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Master Sewing and Design Professional Certification

 

Master Alteration Specialist Certification

Choose From Two Certification Programs!

[email protected]  1-855-(C)ALL-MSDP (855-255-6737)

You've mastered the skills - now become certified!

Navigate to: MSDP Certification Information | MAS Certification Information | MSDP and MAS Grandfather Programs


  

MASTER SEWING AND DESIGN PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION


The Master Sewing and Design Professional (MSDP) Certification Program is a performance-based program that was developed by the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals (ASDP). It is based on ASDP's Standards of Quality and is open to anyone with a sewing-related business. MSDP certification provides the professional with the prestigious credentials that validate skills and expertise.

This evaluation of professional custom sewing and design work accomplishes five important goals:

  1. It upholds high standards of workmanship.

  2. It validates the sewing and design professional's skills.

  3. It educates the sewing professional in the evaluation of her/his work, aiding in the development of skills.

  4. It provides a benchmark of superior quality for the consumer.

  5. It encourages and attracts new and talented people to be certified.

This program consists of seven modules, each with its own specific requirements and methods of testing. Upon successful completion of all seven modules, participants will receive a certificate proclaiming their achievement, along with the right to use the Master Sewing and Design Professional designation in his/her business. In addition,  members of ASDP who successfully complete the program will be listed on the National Referral List on the ASDP website, with the designation of Master Sewing and Design Professional (MSDP).

To qualify for certification an applicant must:

  • Submit an application and pay the required fees.

  • Complete all requirements as stated in the MSDP Packet.

The cost for the MSDP Program is $1000.00 for Association of Sewing and Design Professionals (ASDP) members and $1500.00 for non-ASDP members. Continuing Education requirements (CEU's) are also required for all participants to maintain MSDP certification. These requirements and further information about the MSDP Program are available by clicking on the link below.

Please click on the links below for more information about the program.

MSDP Certification Program Summary

Master Certification Continuing Education Requirements

MSDP Suggested Texts and Sources

MSDP Certification Board Members  

Meet the Evaluation Team

MSDP Certification  Registration Form

 

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Master Alteration Specialist Program (MAS) 


The Master Alteration Specialist Certification Program is a performance based program that was developed by the Master Sewing and Design Professionals' (MSDP) Certification Board.  It is based on the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals’ (ASDP) Standards of Quality and is open to anyone.

This evaluation of professional alteration sewing accomplishes five important goals. 

  • It upholds high standards of workmanship.
  • It validates the sewing and design professional's skills.
  • It educates the sewing professional in the evaluation of her/his work, aiding in the development of skills.
  • It provides a benchmark of superior quality for the consumer.
  • It encourages and attracts new and talented people to be certified.

To qualify for certification an applicant must: 

  • Submit an application and pay the required module fees.
  • Complete all requirements as stated in the Certification Packet.

Upon Completion of the program

  • One will receive a certificate and be able to use the Master Alteration Specialist Logo on all their business materials. 
  • Will be required to complete continuing education units

This program consists of five modules, each with its specific requirements and methods of evaluation.  Upon successful completion of all five modules, a certificate will be awarded and the participant will be allowed to use that designation in his/her business.

All evaluators will be carefully screened and approved by the MSDP Board of Directors.  Blind evaluation will be conducted on all modules except Alteration Fit, which will be juried in person by a three member evaluation team, and Business Practices which will be evaluated by a Small Business Administration Center Director.  Applicants will be assigned an identification number to be used on all submissions.  Blind evaluation will be conducted so evaluators will not know whose work they are evaluating and the applicants will not be aware of who is evaluating their work.

The cost for the MAS program is $800.00 for Association of Sewing and Design Professionals (ASDP) members and $1200.00 for non-ASDP members. Continuing Education requirements are also required for all participants to maintain MAS certification. These requirements and further information about the MAS Program are available by clicking on the link below.

