHOP:
This 5-day Workshop teaches how to pattern, measure, cut, and sew basic and advanced upholstery, including these techniques:
- zippers
- welt (piping)
- striping
- multi-colors and patterns
- track-welting
- cutting, shaping, & bonding foam
- seating design
- bucket seats
- and more!
Each student will fabricate and take home with them:
- boat cushion
- bolster cushion
- multi-paneled cushion cover
- contoured V-berth cushion
Each student will have their own sewing machine to use during the course. A great class for both beginner and upholstery veterans! Completion of the Basic Workshop, or prior sewing experience, is required for this class. Students will take home their finished products!
Canvas Training To Go!
When travel is out of the question, we can help! Fabricators, boat builders, restorers, and canvas associations can benefit from our full five-days consultation on design, frame systems, fitting methods, fabrication, installation, and other topics of your choice! We work side-by-side with manufacturing teams and fabricators. Our hands-on approach provides vital knowledge while seeing visual progress. Available dates are: June, August, and December. Certain restrictions apply. Contact us to discuss specific details and to schedule Canvas Training To Go.
Summary of Workshops:
Whether you are a beginner with no sewing experience or a veteran fabricator desiring to learn the latest techniques, we have a marine canvas training course for you. Our workshops are geared for the individual who would like to learn to make the highest quality custom canvas in the shortest amount of time.
