one 2.5-hour class // $100 + supplies (see list below)
the pièce of résistance: a pillow cover with an invisible zipper and tidy French seams that would rival any similar style found at high-end home furnishing boutiques. magnifique!
this workshop is designed to teach a number of valuable sewing skills from invisible zipper installation with an emphasis on professional-looking results.
beginner sewing machine experience required; please be able to wind a bobbin and thread a machine. if you don’t know how, sign up for an intro to sewing machine class first (see above) and you’ll be good to go! space is very limited for this class; please sign up early
supplies:
- 1 yard fabric (linen, cotton prints, silk duponi or similar; no stretch, knits or velvet). if you’d like to use different fabrics on the for the front/back buy two 1/2 yards
- 22″ invisible zipper (we’ll be teaching you how to shorten it)
- 16″ pillow form (not required to bring to class)
- scissors (new or used only on fabric)
- all-purpose thread to match fabric
- pins
- pincushion
- tailor’s chalk in contrasting color to fabric or air-soluble fabric marking pen
- 18″ transparent sewing ruler
- sewing gauge (optional)