Learn More about MAS certification

MAS terms of agreement

MSDP suggested text and sources

MAS PROGRAM REGISTRATION



MSDP & MAS Grandfather Policies

Apply for Grandfathering into the Master Sewing and Design Professional Certification Program or the Master Alteration Specialist Program. See information below. MSDP Grandfather policy requirements | MAS Grandfather policy requirements

MASTER SEWING AND DESIGN PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION (MSDP) & MASTER ALTERATION SPECIALIST PROGRAM (MAS) GRANDFATHERING PROGRAMS


Do you have what it takes to be grandfathered into either the Master Sewing and Design Professional Certification or the Master Alteration Specialist Program? You have mastered your skills and now you have an opportunity to become certified. MSDP and MAS certification are an asset to you and your business. You may be eligible to use the Master Sewing and Design Professional (MSDP) or Master Alteration Specialist (MAS) title in your business because of your years of success and productivity in the apparel field.

The Grandfather application is designed for successful professionals who have been working in a sewing and design business or alterations business for a minimum of fifteen years. The Grandfather Program is aimed towards entrepreneurs and professionals who have established a successful career and now wish to earn MSDP or MAS certification based on the body of their work and experience. Your years of experience and business success make you an ideal candidate to validate your skills and earn the prestigious right to MSDP or MAS certification. If you meet the requirements of this program you will not be required to take the certification tests required of other candidates.

The governing board of MSDP has designed an application that invites you to present the required information consisting of written and visual examples of your business mastery. If you meet the requirements, beginning with a minimum of fifteen years full time sewing and design or alteration business experience, then you are eligible to submit your application. The MSDP governing board will review your application and if you meet the criteria they will award you MSDP or MAS certification.

The cost for the Grandfather Program for MSDP is $1000.00 for Association of Sewing and Design Professionals (ASDP) members and $1500.00 for non-ASDP members. For MAS the cost is $800 for ASDP members, and $1200.00 for non-members. Continuing Education requirements are also required for all participants to maintain MSDP or MAS certification. These requirements and further information about the MSDP/MAS Grandfathering Program are available by clicking on the links below.


MSDP & MAS Grandfather Program Registration Form


Please review the MSDP Grandfather policy requirements or MAS Grandfather policy requirements and contact us if you are interested or have further questions. [email protected]


 

Congratulations to LaVonda Miles!

LaVonda is the second graduate of the Master Alteration Specialist Certification Program.

LaVonda Miles


 


 

Meet Our Scholarship Recipient

 

WHITNEY LUCKENBILL

Whitney Luckenbill

When I headed off to college in 1998, I certainly had no idea that my career path would one day involve a sewing machine. I graduated with a BS in finance and a BA in accounting from William Jewell College, a liberal arts college in Missouri in 2002. When I became pregnant with my twins in 2005 and left my job as a financial analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank, I knew accounting was no longer a field I wanted to pursue. It wasn’t until I couldn’t find gender neutral bedding that I discovered sewing. Armed with a sewing machine from Costco and my mother’s limited sewing knowledge, we managed to create two bedskirts, two quilts, two bumpers and a valance. It was then that my passion for sewing was ignited.

From that point on I read and absorbed all the sewing information I could gather. It was at this time that I began accepting home décor sewing jobs from friends and family. When my husband was relocated to the Indianapolis area in 2011, I was yearning to explore garment construction, primarily because I am a very difficult-to-fit body type. It was then that I signed up for a class at my local fabric shop and met fellow ASDP member Joyce Hittesdorf who took me under her wing after our first class. From there, I apprenticed with Joyce until the sale of her business in the fall of 2013. I continued to work with the new proprietor, Sarah Knochel, and it was then that I upped my ASDP membership from friend to Intern. It was also at this time that I felt confident enough to begin offering alterations and custom construction to clients on my own. In 2014, I set up TomKat Stitchery, changed my ASDP membership to formal, and began working from my basement. In 2015, with help from my family, we turned our basement into a professional studio where I continue to work.

I continue to take classes both in person and online to further my education and my skill level. I am very hopeful that the MSDP program will serve as a compass to help me achieve my goal of excellence in this field about which I am so passionate. I can assure you that sewing is not a passing fab or interest for me, but a skill commitment I hope to pursue for the rest of my life. I thank you again for your time and consideration of my application for this scholarship.

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