ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Arts & DIY
Note: This is a multi-session event series. By purchasing the event package, you acknowledge that you can attend all event dates included below.Event Overview
Sewing Suite Home Chicago
You know how to sew and you want to make something that fits your body's measurements that's in style! This 3-part intermediate sewing series teach you how to sew a garment complete with hems and seam finishes. You can make small adjustments to your pattern to fit your body type. Garment projects have ranged from skirts and knit dresses to unisex tunics, but are subject to change due to season. Students will be notified about the project by the instructor to know how much and what type of fabric and thread to bring on the first day of class.
Session 1: At Attention! Face Front
Discussion: Explaining commercial patterns and sizing, Review of machine threading and basic stitches
Hands-On Activities: Measuring your body and finding your size, Cutting the pattern in fabric & transferring markings
Skills Learned: How to read a commercial pattern, Fitting and adapting a pattern to your body shape, Create cutting layout based on commercial pattern instructions, Why grain lines are important, Adjusting the length of your garment
Session 2: Nip Tuck
Discussion: Stitch length, Importance of Backstitching, Seam Allowance, Fitting and Adjusting
Hands-On Activities: Sewing and altering fit, Darts & ironing seams, Attaching pattern pieces
Skills Learned: When to use smaller vs. larger stitch lengths, How to adjust your seam allowance for alterations, Why to iron your seams open, How to manipulate material when sewing different pieces together
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Minimum age
All ages welcome
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Who we are!
The world around us is changing quickly but our need for communal gatherings in a nurturing and creative setting is not. Urban Threads Studio is a D-I-Y (do it yourself) collaborative studio that hopes to introduce you to the wonderful ancient craft of sewing and textile art with a 21st century twist. You may just want to rediscover a skill you learned as a child, experience the calm energy of a day of crafting or pick up an altogether new or more advanced skill like dyeing or felting. Our program hopes to accomplish all that and much more. Join us in the adventure and: register for a workshop, celebrate a next birthday with a textile art party, sign up the kids for summer camp, ask us about after school programs or enroll your youth organization in our 2013 community project.
If you need a personal consultation please call our Artistic Director, Michelle Santoro, at (708) 717-3740
EXPERIENCE REVIEWS
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Jasmine N.Reviewed on 12/13/16I came into the class with pretty solid basic knowledge of sewing and patterns. Marie was a wonderful instructor - the project she chose and the feedback she gave really increased my confidence and knowledge. This is a mutli week class so it is a commitment - but I was so excited to go each week and now have a lovely dress that I made myself! I can't recommend Marie and her classes enough!
I came into the class with pretty solid basic knowledge of sewing and patterns. Marie was a wonderful instructor - the project she chose and the feedback she gave really increased my confidence and knowledge. This is a mutli week class so it is a commitment - but I was so excited to go each week and now have a lovely dress that I made myself! I can't recommend Marie and her classes enough!
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