Classes
Serger 101
- Sep 12, 2024 10:00 am
- Sep 12, 2024 10:00 am
Serger 101 - Sep 12, 2024 10:00 am
Have a brand new serger? Or, maybe had one for a while but haven?t used it yet, because, well... they?re complicated...right? Overcome any confusions or hesitations with our clear, friendly introduction to your very own machine. Just bring it in?and get going using it! Learn what all the parts are, what they do; about the tools and accessories that came with it. Even walk through the manual alongside the machine and discover how to thread your specific serger correctly, even comfortably. Finally, start to sew, and begin learning to adjust the tensions. Come with serger. Leave with confidence.
Cost: $ 75.00
Have a brand new serger? Or, maybe had one for a while but haven?t used it yet, because, well... they?re complicated...right? Overcome any confusions or hesitations with our clear, friendly introduction to your very own machine. Just bring it in?and get going using it! Learn what all the parts are, what they do; about the tools and accessories that came with it. Even walk through the manual alongside the machine and discover how to thread your specific serger correctly, even comfortably. Finally, start to sew, and begin learning to adjust the tensions. Come with serger. Leave with confidence.
Cost: $ 75.00
Patchwork Mini Duffle Bag
- Sep 16, 2024 09:30 am
- Sep 16, 2024 09:30 am
Patchwork Mini Duffle Bag - Sep 16, 2024 09:30 am
Join Kimberly to create this fashionable duffle perfect for sports, the gym or sleepovers. Don't feel like making all the patchwork? Use a great panel instead to give a modern and unique twist. This is a great bag for beginner bag makers to advanced, with plenty of opportunity to add your own flair.
Cost: $ 100.00
Join Kimberly to create this fashionable duffle perfect for sports, the gym or sleepovers. Don't feel like making all the patchwork? Use a great panel instead to give a modern and unique twist. This is a great bag for beginner bag makers to advanced, with plenty of opportunity to add your own flair.
Cost: $ 100.00
Seams & Seam Finishes
- Sep 18, 2024 10:00 am
- Sep 18, 2024 10:00 am
Seams & Seam Finishes - Sep 18, 2024 10:00 am
Steve Jobs pushed his team ?to make the insides of our computers as beautiful as the outsides?even if no one sees them.? A great philosophy. So, are your seams seemly? Your sutures solid? Not sure? Then come join us as we dive into all those public junctures and private finishes that ultimately anchor and perfect our garments. In this techniques class, learn ways to sew smooth seams in woven and knit fabrics, create ready-to-wear flat-fell seams, even tackle the tricky French seam on dodgy fabrics. Maybe even go to ?Hong Kong.? Come spy some secret sewing skills? even if they?re For Your Eyes Only.
Cost: $ 50.00
Steve Jobs pushed his team ?to make the insides of our computers as beautiful as the outsides?even if no one sees them.? A great philosophy. So, are your seams seemly? Your sutures solid? Not sure? Then come join us as we dive into all those public junctures and private finishes that ultimately anchor and perfect our garments. In this techniques class, learn ways to sew smooth seams in woven and knit fabrics, create ready-to-wear flat-fell seams, even tackle the tricky French seam on dodgy fabrics. Maybe even go to ?Hong Kong.? Come spy some secret sewing skills? even if they?re For Your Eyes Only.
Cost: $ 50.00
Jelly Roll Rug
- Sep 19, 2024 09:30 am
- Sep 19, 2024 09:30 am
Jelly Roll Rug - Sep 19, 2024 09:30 am
Join Melissa in turning your jelly roll collection into a fun accessory for your house. This is a fun class that will have you ready to decorate every room in the house.
Cost: $ 50.00
Join Melissa in turning your jelly roll collection into a fun accessory for your house. This is a fun class that will have you ready to decorate every room in the house.
Cost: $ 50.00
Labyrinth Walk Quilt
- Sep 23, 2024 10:00 am
- Sep 23, 2024 10:00 am
Labyrinth Walk Quilt - Sep 23, 2024 10:00 am
Come and enjoy creating this wonderful illusion quilt designed by Portland artist Christopher Florence. This is a project is for all levels of quilters, from those just starting to experienced. With the use of five fabrics, rectangles and squares you create a beautiful piece of art. There are zero Y-seams!!! Pictured is a sample, the full quilt has nine blocks, finishing 84"x 84".
Cost: $ 100.00
Come and enjoy creating this wonderful illusion quilt designed by Portland artist Christopher Florence. This is a project is for all levels of quilters, from those just starting to experienced. With the use of five fabrics, rectangles and squares you create a beautiful piece of art. There are zero Y-seams!!! Pictured is a sample, the full quilt has nine blocks, finishing 84"x 84".
