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Garment Friday



Make sure to read all the description to know what this class is covers.

Jan 24: How to read a clothing pattern: Pick a size based on your measurements.

Jan 31: Making a mockup and picking fabric.

More dates to come: this is what future classes will cover.

Zippers: how to do a centered, lapped and invisible zipper
Interfacing and stabilizers when and where to use them
Hemming - how to blind hem by hand and machine, and a rolled hem.
Buttonholes - kinds of buttonholes, where to use them, and buttons.
Garment basics: a few types of seams, seam finishes, grading, notching and clipping, and understitching
Using a serger in making clothes


Skill Level: Beginner
Skill Details: This is to help the beginner clothing sewist.
Materials Included: Handout is given in class
Requirements: Basic sewing skills. An interest in sewing clothes
Instructor: University of Sewing staff
Instructor Bio: This class will be a rotation of instructors depending on the monthly demonstration, and the instructor expertise. Margaret Fette owned the Tailored Fit for 23 years, an alteration & custom sewing business. In that capacity she has fit and made many thousands of garments. She has taught fabric manipulation, quilting, clothing sewing and more for the last 35 years. She taught at in the Fashion design program at Indiana University. Worked on Broadway. She owns the University of Sewing and teaches the Bernina Sewing Mastery classes and Garment Fitting classes. Alice Lorenzen is the University of Sewing expert in Embroidery. She teaches the Bernina Embroidery Mastery classes. Alice has been teaching sewing for 20+ years for both machines and garments. She is trained as a Palmer & Pletsch fitting/sewing instructor. Denise Shaffer has been sewing for over 30 years. She is a quilter primarily but has recently taken up apparel sewing as well. She is enjoying her Q20 series and is very proficient at it. As a mom of 8, Denise is a particularly patient & natural teacher. Cheryl has a long history teaching sewing through 4-H to students of all ages. She loves to create projects and inspire her students. Rachel has been sewing since the age of seven. She began by stitching skirts and Halloween costumes with her mother, and quickly branched out into fiber arts of all kinds: cross stitching, weaving, beadwork, and bag construction. It wasn't until the Pandemic that Rachel discovered quilting, and quickly fell in love with the medium! She has now designed over 100 quilts, and has gained some national recognition after she won second place at the National Quilt Museum's New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest in 2022. Her style is modern and geometric, and shows off a true love of color!
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