Take your next steps in learning to sew as you make a zippered bag with a double bottom suitable for trips to the gym or carrying a project or tools. The bag will have a handy outside pocket for quick access to your phone or other small items. The skills taught and practiced are:
- Cutting fabric using a pattern
- Marking the cut fabric pieces
- Installing a zipper
- How to sew around corners
- Making pockets
- How to sew curved pieces to straight pieces to create a 3-D shape
- Topstitching
Prerequisities: Completion of our Sewing 101 class, or ability to thread and sew on a basic sewing machine.
Students should bring a bagged lunch/snack.
Please read our Class Attendee Policy, which includes our cancelation policy, before registering.
Location: second floor Fiber Arts space accessible via stairs or elevator.
Class size: minimum 3 and maximum 6. Age Group: 18+ (Youth 14-17 who are experienced sewists)
Regisration fee: $70 for non-members and $63 for members and youth aged 14-17.
Non-members will need to sign our General Waiver at beginning of class.
Youth aged 14-17 will need to have our Youth Waiver signed by their responsible adult prior to class.
Materials Fee: $10 for canvas material, zipper, thread and pattern payable at the time of registering - see below.
Instructors: Jeanne Flanagan
Jeanne grew up in a creative family that made everything from clothes to go-carts. Here at Makers Mill, Jeanne wears several hats as the Leader on our Fiber Arts Circle and as an instructor. Jeanne has been a makerspace instructor for many years in MA and has a wealth of knowledge about fiber arts.
