Need some help with fit? Or are you taking our Wardrobe Capsule classes and need catch-up time or more assistance? Bring your muslin mock-up readymade to maximize your class time, or let us help you choose patterns and sizing.

Prerequisite: Make It Fit class or other experience altering patterns
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Skill Level: Intermediate

Fee: $35

Instructor: Material Girls Debbie & Kristin

Tuesday  12:30 – 3:30 October 15

Wonky hems and fraying seam allowances make your garment look more homemade than handmade. Elevate your sewing with these vital finishing steps. Learn to sew baby hems for sheers, hand blind hems, separate hem facings, French seams, flat-felled seams, bias-bound edges, and so much more! Make your garments sturdy and beautiful inside and out!
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Skill Level: Advanced Beginner?
Fee: $65
Instructor: Elizabeth Merritt
Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:30 October 16, 23

Pillows are a fabulous and affordable way to add punch to your decor and adding a new chair cushion ups the decorating ante. Learn the sewing techniques you need to know to duplicate the expensive decorator pillows and cushions you’ve been drooling over. From making your own piping to inserting a lapped upholstery zipper, you’ll discover just how easy it is to give your furniture a whole new look.
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Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Fee: $65
Instructor: Melissa Sternal
Fridays 10:00 – 1:00 October 18, 25

CONTINUING ON - APPAREL SEWING IN THE REAL WORLD

What do you want to sew? How do you decide if it will work? What challenge do you have? The pattern instructions read like Latin; you like this bodice, but that skirt; you just can't get that technique. Whether you are relatively new to sewing, coming back to it after time away, or an avid fan who wants to stretch your skills, this is the place. Learn tips, tricks, and techniques to improve your sewing skills so you can sew for the fun of it. Construct a garment of your choice, keeping in mind that you want to challenge yourself, but not cry. Class will include technique demonstration as well as individual sewing time; some sewing outside of class may be required depending on complexity of project chosen.
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Skill Level: Advanced Beginning and beyond
Fee: $160
Instructor: Michele Hoaglund or Elizabeth Merritt