Join this class and learn the fundamentals of hand sewing. This class will teach you every day sewing skills and prepare you for more advanced techniques. Learn to repair your clothes, sew on buttons and make minor alterations, such as hemming. This course will be exclusively working with hand sewing, so it is accessible for those who do not own a sewing machine.
No sewing machines required.
Materials:
Week 1: Preparation: Cutting fabric, threading a needle
Stitching: Straight stitch, back stitch, carpet stitch
Week 2: Buttons: Attach button, make button hole
Mending: Stitch up small hole, patch a hole. Assemble your portable sewing kit
Week 3: Alterations: Hemming
Project: Bring in your own item to mend/alter or practice techniques
Mondays, Feb. 3 - Feb. 24 (3 weeks, no class Feb. 17)
6 - 8 p.m.
UNB Fredericton
9 Bailey Drive, Memorial Hall, Room 26
$89 (+ HST)
Dana-Lynn Farrell has been sewing since childhood, beginning with creating dresses for her Barbie dolls with the help of her grandmother and learning how to read a sewing pattern from her aunt. Passionate about creating costumes, she often wore her creations on stage in musicals and operas, eventually doing cosplay as well.
In her twenties, Dana-Lynn began working as a seamstress full time, accepting a job at lululemon in Halifax doing repairs and alterations, and opening a small studio for her own clients, doing repairs, alterations and custom pieces.
In 2020 she made masks of various sizes to accommodate beards, large chins, small chins and a special kind of mask for singers. Though she no longer works as a seamstress, she continues to enjoy sewing as a hobby, occasionally making pieces for friends and family.
