Choose Your Own Folkwear Blouse Class (Intermediate - Sewing)

Choose from several authentic vintage and folk garments from Folkwear sewing patterns and bring it to life in this hands-on class. Whether you’re drawn to a casual everyday look or something with vintage flair, you’ll work step-by-step with guidance to cut, fit, and sew your chosen garment. By the end, you’ll have a one-of-a-kind Folkwear creation to wear and show off! Will it be the Gibson Girl Blouse, Victorian Shirt, French Cheesemaker's Smock, Armistice Blouse, or Croatian Shirt? Select your size, plan your top, and sew it with Laura Twiss over four weeks.

This is a four session class.  Please make sure you can attend all sessions.

You can see Folkwear patterns here.  The pattern is not included in the class fee.

Prerequisites:

• experience successfully completing several sewing projects; this class will not cover basic sewing machine operation such as threading a needle, switching needles, how to adjust stitch length, locking stitches, reverse stitching, pivoting corners, winding bobbins etc.
• familiarity with using a sewing pattern, measuring oneself and picking a size

You will learn how to:

• take your measurements and pick the correct pattern size
• follow a pattern
• use some traditional sewing methods

You will need:

• a copy of a Folkwear pattern
• tracing paper
• fabric suitable for your chosen pattern
• any notions needed
• matching thread

We will provide:

• any sewing tools needed
• a sewing machine to use in class

This class is perfect for someone who has sewn several garments but is looking to make a more challenging garment.

A list of our class policies can be found here. 

Minimum registration is 3. Maximum is 5.

Laura is teaching this class.