Basic Sewing: Consolidate Your Skills 1F24
This course is ideal for people who are no longer absolute beginners (who already know how to use a sewing machine) but don't have much practice and would like to brush up on their skills. This course is also recommended for students who have taken a basic course but would like to go back over certain techniques or deepen their basic knowledge.
In this class, students will hone their previous knowledge of sewing machines and their functions, as well as basic techniques such as sewing straight, making angles and hems, choosing the direction of a fabric, and reasoning from the inside out. Students will complete short projects in class such as zippered pouches and bags.
At the end of the 4 weeks, students will be autonomous enough to continue practicing on their own, since practice is the key to success in sewing.
Limit 6 students
**PLEASE NOTE: Enrolled students must not miss more than one consecutive class or they will not be able to progress in the course.**
Make-up dates: Tuesday, December 17 2024 - 6:15 pm
Elodie is a great teacher! She picked out great projects for us to learn the basics while still making things I actually use around the house.
Elodie Bordry
Elodie Bordry is a French artisan, always interested in learning and sharing new techniques.
Having designed jewels and accessories for 7 years, she used to sell her creations at designer markets in the Greater Paris; she also learned to sew on her own.
In 2020, after taking part in a volunteer workshop to sew over 6,000 medical scrubs for a French hospital, she decided to take a CAP, a French professional sewing diploma, which she passed in 2021, a few days before moving to the United States.
Sewing, knitting and jewelry design are her 3 favorite creative fields.
Elodie is originally graduated in Law, she holds a BA in Human Resources from Paris.
She leads a French conversation group for non-native speakers at the Belmont Public Library, used to volunteer for an annual cancer research fundraiser and also supports animal rights campaigns.
Please plan to use our machines. If time allows, the instructor may invite you to bring your own to the final session.
Many of the supplies below are included in a standard sewing "kit":
- a fabric marking pencil
- a "Quilt and sew see-thru ruler" or a Japanese flexible ruler
- a measuring tape
- a pair of fabric scissors
- a pair of embroidery scissors or a thread-cutter (for small finishing touches)
- a seam ripper
- a box of fine pins
- few sewing needles + thread
- a notebook and pens
- cotton muslin
-"Wonder Clips"