A Verb for Keeping Warm — Garment Construction: Sewing with Knits, Uptown Top: Coming Soon!

Garment Construction: Sewing with Knits, Uptown Top: Coming Soon!

Instructor: Tasa Gleason

Let's learn to sew with knits!

Have you been wanting to try sewing with knits, but are hesitant to dive in without some guidance? This class will help you through the process of setting up your regular sewing machine with a ballpoint needle and a small zigzag stitch. We will play around with tension and stitch length to figure out what works best with the knit you have chosen.

You will be making our Uptown Top from the knit of your choice, with woven facings at the neck and arm openings. In the first class you will make some design choices about the finishing of your top and we will talk about things that commonly come up when sewing with knits.

Class will be held in 3 sessions:

Session 1:

- take measurements to confirm the size you are making

- make design choices about your garment

- trace your pattern

- draft a facing for your arm opening

- talk about different kinds of knits and how they will sew up

- NOTE: we will most likely not be sewing this 1st session, it is your choice if you would rather not bring your sewing machine

Session 2:

- cut fabric for your top

- set up your machine to sew with knits

- test out your knit on your machine

- start sewing body of top

Session 3:

- finish sewing body of top

- complete top with woven facings

Prerequisites: This class is for the intermediate sewist. You should be very confident sewing with woven fabrics, including sewing curves and sewing with accurate and consistent seam allowance. This should not be your first garment, but it can be your first time sewing with knits.

Materials required:

Sewing machine with ability to sew a zigzag stitch*
Ballpoint needles to fit your sewing machine
Uptown Top pattern (printed pattern or PDF; your PDF should be taped together and directions printed out)
1.5 yards of dot paper for tracing off your pattern
Paper scissors
Pencil
Fabric scissors
Pinking shears
Fabric chalk or pen
Pins
Seam ripper
Clear 2"x18" ruler
Knit fashion fabric in the yardage to match your size
1/2 yard of woven fashion fabric for your neck facing and arm facings

* If you need to rent a sewing machine for use during class, please add Sewing Machine Rental to your cart along with your class. Call the shop with any questions at 510-595-8372.

Students receive 15% off class materials.

3 sessions / 2.5 hours each -- NEW! Longer class!

Class Size: 6 students max.

Date: Coming Soon!

Time: 5:30 - 8:30

Cost: $90

Tasa holds a BFA in Dance and a certificate in Apparel Design and Merchandising and has been working as a professional costume and apparel designer for over 15 years. She is the technical designer and pattern drafter for Verb’s line of sewing patterns and teaches sewing classes at Verb. Tasa makes over 50% of her own, and her family’s, wardrobe and hopes that her classes inspire others to create and work with textiles in whatever way fits their lifestyle. Currently Tasa works in the costume shop at Cal Shakes and designs costumes for several local dance companies.

Garment Construction: Sewing with Knits, Uptown Top: Coming Soon!

$90.00

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