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DIY 1: Sewing Foundations (TEST)

  • The Woven Wolf 50 Cedar Street Collingwood, ON, L9Y 3A5 Canada (map)
 

Difficulty Level: Beginner

Number of Weeks: 4

Class Duration: 2 hours / per week

Course Cost: $200 + hst + materials

Prerequisite: None

  • Ready to start your sewing journey? Join our four-week beginner sewing class and learn the essential skills to bring your creative ideas to life. You’ll make three easy and practical projects: a drawstring bag, a fabric basket and a cozy set of cuffed bed pillows. Perfect for total beginners, this class covers everything from learning how to thread up and use your machine to mastering basic sewing techniques. Machines and tools are provided, materials are available for purchase at our studio.

    Keep useful items like cords and cables, shoes or winter accessories organized with a drawstring bag and a lined, co-ordinating fabric basket. Then, make matching, hand-made pillowcases to co-ordinate with your bedroom colour story - these cheerful, easy-to-make accent pieces are sure to become a family heirloom.

    Perfect for those who have never used a sewing machine before - by the end, you’ll walk away with handmade projects and the confidence to tackle new ones on your own!

    • Threading up and using a sewing machine

    • Tracing and cutting fabric from a simple pattern

    • Measuring and pressing double-fold hemmed edges

    • Working with fusible interfacing

    • Sewing linings, boxed corners and french seams

  • Drawstring Bag

    • 0.5 m quilting weight cotton 

    • 1.75 m herringbone tape

    Fabric Basket

    • Exterior - 0.5 m canvas weight cotton 

    • Interior - 0.5 m quilting weight cotton 

    • Batting - 0.5 m fusible fleece interfacing for added structure

    2 x Standard Bed Pillow Cases

    • Main fabric - 1.5 m quilting weight cotton 

    • Cuff fabric - 0.5 m contrasting quilting weight cotton

    We recommend purchasing materials at our studio 15 minutes before your class starts to ensure you have everything you need.

 

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