Cost: $ 100.00
Serger 102
- Sep 26, 2024 10:00 am
- Sep 26, 2024 10:00 am
Serger 102 - Sep 26, 2024 10:00 am
In the second class of the serger series, we move past our introduction to the machine and dive into the fundamental serger skills everyone should know, and know well. In this quick-paced introduction, we cover allimportant basics?how stitch length and width change your seams; how to secure ends; and of course, thread tension. We even cover flatlocking for seams that look like ready-to-wear, as well as how to do rolled hems for fine fabrics and gorgeous table linens. Whether you?re a beginner or an expert, this is the class for learning?or polishing?those superessential, atomic serger skills. Come and get ?em!
Cost: $ 100.00
In the second class of the serger series, we move past our introduction to the machine and dive into the fundamental serger skills everyone should know, and know well. In this quick-paced introduction, we cover allimportant basics?how stitch length and width change your seams; how to secure ends; and of course, thread tension. We even cover flatlocking for seams that look like ready-to-wear, as well as how to do rolled hems for fine fabrics and gorgeous table linens. Whether you?re a beginner or an expert, this is the class for learning?or polishing?those superessential, atomic serger skills. Come and get ?em!
Cost: $ 100.00
Stabilizer 101: The Basics
- Sep 27, 2024 09:00 am
- Sep 27, 2024 09:00 am
Stabilizer 101: The Basics - Sep 27, 2024 09:00 am
Are you new to embroidery? Have a machine you don't use because you are frustrated with your results? Join Kimberly and learn to tackle stabilizing your embroidery projects with confidence. You will be experimenting with different fabrics, design types and stabilizers.
Cost: $ 150.00
Are you new to embroidery? Have a machine you don't use because you are frustrated with your results? Join Kimberly and learn to tackle stabilizing your embroidery projects with confidence. You will be experimenting with different fabrics, design types and stabilizers.
Cost: $ 150.00
Sew Help Me!!!!!
- Sep 28, 2024 10:00 am
- Sep 28, 2024 10:00 am
Sew Help Me!!!!! - Sep 28, 2024 10:00 am
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
2 Day Fit Class
- Oct 04, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 04, 2024 10:00 am
2 Day Fit Class - Oct 04, 2024 10:00 am
"It fits! It actually FITS!" If these are words you aspire to-nay, yearn for-this intensive, 2-day workshop will teach you the sorcery and the science of fitting a classic blouse pattern to your unique body. Kirsten Wolff and Sandy Larson-both Palmer/Pletsch Certified Fit instructors-take you through the step-by-step ?tissue fitting? process of customizing fashion patterns to all shapes and sizes. (Yes, including yours Dear Reader...despite what you think.) After altering the pattern on the 1st day, on the 2nd day you?ll move on to cutting and pin-fitting your chosen fabric precisely. Then, when you finish the workshop, you'll take your ready-to-sew blouse home to construct with confidence. It's only fitting that you'll enjoy this class enormously.
Cost: $ 300.00
"It fits! It actually FITS!" If these are words you aspire to-nay, yearn for-this intensive, 2-day workshop will teach you the sorcery and the science of fitting a classic blouse pattern to your unique body. Kirsten Wolff and Sandy Larson-both Palmer/Pletsch Certified Fit instructors-take you through the step-by-step ?tissue fitting? process of customizing fashion patterns to all shapes and sizes. (Yes, including yours Dear Reader...despite what you think.) After altering the pattern on the 1st day, on the 2nd day you?ll move on to cutting and pin-fitting your chosen fabric precisely. Then, when you finish the workshop, you'll take your ready-to-sew blouse home to construct with confidence. It's only fitting that you'll enjoy this class enormously.
Cost: $ 300.00
Beginner Quilt
- Oct 07, 2024 09:30 am
- Oct 07, 2024 09:30 am
Beginner Quilt - Oct 07, 2024 09:30 am
This Beginning Quilting class will teach you the essentials of making a quilt. You will learn best practices in cutting, piecing, pressing, and assembling your quilt. You will learn the vocabulary of quilting and become a block detective. You will create at least twelve 12" finished blocks containing the component pieces of both traditional and modern blocks. You will be ready to assemble these blocks into a 48" x 61" sampler quilt with sashing, cornerstones, and a border.
Cost: $ 150.00
This Beginning Quilting class will teach you the essentials of making a quilt. You will learn best practices in cutting, piecing, pressing, and assembling your quilt. You will learn the vocabulary of quilting and become a block detective. You will create at least twelve 12" finished blocks containing the component pieces of both traditional and modern blocks. You will be ready to assemble these blocks into a 48" x 61" sampler quilt with sashing, cornerstones, and a border.
