Basic Sewing / Alteration Skills
Everyone should have some basic sewing skills they can pull out in a pinch. You never know when that perfect pair of pants will be just two or three inches too long or when your favorite coat will mysteriously lose a button. With some basic skills, you can repair or modify your clothes. Join us for a year long journey of hand and machine sewing where each month will build on the skills learned in the previous months.
January – How to Sew on Buttons and repair seams
February – Mending holes (jeans, sweaters)
March – Lengthening or Shortening a Hem (pants)
April – Lengthening or Shortening a Hem (skirts)
May – Lengthening or Shortening a Hem (shirts)
June – Taking in sides / Letting out sides
July – Taking out Darts / Adding Darts
August – Buttonholes
September – How to cinch a waist with elastic
October – How to take in waist on pants
November – How to hem jeans with the original hem
December - How to replace a zipper
General sewing supplies:
- Sewing machine that you know how to use, in good working order with foot pedal, power cord, and owner's manual sewing machine needles and bobbin(s)
- thread
- scissors
- hand sewing needles
- thread conditioner
- pins (glass head strongly recommended) and pin cushion
- tape measure
- seam ripper
- disappearing ink pen
Mending can preserve the life of your favorite clothes. We will start off learning to sew on different types of buttons and repairing a split in a seam with both hand sewing and a sewing machine. Repairing damaged clothes as soon as possible will provide many rewards. In February, we will move on to repairing fabric under a button, mending a tear with a fusible patch and darning a hole in a sweater.
Don't miss a single class and you will be surprised with all the things you can do at the end of the year!
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
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| Requirements: | Students should bring their sewing machine so that they can learn to use the features on their machine. If you do not own a machine, a machine will be provided for you. Students must bring basic sewing supplies listed in the class description. |
| Instructor: | Edy Fannin |
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