Sewing Classes Denver - Sewing to Save Lives!

Sewing to Save Lives!

with HISS Studio

TOP RATED

5.0 | 4 reviews

12 Have Dabbled

ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Education

Event Overview

This class requires some basic sewing skills, and is a GREAT companion to our Beginning Sewing Series!

Tired of the typical "make an apron" class that really doesn't teach you how to sew? Don't need another tote bag, but you'd like to sew something fun and make a difference? We think that you can change the world one project at a time, so we've teamed up with the Aurora Animal Shelter to make a difference in the lives of kitties who need homes!

In this class, you'll make a Kitty Socialization tote, which helps kitties get acclimated and ready for adoption much faster than with a few hang out sessions a day. Kitties can ride around with their foster parents and learn about the world and how awesome it is from the comfort of their own tote! The totes are washable and durable so they can be used many times to help kitties find their forever homes. Once you've completed the tote in class, you'll write a note to the kitties which will be placed in the tote, and the totes will be donated to the foster parents for kitty care. We hope to have the foster parents send pictures of happy kitties enjoying their tote to us via Facebook so you can see the impact you've made in the lives of our furry friends.

PLUS! At the end of class, you'll get the pattern so you can go home and make totes for your favorite shelter! They need them!

Not only will you be helping to save lives, you'll also learn how to sew with knits, practice inserting a zipper, add straps to a bag, and work with varied stretch materials! All valuable skills for a new sewer!

This class does require you have some experience using a sewing machine and sewing seams for best results for the kitties. Bring your machine or use one of ours!

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Minimum age

All ages welcome

Prerequisites

We recommend you have some sewing practice before taking this class, like our Beginning Sewing Series. If you've sewn in the past and know your way around but want to get reacquainted with making things, this is the perfect class for you! Beginners welcome!! You DO NOT need to know how to insert a zipper for this class, we will help you with that...but you do need to know how to use a machine and a bit about pinning and seams.

What's Provided

All materials provided! Bring your machine or use one of ours!

What You Can Expect From This Experience

Sewing for a cause
Zipper insertion practice
Working with Knits
Save a life!

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HISS Studio

TOP RATED

With over 30 years sewing experience and many many sewing "experiments" gone good and bad, it was time to share some of these findings with others who enjoy sewing and making garments and home decor items. I truly believe anyone that wants to learn to sew will be able to make quality items with the proper skills offered to them...I don't just teach sewing, I help you build confidence and skills at HISS!

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EXPERIENCE REVIEWS

Porche L.
Reviewed on 11/26/19

Sewing to Save Lives is such a great concept! We learned bag construction, knit sewing, and zipper techniques while making the bags. And since practice makes perfect, making these bags on my own will be good for the kittens and good for my sewing skills. If you are wanting to practice your skills while making something use that doesn't have to be purr-fect, take this class! Socializing feral born kittens is so important so your good deeds will be appreciated!

Sewing to Save Lives is such a great concept! We learned bag construction, knit sewing, and zipper techniques while making the bags. And since practice makes perfect, making these bags on my own will be good for the kittens and good for my sewing skills. If you are wanting to practice your skills while making something use that doesn't have to be purr-fect, take this class! Socializing feral born kittens is so important so your good deeds will be appreciated!
Heather R.
Reviewed on 11/25/19

A great class and you get to donate your project to needy kitties at the end!

A great class and you get to donate your project to needy kitties at the end!
Katherine J.
Reviewed on 10/05/18

Class was great! So fun making socialization bags for kitties. Tish is an awesome teacher!

Class was great! So fun making socialization bags for kitties. Tish is an awesome teacher!
Sarah G.
Reviewed on 08/29/18

This class was fun and I felt like I did something to help cats in animal shelters! This was a small class of 3 of us, and Tish was a wonderful, patient, and hands on teacher. We learned how to put in zippers and work with knit fabric, and why needles and stitches for woven and knits must be different. I'm really glad that I found Tish's classes on Dabble (I took her Introduction to Sewing class previously) and plan to continue to take more to learn more from her. I couldn't recommend this class or Tish as a teacher any more highly. Take any/all of her classes!

This class was fun and I felt like I did something to help cats in animal shelters! This was a small class of 3 of us, and Tish was a wonderful, patient, and hands on teacher. We learned how to put in zippers and work with knit fabric, and why needles and stitches for woven and knits must be different. I'm really glad that I found Tish's classes on Dabble (I took her Introduction to Sewing class previously) and plan to continue to take more to learn more from her. I couldn't recommend this class or Tish as a teacher any more highly. Take any/all of her classes!