VISIBLE PATCHES Class
Thursday August 14th 5-700!
Customize your jeans, denim shorts, or overalls with beautiful visible patches. Patches can elevate and revive old denim, and in this class, we'll cover how to make your own visible patches using quilting cotton and scrap fabric. This confident beginner class is a great way to start working with denim and personalizing your wardrobe.
In our Visible Patches class, you will learn the basics of a sewing project - how to measure, cut, and press multiple pieces of fabric, how to make a simple patch, how to pin patches to existing garments, how to create reinforcement stitches, and how to appliqué using a zig-zag stitch.
For this workshop, you're highly encouraged to bring your own clothing to mend and add patches to. Before mending your denim clothing, or if you're unable to bring your own clothes, we will practice on other fabric. This class will focus on denim fabrics, so please avoid bringing any stretchy or lightweight fabrics to add patches to.
The workshop includes practice fabric, patch fabric, usage of sewing machines, tools, and notions, and thread for your project. Feel free to bring your own machine or anything you'd like to make into a patch!
Please note that this is a Confident Adult Beginner class, and students are expected to already know how to operate a sewing machine, including threading the machine, winding the bobbin, straight stitch, backstitch, and cutting fabric. If you need a refresher on these skills, contact me. If you've never sat behind a machine before, an Absolute Beginner class should be taken first.
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