Fit and
Sew – Special Classes by request
Class
sizes are limited to 4-6 prepaid participants
Classes are scheduled for private one-on-one and/or for small groups. Please contact Rosebud for additional information
Recycle your T-Shirt into Lounge Pants
3 - 4 Hours
Hands On
For all
ages
Simple,
fast and easy methods of styling a totally new look with your fun T-shirts. See
how quick you can reduce waste by restyling your favorite T-shirt into a pair
of comfortable lounge pants or Yoga pants for yourself. Got more old T-shirts?
Recycle into a Carry-all-bag, cosmetic bag, or favorite bag.
Time
permitting learn how to Restyle a T-shirt into a stylish ruffled T-top,
cardigan or halter top. Repurpose T-tops into flirty skirts for all ages;
deconstruct and reconstruct into T-necklaces and T-flowers for trimming. Create
a vintage look with a little lace, vintage hankies, or an 80’s T-shirt dress.
Have fun while helping the environment.
Sew Like a Pro - Apronology
3 Hour Hands On
This
class is designed for all skill levels of sewers, beginners to advanced.
Improve
your sewing skills and get professional results as you learn speed sewing and
industry techniques for handling bias edges, curves, hems, yokes, setting
perfect pockets and more. Rosebud will share several shortcuts for pattern
preparation, notching, cutting, how to set up your sewing area for efficiency
and speed. Discover how to get perfect topstitching and designer results using the
proper tools and pressing techniques, plus much more. At the end of class
you’ll have completed a designer apron without using a single pin or basting.
Easy Zippers
3 Hour Hands On
Finally fool proof zippers! Learn the easiest and fastest way to install
slot, lapped, and invisible zippers with professional results using no pins or
basting! Rosebud will share techniques adapted for home sewing including the
best zipper foot to use; garment prep, how to avoid puckers with invisible
zippers; tips for facings, waistbands, or linings; best location for all types
of zippers, how to achieve smooth flat seams on curved or straight seams and
much more. At the end of class you will have completed samples for future
reference at home.
Fitting & Designing Skirts
3 Hour
Demo
A
well-fitting basic skirt provides you with a useful garment to make, and it
gives you a starting point to develop fast, fun and creative skirt designs or
copy designer ready to wear. Fitting a skirt is one of the easiest ways to
learn the keys to understanding skirt ease, waistline shape, waistline fit and balanced
seams. Follow along as Rosebud drafts a skirt for an individual in class. Learn
how to create pencil skirts, wrap skirts, A-line, fitted & flared gore or
trumpet skirts. Add flounces, pleats, designer yokes, even asymmetrical
stylelines.
Fitting the Perfect Pant
3 or 4
Hr Demo
Pants
can be a challenge to fit properly, and finding the perfect pants pattern can
be just as difficult. Learn why fitting is SEW much easier when you start with
your measurements because the pant draft is controlled by the measurements you
use. The keys to couture fit are found in understanding how various waist
slopes, crotch depths, and overall crotch formulas control the overall pant
fit. This pattern even accommodates difficult to fit bodies. Participants will
be able to observe and learn to fit while Rosebud fits four class participants
with premade pants using Buttericks 5222, Perfect Pant
Pattern. As time permits, Rosebud will demonstrate restyling the pant
pattern.
Restyling Pants Patterns
1 Hr
Lecture
Styles
change year to year, SEW learn the basics steps to restyle your favorite pant
pattern. Add or remove leg fullness, leg detailing, vents, slits, or cuffs; and
where to shorten or lengthen. Discover how a yoke retains the fit for gaping
waistlines; raise or lower a waistline; add shaped, elastic or fitted
waistband, even a faced waistline. Rosebud will share ideas from Connie
Crawford’s Buttrick line of patterns and Patternmaking Made Easy book as
well as how to use your pants’ sloper to create jeans, workout pants or any of
the latest styles, as well as skirts.
Pants that Fit
6 hours Hands On Drafting
If you have trouble
making pants that fit, join Rosebud and learn an amazingly simple draft that
results in correctly fitting pants with easy to use step by step instructions
for your own body measurements. The keys to couture fit are found in
understanding how various waist slopes, crotch depths, and overall crotch
formulas control the overall pant fit. This pattern draft even accommodates
difficult to fit bodies.
Class size limited to 6
prepaid participants.
Blouse/Shirt
Class with Ready-To-Wear Industry Techniques
6 Hour Hands On
Prep Work
Required
Ready to learn
some speed techniques to save you time? Rosebud will share
secrets she learned in the garment industry that are found in those high-end
ready-to-wear designer blouses as you sew along creating a practical
Blouse/Shirt with perfect topstitching. Discover easy techniques for setting
perfect pockets, collars, sleeves, matching fronts and pockets seamlessly… all without
using a single pin or basting! You will learn easy pattern prep, quick flat
felled seams, handling curved seams and hems, plus much more. At the end of
class your blouse will be ready to wear or almost finished.
6 hours
Easy Shirts for the Hard to Fit Man
1 Hour Lecture
Are you frustrated with
never finding the right shirt and fit for your hard to fit guy and no time to
sew it? Rosebud will teach you easy pattern alterations to fit body builds and
types so you can have the best fitting dress shirts possible with professional
results. Techniques covered include XL necks attached to XS bodies, correct
collar style for body build, fitting athletic, big and tall builds, hollow
chest and mature bodies. She will then cover fabric choices, pattern prep,
correct type of interfacing, perfect topstitching, and “sew” much more. Nothing
looks, fits or feels better than a custom-made dress shirt that fits.
If you need a private hands on class, please don't hesitate to ask!
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