Cost: $ 150.00
Toaster Sweater
- Oct 16, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 16, 2024 10:00 am
Toaster Sweater - Oct 16, 2024 10:00 am
Get a warm feeling of accomplishment with our ?Toaster? Sweater, the perfect beginner-friendly project for sewists wanting to try their hands at knits. A close-fitting, semi-cropped sweatshirt/sweater, it features an upright loose turtleneck, raglan sleeves, wide waistband, long cuffs, and falls between the high and low hip. Just the thing for being both ?cool? and toasty at the same time. As comfortable to make as it is to wear, you can use a serger or a conventional sewing machine. (Just be sure to bring a mid to heavyweight stretch knit fabric with at least 20% horizontal stretch.) Come learn, make, and ?Toast? yourself.
Cost: $ 60.00
Get a warm feeling of accomplishment with our ?Toaster? Sweater, the perfect beginner-friendly project for sewists wanting to try their hands at knits. A close-fitting, semi-cropped sweatshirt/sweater, it features an upright loose turtleneck, raglan sleeves, wide waistband, long cuffs, and falls between the high and low hip. Just the thing for being both ?cool? and toasty at the same time. As comfortable to make as it is to wear, you can use a serger or a conventional sewing machine. (Just be sure to bring a mid to heavyweight stretch knit fabric with at least 20% horizontal stretch.) Come learn, make, and ?Toast? yourself.
Cost: $ 60.00
Haute Tote
- Oct 23, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 23, 2024 10:00 am
Haute Tote - Oct 23, 2024 10:00 am
An "elevated" version of the wildly popular market tote we make in our two day Sewing 101 class. Big enough for shopping and traveling, yet small enough to use as your daily handbag. But the best part? This upscaled bag can be finished in a fast, fun, one-day class. Well structured and sturdy, with handles anchored down the body to increase support, this bag is the perfect project to show off those small but I'm-so-gorgeous-ya'-gotta-use mesomewhere? fabrics from your stash (you know which ones? ) So come in with the parts, and carry home a tote!
Cost: $ FREE
An "elevated" version of the wildly popular market tote we make in our two day Sewing 101 class. Big enough for shopping and traveling, yet small enough to use as your daily handbag. But the best part? This upscaled bag can be finished in a fast, fun, one-day class. Well structured and sturdy, with handles anchored down the body to increase support, this bag is the perfect project to show off those small but I'm-so-gorgeous-ya'-gotta-use mesomewhere? fabrics from your stash (you know which ones? ) So come in with the parts, and carry home a tote!
Cost: $ FREE
Sew Help Me!!!!!
- Oct 26, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 26, 2024 10:00 am
Sew Help Me!!!!! - Oct 26, 2024 10:00 am
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Coverstitch
- Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
Coverstitch - Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
Maybe you have a serger that converts to a coverstitch? Or maybe you have a dedicated coverstitch machine?somewhere? Or maybe you have no flippin? idea what a coverstitch machine is, or does? If any of these is you, then come learn the basics and powers of that third, mysterious but super-useful, ?other machine.? Class begins with a clear lesson on the essential difference between a serger and a coverstitch. Then we?re off?threading your machine, practicing basic chain stitches and coverstitches, covering hem and neckline techniques. Even inserting a zipper! We?re pretty sure you?ll end the day amazed at what these fantastic ?third? machines can do for you, and your sewing.
Cost: $ 75.00
Maybe you have a serger that converts to a coverstitch? Or maybe you have a dedicated coverstitch machine?somewhere? Or maybe you have no flippin? idea what a coverstitch machine is, or does? If any of these is you, then come learn the basics and powers of that third, mysterious but super-useful, ?other machine.? Class begins with a clear lesson on the essential difference between a serger and a coverstitch. Then we?re off?threading your machine, practicing basic chain stitches and coverstitches, covering hem and neckline techniques. Even inserting a zipper! We?re pretty sure you?ll end the day amazed at what these fantastic ?third? machines can do for you, and your sewing.
Cost: $ 75.00
Romy Blouse
- Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
- Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
Romy Blouse - Oct 31, 2024 10:00 am
Anyone can eat local. But it takes a true fashionista to sew local. Come support our new Rose City resource, Sew House Seven, by making one of their homegrown fashion delights. This Romy Blouse is both feminine and romantic, with a beautiful keyhole neckline and loose fit.The empire waist peplum is gathered to the bodice and the billowy raglan sleeves are gathered at the wrist into a narrow band. Use linen for a casual, everyday look or a lacy eyelet for a floaty, wistful look. So versatile? So lovely? Sew local!
