“Get Started” Sewing

Part 1 – The Absolute Basics

$65   4 hour total course time split into 2 sessions

Getting to know your machine -- Covers functions, threading, tools, adjustments, maintenance, feet & accessories, tips & tricks.  Patterns, Fabrics, Notions -- How to choose and read patterns, fabric characteristics, tips for choosing and installing closures, trims, etc.  Cutting, Sewing, and Finishing -- How to lay out and cut your pattern, standard assembly "rules", adjusting patterns, working without a pattern. Complete a Project – The student will make a zippered pouch.

Includes the "Get Started" Sewing Course companion booklet.

“Get Started” Sewing

Part 2 – Basic Sewing Techniques

 $36  a 2 hour course completed in 1 session

Students will purchase fabric, and a pattern, and utilizing the skills learned in part one, they will lay-out, cut, and construct a pair of pajama bottoms.

Garment Construction

$65   4 hour total course time split into 2 sessions

Students will choose fabric, and a pattern for a shirt, dress, or slacks. Depending on the pattern choice, the student will learn the techniques for zippers, sleeves, a waistband, button-holes, and finishing.

Garment Re-Construction

$36  a 2 hour course completed in 1 session

Choose your project – reconstruct a t-shirt into a more feminine style, or bring your garments that are headed for the give-away bin, and turn them into something else completely. Everything is a candidate for reconstruction – clothes, curtains, hankies, linens...it just take a little imagination.

Custom T-Shirts

$36  a 2 hour course completed in 1 session

Students will learn how to create custom t-shirts using photos, or custom computer generated graphics, and heat-pressed ink jet transfer paper. Bring a white t-shirt - 100% cotton, or 50/50 cotton/poly (no spandex)...jersey knit (not ribbed). If you have a photo, or design you'd like to use, bring that too.

Working Without a Pattern

$36   a 2 hour course completed in 1 session

Choose your project – students can make a tote-bag, a notebook cover, a pillow, an apron, or curtains. Learning the basics of working without a pattern will give you the tools you need to create your own projects.

Garment Decorating

$36  a 2 hour course completed in 1 session

We'll use the specialty stitches on your sewing machine, trims & ribbons, appliques, and basic embroidery to add design elements to your garments, accessories, or home decorating projects.

"Get Started" Machine Embroidery Course

$75  4 hour course time split into 2 or 3 sessions

"Beyond the Basics" Machine Embroidery $150  6 hour total course time split into 3 sessions

The “Get Started” course covers the basics of design elements, hooping stabilizers, topping, which needle to use for which fabric, and various tools that make the job easier, and produce a polished, professional look.

“Beyond the Basics” is software based -- learn the basics of how to: - Download and import designs - Edit designs - Reduce or increase design size - How designs are created (digitizing aka punching) - Transfer designs from your computer to your machine (Includes Stitch Era Universal Lettering Embroidery Software)