Tissue fit and alter commercial patterns to fit your body.
Alterations
Learn to hem, reduce waists, fix zippers, taper legs, shorten sleeves, etc on shirts, jeans, skirts, and suits.
Draping
Learn the art of draping with step-by-step instructions designed to develop skills from basic to advanced.
Basic Pattern Making
Learn to make a skirt and blouse pattern using your own measurements
Copy Ready-To-Wear
Learn to copy a pattern from your favorite jacket and pair of pants, without taking them apart!
Make Your Own "Designer" Jeans
Use a commercial pattern to tissue-fit, adjust, then fabric-fit before sewing. Your jeans will fit like a glove.
Come into our studio and take a video class of your choice. These classes allow you the opportunity to sew by the hour, at your own pace! Pick a subject of interest from our video library, grab a computer, sit at one of our machines (or bring your own) and sew until your heart is content. Work independently. Make friends. Learn something new! The shared sewing studio has laptops, sewing machines, serger, irons, tables, dress form mannequins, sewing tools and pattern making tools for your use. Just bring your own fabric and thread, pattern paper or yarn (depending on the class) and you're ready to go. Don't know how to use a sewing machine? Sign up for one or more of our beginner workshops: Learn To Sew In A Day
COST
$20/Hour (2 hour minimum)
Open Studio
Mon & Fri 10am -5pm
LEARN BY THE HOUR IN
SELF-PACED CLASSES
What to Bring?
- Pattern paper
What to Bring?
- Muslin fabric
- Pattern paper
What to Bring?
- Denim fabric
- Commercial jeans pattern of choice
What to Bring?
- Muslin fabric
What to Bring?
- Commercial pattern of choice
What to Bring?
- Clothing to be altered
Crochet
Learn to crochet using proper tools and technique.
Knitting
Learn standard knitting techniques, then knit your own items as complex as your imagination allows.