Heirloom Embroidery and Faggoting Project Class:

Class Fee:$85.00, Kit:$45.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(9 hours)

(Girls Version)

(Boy's Version)

 Allen by Children's Corner with class alterations. .                                                                          Learn Heirloom embroidery stitches: feather, colonial knots and lazy daisy. The collar and front pleat is finished with red micro check tubing attached with the old fagotting stitch. A beautiful antique technique that will always be a classic.

Kits include: Pima batiste, cotton tubing, embroidery threads, buttons, pattern, and instructional handout.

Heirloom Bonnet Class:

Class Fee:$60.00, Kit:$30.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(6 hours)

Learn French machine sewing while making a sweet bonnet by machine suitable for coming home or any special occasion. Techniques will be lace attachment ,entredeux to fabric and lace, and puffing.

Included in the kit is, Swiss batiste, lace edging, entredeux, lace insertion, ribbon, and instructional handout.

Classic Baby Bubble  Construction Class

Class Fee:$60.00, Kit:$30.00

(Beginner Level & up)     (6 hours)

 Your kit will be cut out and ready for you to learn the methods for sewing sleeves, collars,  piping , tucks, plackets & bubble legs.                                                         Kit includes; pattern, fabric, buttons, buckle, elastic and trim.

Let's start sewing:

Basic Beginnings Sewing #101

Boys John-John  or  Girls A-Line Jumper

Class Fee:$60.00, Kit:$30.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(6 hours)

You will learn all the basics of sewing, how and why you lay and cut out a pattern, Basic seams and  lining. You will complete a  jumper or john-john.

The kit includes: pattern, piping, fabric, lining, and handout instructions

   Smocking with Stack Cables

Class Fee:$60.00 , Kit:$11.00

(*Intermediate Level & up)

*(Basic English Smocking knowledge required)

(6 hours)

(Basic English Smocking required)

The first week you learn basic stacked cables with simple one color designs. Then  we will work on multiple needles and changing colors. 

   The kit includes: pleated insert, pattern, needles, threads. and handout instructions

 

Basic English Smocking

Class Fee:$85.00, Kit:$45.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(9 hours)

 You will learn the basic stitches, practice and learn the proper techniques to smock an insert. Then you will learn to read and follow a smocking graph, prepare a bishop to smock and start your project. Last but not least you will learn the embroidery stitches that compliment your smocking.

The kit includes: pleated insert, pleated project, needles, smocking plate, threads. and handout instructions

     Sweet & Simple Baby Daygown

Construction Class

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Class Fee:$30.00 , Kit:$25.00

Learn basic construction techniques including special sewing steps for doing bias.

The kit includes: fabric, pattern, bias, buttons. and handout instructions

Shadow Embroidery Class

Stitches covered are: double back stitch, closed herringbone, french knots, colonial knots, and back stitch.

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Class Fee:$30.00 , Kit:$25.00

Kit includes a linen bib, designs, needle, floss, doodle cloth, and instructions.

Bishop Demo Seminar

Preparation and Construction

Fee:$15.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Watch and learn how to cut out different fabrics (all those checks and plaids!) for a bishop. Learn how to pleat  Bishops, plaids and checked bishops. See how to prepare a bishop so you need not use a continuous placket. Smock on a Board, learn how to eliminate turtle neck bishops and construct perfect necks!! This is a notebook class, Bring a notebook to take notes.

Bishop Construction Class   

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Fee: $30.00

You will bring a smocked bishop to class and actually construct it step by step. Techniques covered will be; French seams, and perfect neck bias, .

         Pleater Magic!

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Class Fee:$30.00 , Kit:$15.00

      Bring your own pleater in to learn the basic operations of a pleater. Information to practice; Pleating straight, seams, curves, small sections, overlays, broken needles, threads to use, and how much to pleat. All of these will be discussed and practiced!

Kit includes: All pieces to be pleated and instructional handout.

         Basic Crochet Edges Class

(Beginner Level & up)

(3 hours)

Class Fee:$30.00 , Kit:$25.00

k, Perle Cotton  and Instructional handout.

 

Learn the Basics in Crochet stitching: starting, gauge, adding rows, and finishing. Five of the most common stitches will be covered.

Kit includes: Doodle cloth ,Hemstitched Burp Pad, hoo

  French Machine Sewing Notebook Class:

Class Fee:$85.00, Kit:$15.00

(Beginner Level & up)

(9 hours)

Learn to use your machine to it's fullest potential for French Machine Sewing. Nine hours of demonstrations and hands on practice will give you a permanent index of all the techniques and machine settings. Over 22 techniques of machine sewing with lace, materials and entredeux. All techniques will be executed and sampled in a note book for future reference. You will learn what foot works better than others, tension settings for special effects and much more.     

Kit includes: work book pages, lace, entredeux, and fabrics.

      Semi-Annual Coat Class

Class Fee:$85.00, Kit: (Depends on fabric chosen)

(Intermediate Level & up)

(9 hours)

The Classic Heirloom Coat

Start to finish project class which includes: lining, facing, interfacings, pleats, stay stitching, and seam finishing.                        Kit includes: pattern, lining fabric, coat fabric, interfacing and buttons.

 

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*** Sit & Sews ***

Do you need encouragement, a boost, or just a place to finish or start a project for your precious one? That special project could be sewing, smocking, embroidery or heirloom. We have the class room set up for you to claim your space! Get away from distraction at home, join us and create. The Sit & Sews are not a substitution for the basic instructional classes, but a continuation or refresher of them. Chris or Anna Marie will be with you to answer your questions and guide you through any rough spots. A small fee of $10.00 will be collected when you register for the session, this is to cover the cost of the instructor to stay with you through out the day or night, depending on the session.

We have also set up warehouse space to store machines if you want to park them there until you return, there is no charge for storage!   :-)

All Sit & Sews require pre-registration, each class has a cut off date, which is 2 weeks before class meets.        Fees are not refundable or transferable.                                                         Minimum class size is 6 students.* In the case of cancellation of class because of lack of registrants all fees will be refunded.