Cost: $ 60.00
Anyone can eat local. But it takes a true fashionista to sew local. Come support our new Rose City resource, Sew House Seven, by making one of their homegrown fashion delights. This Romy Blouse is both feminine and romantic, with a beautiful keyhole neckline and loose fit.The empire waist peplum is gathered to the bodice and the billowy raglan sleeves are gathered at the wrist into a narrow band. Use linen for a casual, everyday look or a lacy eyelet for a floaty, wistful look. So versatile? So lovely? Sew local!
Cost: $ 60.00
Kimberbell Gingerbread Christmas
- Nov 01, 2024 09:30 am
- Nov 01, 2024 09:30 am
Kimberbell Gingerbread Christmas - Nov 01, 2024 09:30 am
It’s a Gingerbread Christmas with Kimberbell! At our one-day machine embroidery event, you’ll create a heartwarming vignette with three coordinating projects. Stitch a Gingerbread Village Place Mat with exquisite redwork, then make Snowflake and Star Ginger Cookies and a Sugar & Spice Gingerbread House to display with the included glass cloche and Winter Wood Beaded Garland! With classy colors and traditional projects, Gingerbread Christmas is timeless decor for mantles and more. Your event kit includes a glass cloche, wooden beaded garland, and more!
Cost: $ 109.00
It’s a Gingerbread Christmas with Kimberbell! At our one-day machine embroidery event, you’ll create a heartwarming vignette with three coordinating projects. Stitch a Gingerbread Village Place Mat with exquisite redwork, then make Snowflake and Star Ginger Cookies and a Sugar & Spice Gingerbread House to display with the included glass cloche and Winter Wood Beaded Garland! With classy colors and traditional projects, Gingerbread Christmas is timeless decor for mantles and more. Your event kit includes a glass cloche, wooden beaded garland, and more!
Cost: $ 109.00
My Design Center/IQ Designer 101
- Nov 07, 2024 09:30 am
- Nov 07, 2024 09:30 am
My Design Center/IQ Designer 101 - Nov 07, 2024 09:30 am
Join Kimberly in exploring the Brother My Design Center or Babylock IQ Designer. This technique based class will give you all of the skills to feel confident navigating your machine's exclusive features.
Cost: $ 150.00
Join Kimberly in exploring the Brother My Design Center or Babylock IQ Designer. This technique based class will give you all of the skills to feel confident navigating your machine's exclusive features.
Cost: $ 150.00
Fit Club
- Nov 09, 2024 09:00 am
- Nov 09, 2024 09:00 am
Fit Club - Nov 09, 2024 09:00 am
The first rule of Fit Club is actually, yes? talk about Fit Club. So bring in all your geometric fitting projects and bare them, share them, and?ultimately?fix them. In this advanced clinic we?ll conquer the mathematical obstacles standing between you and those ?according to the envelope, it should button perfectly? projects. (You know, the ones that give you, well? fits.) We?ll go over the deltas between mythical fashion pattern and actual real world, adjusting logarithms and misalignments as we go. So come get that sleek tailored look you spent your time and money on. After all, it?s only fitting.
Cost: $ 100.00
The first rule of Fit Club is actually, yes? talk about Fit Club. So bring in all your geometric fitting projects and bare them, share them, and?ultimately?fix them. In this advanced clinic we?ll conquer the mathematical obstacles standing between you and those ?according to the envelope, it should button perfectly? projects. (You know, the ones that give you, well? fits.) We?ll go over the deltas between mythical fashion pattern and actual real world, adjusting logarithms and misalignments as we go. So come get that sleek tailored look you spent your time and money on. After all, it?s only fitting.
Cost: $ 100.00
Professional Tote
- Nov 13, 2024 10:00 am
- Nov 13, 2024 10:00 am
Professional Tote - Nov 13, 2024 10:00 am
The Professional Tote has all the pockets and compartments needed for your busy life. Elastic-top pockets on each end for a water bottle or sun glasses. For travel, there is a zippered pocket on the front for ID and Passport, a large pocket, and optional luggage strap on the back.
Cost: $ 120.00
The Professional Tote has all the pockets and compartments needed for your busy life. Elastic-top pockets on each end for a water bottle or sun glasses. For travel, there is a zippered pocket on the front for ID and Passport, a large pocket, and optional luggage strap on the back.
