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 and add your own style! This intermediate sewing class will get you started by learning how to make foundational stitches, add design features such as pockets to basic clothing shapes, use fabric manipulation techniques such as tucks and pleats for decoration, and build structures such as straps and facings. You will take a basic clothing shape, such as an apron, and make it your own design! .
Session I - At Attention! Face Front
Monday October 6th, 2014 - 6:30pm until 9:30pm
Review machine maintenance; Learn foundational stitching for facings, bound edges, ruffles and straps.
Session II - Nip and Tuck
Monday October 20th - 6:30pm until 9:30pm
You are now ready to create your design details with tucking, piping and pleats. You will begin construction of your final project by cutting out your pattern in fabric.
Session III - Last Call! It's Closing Time
Monday October 27th - 6:30pm until 9:30pm
You will construct your final project using techniques you have learned.
What to Bring
All materials are provided in class, you may bring your own fabric after consultation with instructor.
Minimum age
All ages welcome
What's Provided
All materials are provided in class
Cancellation PolicyLocation
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Instructor: Michelle Santoro
Michelle is Urban Threads Studio's Artistic Director and a former boutique owner and fashion design faculty at Dominican University. Michelle has also worked on costume design and construction at Chicago theatres such as Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, DePaul University, and was instrumental in establishing the Fashion and Textile Museum in London together with British designer Zandra Rhodes.
Organization: Urban Threads Studio, NFP
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. All of our classes are offered at a nominal fee and all proceeds are used to bring textile arts to urban youth in Chicago in form of after school programs, summer programs, and internships.
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