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Sewing Machine Skills Lab
You'll practice the fundamental techniques that every sewist needs, including sewing straight seams, turning corners, sewing curves, maintaining consistent seam allowances, adjusting stitch length, and working with different fabrics.
Sewing Machine Skills Lab
You'll practice the fundamental techniques that every sewist needs, including sewing straight seams, turning corners, sewing curves, maintaining consistent seam allowances, adjusting stitch length, and working with different fabrics.
How to Use a Sewing Pattern
This introductory class is designed for the absolute beginner. You will gain a thorough understanding of essential terminology, including:
Pattern Markings: Cutting lines, fold lines, grainline, seam allowance, and symbols like notches, darts, and buttonhole markings.
Fabric and Pattern Use: Identifying fabric direction, understanding balance points, and using adjustment lines to modify pattern length.
Beginning Pattern Reading
Beginning Sewing Class to help students learn how to read and use a sewing pattern.
Anatomy of a Zipper
This class is another skill builder especially for the beginning stitcher. Students will learn how to install a standard zipper in three ways; a center installation, a lap installation and a hand installation. If time permits we will also install an invisible zipper.