Fashion Sewing Club is a monthly meeting featuring garments, pattern modification and review, and the latest news in the sewing world. You will be provided with tips, techniques and new ideas that are sure to inspire you. Current fashion, chic wear, proper fit, children’s wear and home dec are just some of the topics we will explore.
Whether you are an experienced sewist or just beginning – this club is for you! Bring show and tell for a chance to win a door prize.
Club meets every second Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and second Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Cost is $10 (your first meeting is free) and you will receive 10% off regularly priced fabrics that day.
Tuesday July 9 10:30 and 6:30
Saturday July 13 10:30
Sewing is so much more fun when you know that what you are making will fit. But how do you know that? Whether you are new to sewing or a seasoned sewist, fitting can be challenging. Learn what to look for in a pattern to get closer to a good fit, how to see what changes to make, and how to make them. This hands-on class will help you translate the theory and numbers of pattern alteration into a garment that fits. Skill Level: Advanced Beginner Monday 6:00 – 9:00 July 8, 15, (skip 22) 29 |
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OUTSIDE THE BIG 4 BOX: Working With Indie Patterns & PDFs Do you want to go beyond the Big 4-Butterick, McCalls, Vogue, Simplicity - but you’re not quite sure if they are “good” or not? And then you buy them and they’re online and you don’t know how to get them printed? Or you’ve spent hours taping 8 ½ x 11 sheets into a full size pattern and never want to do it again? We’ve been there and done that so let us show you how to make sense of it all, including tracing those Burdastyle magazine patterns!! Skill Level: Advanced Beginner Saturday 1:00 – 3:00 July 13 |
Love the fancy designer leggings in great patterns? Make cute, fun, comfy, stretchy leggings yourself! A great way to build your knit-sewing repertoire. Your sewing machine MUST have a zigzag stitch. A serger is optional, not required. Skill level: Advanced Beginner Tuesday 6:00 – 9:30 July 16 |
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Learn to make one fully lined, board-mounted roman shade. Bring in your window dimensions and the first class we’ll design the shades, cut out the fabric and lining and, if time allows, begin sewing. The following class will consist of assembling the shade and board mounting it. You’ll go home with a fabulous decorator shade and be eager to make more. Some sewing outside of class may be required. Skill Level: Intermediate Saturday 10:30 – 2:30 July 20, 27 |