April 21, 2012: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Willow Creek Center
1026 Mohr Lane, Concord CA 94518
Let me ask you a question (or more)
Remember how satisfying it was to make your own clothes? You could have the latest styles, but you made them in fabric you had chosen. You never saw yourself walking down the street.
Are you sick of seeing yourself walking down the street? Ready to try your hand at DIY.
Do you pick up clothes in the store and think, this is made so badly, I could do better, if I just knew how?
The Walnut Creek/East Bay Chapter of the American Sewing Guild is a San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of women who are passionate about sewing and passing on that passion. We meet monthly in Concord California and every other year we produce the sewing fair that we are introducing to you through this website.
We offer:
Three Tracks of Instruction, Information and Inspiration
- Sewing Essentials for Great Results
- Couture Techniques
- Repurposing
Enrollment deadline: Saturday, April 14, 2012
Click on the class name to go to the photos of the project, class description, teacher bio and supply list.
| Time | Track | Class Title | Length | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 9:00- 11:50 | Basic | Fearless Zippers | 3 hours | Susie Brown |
| 9:00-11:50 | Repurposing | Repurposing Shirts | 3 hours | Leslee Montgomery |
| 9:00-11:50 | Couture | Machine Embroidery | 3 hours | Andrea LaVergne |
| 12:00-1:15 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30-4:30 | Couture | Bound Buttonholes Demystified | 3 hours | Annalisa Tay |
| 1:30-4:30 | Repurposing | Alterations | 3 hours | Rachel Myers |
| 1:30-4:30 | Basic | Power Serging | 3 hours | Terry McClintock |
| 1:30-4:30 | Repurposing | Mending & Hand Sewing | 3 hours | Carrie Besso |