Learn your way around the Create Makerspace textiles studio and go home with a tote bag! Participants will learn sewing terminology, sewing machine basics, measuring & cutting fabric, and choosing stitches. Great for sewers with little to no machine experience.
Learning Objectives:
Tour of textiles space
Learn the names of tools & notions
Where they live
Identifying grainline and right side/wrong side of fabric
Students apply this knowledge to their project
Using a rotary cutter & mat to measure & cut fabric
Students apply this knowledge to their project
Getting to know the sewing machine
Names and parts of the sewing machine
Winding a bobbin
Threading the machine with spool & bobbin
Sewing first steps
Choosing the right stitch (straight stitch)
Seam allowance
Backstitching
Students apply knowledge to scrap fabric to gain confidence on machine before sewing tote
Making straps
Turning straps
Topstitching
Finishing your seams
Fabric & thread will be provided for participants.
3 hours
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