BEGINNING SEWING

If you’ve never or barely touched a machine, Learn to Sew is the one for you! If you’ve done some sewing but are a bit unsure about your skills or want a refresher and are ready to make apparel, then try Apparel Construction.

Learn to Sew

Mondays April 15-July 8, 6-9 pm OR

Wednesdays, April 17-July 3, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm. 

$89 each level or $259 for a series of 3 levels + $10/session kit fee for patterns/handouts. Each level lasts 4 weeks. Priced per person.

No class Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

Learn to Sew 1. 
Learn to sew in this first level of beginning sewing. Bring your machine or rent one from us. Learn basic survival stitches — as well as the way professionals sew — while you make an apron. Sew quickly and painlessly. Learn to read and understand commercial patterns. No sewing experience is required. Includes pattern & handouts.

Mondays, April 15-May 6, 6-9 pm (Sorry, the level 1 Monday class is full.  Please sign up for one of the Wednesday classes.)

OR

Wednesdays, April 17-May 8, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm OR 2-5 pm

Learn to Sew 2
Improve on the skills you have learned in LTS 1 or sewing at home. You will make a robe with band, pockets and sash. Match your pockets and make them even. Learn the proper way to make a faced front. Work with large volumes of fabric and tricky layouts. Includes pattern & handouts. Prerequisite: LTS 1

Mondays, May 13-June 10, 6-9 pm OR

Wednesdays, May 15-June 12, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm

Learn to Sew 3
Make a comfy pajama top & drawstring pants. Sew buttons and buttonholes with your machine. Sew details right for real clothes that look like you bought them from a store, not made them at home. Find out the secrets of interfacing and elastic. Sew a professional pocket and collar. Includes pattern, handouts. Prerequisite: LTS 1 & 2

Mondays, June 17-July 8, 6-9 pm OR

Wednesdays, June 19-July 10, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm 

Don't have a sewing machine?  Rent one of our nice, new machines for $10/class meeting.  Apply your rent to owning to machine when you buy your machine from us.

"loving it!!  [This class] has inspired me to pursue something I've wanted to do for years... thanks" -- Jim

Kids & Teens Beginning  and Advanced Sewing - Ages 8 - 14

Mondays, April 15-July 8, 4-5:45 pm

$69 per level or $199 for the three beginning (Levels 1-3) classes together.  Priced per person.  +$5/level kit fee -- includes book "I Can Sew."

You will learn to sew! Become friends with a machine, learn basic stitches fearlessly, then go on to make clothes and gifts for yourself or your friends and family!

Want a class you can do together?  Then try Mommy & Me.

Level 1 - Pillowcase, drawstring bag and I-pod purse. Mondays, April 15-May 6, 4-5:45 pm
Get to know your sewing machine.  Learn all the parts, how to thread it and make a bobbin.  Sew straight lines and corners while making the perfect iPod purse.  We’ll make pillowcases for sleepovers or for a gift.  Then we'll make a drawstring tote bag, perfect for carrying books or carrying clothes for a sleepover.  No sewing experience is required.  Includes handouts.

Level 2 - PJ pants & embellished t-shirt. Mondays, May 13-June 10, 4-5:45 pm

Build on what you learned in Level 1.  Improve on your sewing skills and learn how to sew pull on elastic pajama pants, perfect for relaxing at home.  To coordinate with your PJ pants, we can embellish a ready-made t-shirt with leftover PJ fabric for a truly one of a kind outfit.  Includes pattern.  Prerequisite: Level 1 or private lessons.

Level 3 - Comfy robe. Mondays, June 17-July 8, 4-5:45 pm
Make fun seams and easy hems.  Learn about kimono sleeves and more complicated layouts.  Learn how to make belts and the proper way to sew seams.  Wear your outfit on spirit day or around the house or sleepovers.  Includes pattern.  Prerequisite:  Level 2

Kids & Teens Advanced Sewing

Learn how to sew hems.  Sew on elastic.  Add trims and sparklies.  Make your skirt one layer or several or add tiers.  Wear your new skirt home!

Level 5 - Pants.  Mondays, Mondays, June 17-July 8, 4-5:45 pm

Learn how to make belt loops, add a zipper and make pockets.  Make a fun tie belt to slide through your belt loops.

Looking for a project the two of you can do together?  Try Mommy & Me! $79/couple.  Saturdays, Feb 2 & 9, 2-5 pm

Class policies

Don't have a sewing machine?  Rent one of our nice, new machines for $10/class meeting.  Apply your rent to owning to machine when you buy your machine from us.

If you’ve never or barely touched a machine, Learn to Sew is the one for you! If you’ve done some sewing but are a bit unsure about your skills or want to learn professional techniques and are ready to make apparel, then try Apparel Construction.

Apparel Construction 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0  
$89 each level or $259 + $10 kit fee/session for patterns & handouts for a series of 3 levels. Each level last 4 weeks. Priced per person. Includes handouts and patterns.

SUMMER CLASS!  Meet every day for four days in a row.  See details and registration below.

Apparel Construction 1: Monday-Thursday, July 22-25, 10 am-1 pm.

Apparel Construction 2:  Monday-Thursday, July 29-August 1, 10 am-1 pm

Apparel Construction 3:  Monday-Thursday, August 5-8, 10 am-1 pm

Spring classes:

Tuesdays, April 16-July 2, 6-9 pm OR  Thursdays, April 18-July 11, 10 am-1 pm  OR 6-9 pm OR Saturdays, April 20-July 13, 10 am-1 pm

Apparel Construction 1.0

Start sewing and build confidence. Learn basic stitches and how to use your machine while you make an A-line skirt with a zipper. Learn how to use commercial patterns. Layout and cut fabric with happy results. Includes patterns & handouts.  Prerequisite:  Learn to Sew or previous sewing experience

Apparel Construction 2.0 Learn the basics of fitting patterns plus the secrets of elastic while making a casual pair of weekend pants to wear around the house, shopping, gardening or exercise class. Make two kinds of pockets that you should know how to make.  Includes patterns & handouts. Prereq: Apparel Construction 1.0

Apparel Construction 3.0  Learn more about how to fit patterns and garments plus the secrets of making a professional garment while you make a blouse:  Interfacing, collars, buttonholes and sew on buttons. Includes patterns & handouts.  Prereq: Apparel Construction 1.0 & 2.0

Tuesdays, June 11 - July 2, 6-9 pm OR Thursdays, June 13-July 11, 10 am-1 pm OR 6-9 pm OR Saturdays, June 15-July 13, 10 am-1 pm.

No class Thursday, July 4 or Saturday, July 6.

Don't have a sewing machine?  Rent one of our nice, new machines for $10/class meeting.  Apply your rent to owning to machine when you buy your machine from us.

Class policies

"I don't know if you're the one who encouraged [my daughter] to take this class but whoever it was gets a big thanks from her grandmothers (who both sew) and me (who doesn't). Thank you!" -- Kathryn

Summer Camps for Kids & Teens ages 8-14

-- Sewing Camp.  Tuesday-Friday, July 23-26, 10 am-12:30 pm.  $120.  Must know how to sew.

-- Fashion Camp.  Tuesday-Friday, July 23-26, 1:30-4 pm.  $120.  Prereq:  Beginning Sewing

Taught by children's sewing book author Lynn Weglarz