Industrial Machine Sewing

ButtonholerIndustrial Machine Sewing with Lisa Silveira and Adam Andreas

Six sessions:  Thursdays, Jan 26-March 1, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm.

(Sorry, these classes are full.  Please contact info@portlandsewing.com to get on the wait list.)

$189 for 6 sessions plus $30 kit fee (includes bobbins, bobbin case and sewing machine needles)=$219

Learn to sew on those ultra-fast commercial sewing machines — from lockstitch to coverstitch — and learn the fast, professional way to make apparel.  Sew at up to 6500 stitches per minute instead of the 250 per minute on the typical home sewing machines.  You’ll learn on the latest, most competent machines:  Juki lockstitch, Pfaff

Juki8700overlock, Juki double-needle walking foot, Kansai coverstitch and Consew blindhem.  You’ll learn how to thread the machines, understand and use sewing terminology, troubleshoot problems and how to handle fabric.  Class limited to 4 students at a time.

Prerequisite:  Beginning Sewing, Learn to Sew or Intermediate Sewing