Cost: $ 120.00
Sewing 101
- Nov 19, 2024 10:00 am
- Nov 19, 2024 10:00 am
Sewing 101 - Nov 19, 2024 10:00 am
The perfect launch pad for novices. Learn how to use your sewing machine and even make your first project in this fast-paced, fun two-day class. Day One: Get started with a complete tour of the machine, how to thread it, as well as sewing your first stitches. Learn about the tools required for a basic sewing kit as well as get an overview of materials. Get help choosing your project fabric. Day Two: Take your new knowledge and make a great market or tote bag, in your own fabric, in your own style, to use over and over again. Leave class not only braver, but with something snappy as proof of your budding skills.
Cost: $ 100.00
The perfect launch pad for novices. Learn how to use your sewing machine and even make your first project in this fast-paced, fun two-day class. Day One: Get started with a complete tour of the machine, how to thread it, as well as sewing your first stitches. Learn about the tools required for a basic sewing kit as well as get an overview of materials. Get help choosing your project fabric. Day Two: Take your new knowledge and make a great market or tote bag, in your own fabric, in your own style, to use over and over again. Leave class not only braver, but with something snappy as proof of your budding skills.
Cost: $ 100.00
Sew Help Me!!!!!
- Nov 30, 2024 10:00 am
- Nov 30, 2024 10:00 am
Sew Help Me!!!!! - Nov 30, 2024 10:00 am
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Zippers 101
- Dec 05, 2024 10:00 am
- Dec 05, 2024 10:00 am
Zippers 101 - Dec 05, 2024 10:00 am
Ah yes, the zipper. So easy to use, yet so scary to many. Come banish your fears (or frustrations) with a user-friendly class on the most common types of zippers and zipper insertions. We'll go through the steps of the top three zipper insertion techniques?the centered zipper, the invisible or concealed zipper, and a mock fly. And then, of course, we?ll actually sew them. Leave not only with a firm understanding of this classic trio, but with the necessary skills and confidence to happily take on all variants. Go from beware?zippers, to ?zippers beware!?
Cost: $ 50.00
Ah yes, the zipper. So easy to use, yet so scary to many. Come banish your fears (or frustrations) with a user-friendly class on the most common types of zippers and zipper insertions. We'll go through the steps of the top three zipper insertion techniques?the centered zipper, the invisible or concealed zipper, and a mock fly. And then, of course, we?ll actually sew them. Leave not only with a firm understanding of this classic trio, but with the necessary skills and confidence to happily take on all variants. Go from beware?zippers, to ?zippers beware!?
Cost: $ 50.00
Lucy Apron
- Dec 18, 2024 10:00 am
- Dec 18, 2024 10:00 am
Lucy Apron - Dec 18, 2024 10:00 am
So, we have some splainin? to do? It?s the holidays again. Things to bake. Gifts to make. A crowded calendar to keep up with. Enter our seasonally appropriate secret weapon: the Lucy apron. Useful in the kitchen (I?m in here, under the turkey), terrific under the tree (no really, you made this for me?) and salve for fevered fingers (breathe deeply, sew straight? breathe deeply, sew straight?) In short: a low stress project, perfect for the holidays, quietly multi-purpose. Ignore the fact that you?ll learn how to sew release pleats, understitching, how to hem on a curve, and how to make tiny loop carriers. Concentrate on the great pockets, gentle waistline shaping, and Lucy style! It?s just what the chef ordered. Or the Christmas tree. Or your nerves. This apron has it all.
Cost: $ 60.00
So, we have some splainin? to do? It?s the holidays again. Things to bake. Gifts to make. A crowded calendar to keep up with. Enter our seasonally appropriate secret weapon: the Lucy apron. Useful in the kitchen (I?m in here, under the turkey), terrific under the tree (no really, you made this for me?) and salve for fevered fingers (breathe deeply, sew straight? breathe deeply, sew straight?) In short: a low stress project, perfect for the holidays, quietly multi-purpose. Ignore the fact that you?ll learn how to sew release pleats, understitching, how to hem on a curve, and how to make tiny loop carriers. Concentrate on the great pockets, gentle waistline shaping, and Lucy style! It?s just what the chef ordered. Or the Christmas tree. Or your nerves. This apron has it all.
Cost: $ 60.00
Sew Help Me!!!!!
- Dec 28, 2024 10:00 am
- Dec 28, 2024 10:00 am
Sew Help Me!!!!! - Dec 28, 2024 10:00 am
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00
Open sewing session for all levels and all types of projects! Working on a knit top? Want to finish a bag that's been in the closet since last year? Need to practice those zipper techniques? Bring whatever you want to work on and get help if you need it. Great way to get some wisdom, advice, or to simply spend some quality time with your sewing friends.
Cost: $ 40.00