Learning How to Drive - Machine Sewing for Beginners
Learn to Sew – Machine Sewing for Beginners (Drivers Ed)
(Youth, under 14 years old, welcome with an adult present at no additional charge.)
This class is like Drivers Ed for your sewing machine! Would you plan a road trip without knowing how to drive and read a map? Machine sewing is the same thing. You have to know how to use your machine first before making anything!
We will start by going over all the tools that are necessary for successful machine sewing (other than a machine) and some that are just helpful to have. Then we will get you familiarized with the different parts and accessories of your machine and how they work. We will also go over basic
care/maintenance of your machine, and get you up-and-running and ready to sew!
At the end of the class we will make a simple project using your new skills (see details below).
Even if you have sewn in the past and just want to brush up on your skills, this is a great class for you to learn some new things!
Items needed:
-Sewing Machine in working order
-Power cord, bobbins and ALL the accessories and attachments that you have for your machine
-Manual for your sewing machine
-YOUR sewing box of tools, like scissors, pins, thread – bring it so we can discuss their uses – and
if you have something in your sewing box that you do not know it’s use….BRING IT….we will
show you!
-Printed Handout (below), Pencil and notebook
-1 fat quarter of fabric (fat quarter = 18"x22") and 25" of coordinating ribbon for the class project.
Here is a Handout with a Beginner's Toolbox Materials Recommendations, and key concepts that will help you in this class. Please download and bring this handout!
At the end of class we will make this cute drawstring bag with your new skills! 
**All Classes have a 72 hour cancellation policy. Cancellations within 72 hours of the 1st class date will not be refunded unless the seat can be filled by the waitlist. No returns on fabric, kits, patterns, books and pantographs.
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
| Skill Details: | For new sewists who have never used a sewing machine before. Or for sewists who want to start from the beginning. (This class is intended for teens and adults, under 16 at the instructor's descretion.) |
| Instructor: | Patten Laurel |
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