I make costumes and teach sewing for all ages, colors, bodies, and genders.

Sewing 101 -- Class # 40107

Tuesdays, September 22 thru October 10, 2026, 5-7 PM

• This workshop will cover absolute beginning sewing skills. 

• An additional $25.00 Material Fee due to instructor at the first class.

• Each session is two hours. The material fee covers illustrated handouts and small project patterns. If you have your own sewing tools, you may bring them to class, or use the ones we provide.

• Session one: introduction to hand sewing - tools needed, stitch types, when and where to use them, mending.

• Session two: introduction to fabrics and continued hand sewing. How various fabrics behave. When to hand sew versus machine sew. Sewing machine basics. Start a project.

• Session three: complete a project (drawstring bag, tiny wallet or pin holder, hair scrunchy, pot holder, microwave bowl holder, etc.) 

Sewing Circle 2 -- Class # 40105

Sundays, October 4 thru October 18, 2026, 12-3 PM

• Beginning sewing skills, taking measurements, working with patterns, hand sewing techniques, and finishing garments. An additional $25.00 Material Fee due to instructor at the first class.

• There’s something here for everyone from beginner to advanced. This workshop explores the garment making process, while fine tuning hand and machine sewing skills, learning how to take measurements for yourself and others, working with patterns, mockups, sewing challenges with different types of fabric, where to find fabric, and starting a project. 

• If you have an incomplete project and would like to finish it with the help of the instructor, this is a great class for you. Mending, up cycling, and Halloween costume making are also welcome. 

• The course materials fee is optional and is only required if you wish to have a custom drafted pattern created for you by the instructor. By the second class meeting, all students should have at least one garment or costume to work on for the remainder of the class.

Introduction to Pattern Drafting --Class # 40104

Sundays, September 6 thru September 20, 2026, 12-4 PM

• Learn to draft and fit a garment pattern from scratch. 

• An additional $25.00 Material Fee due to instructor at the first class.

• Material Fee covers text book and pattern drafting materials. 

• If you’ve taken Fix n’ Stitch or Sewing Circle you will be prepared to take this class. We will learn to drape fabric, take detailed body measurements, and build a garment pattern designed by you. 

Got Junk? Make a Costume! -- 

Tuesdays, September 1 thru October 16, 2026, 5-7 PM

• Turn junk into a Halloween costume. An additional $25.00 Material Fee due to instructor at the first class.

• All experience levels welcome. 

• Bring clean old clothes and fabric scraps, scrap paper and cardboard, old shoes and boots, water-based paint (acrylic or tempera), small machine parts and anything else you can think of to the first class. Please avoid anything dirty, moldy, smelly or rotting. We will survey the junk and come up with easy and fun ideas for costumes for you and your kids.

Victorian Bonnet Decoration -- Class # 40108

Saturday, September 19, 12-4 PM

• Learn to decorate a mid-Victorian Bonnet to wear to the Dickens Fair or anywhere your mid-Victorian travels take you. An additional $40.00 Material Fee due to instructor at the first class.

• Beginning hand sewing experience will be helpful for this class. 

• Learn to decorate a mid-Victorian bonnet to wear to the Dickens Fair. 

• The $50 materials fee pays for an undecorated bonnet, ribbon, lace, buttons, and other trimmings required for decoration. Hand and machine sewing tools are provided in the classroom, but you are welcome to bring your own. 

• We will talk about mid-Victorian color pallets, design styles, and other considerations for outfitting your character for an historically inspired impression. 

• If you have ribbons, lace, or trims you’re interested in incorporating into your bonnet design, bring them. 

• If you have a costume for fair or in the process of making one, bring it to class so we can coordinate your bonnet with your costume.