Class Description:
This is a beginner-friendly class, though some sewing machine experience will help. In this class, students will:
- Bring in clothes that have rips or fit issues (holes in socks or other items, pants with gaping waist, bottoms that need hemming, items that are too big in the waist, or any other issues)
- Learn alteration and mending techniques to make their clothes last longer
- Learn about clothing construction
- Learn how to troubleshoot challenges
- Learn to change sewing machine feet and needles
- Learn to put in a zipper, new button, and elastic (as needed)
- Leave with one or more altered/mended clothing items and the knowledge of how to do it again!
- Make friends and community of like-minded crafters
Emily Hermann is a fiber artist, writer, teacher, and sustainability professional. She explores themes of devotion, truth, love, and creative re-use of materials through her art. Self-taught through YouTube videos, Emily began her sewing journey with thrift-flips, upcycling, and self-drafting garments in 2021. While she dabbles in other art forms (i.e., knitting, print-making, ceramics, embroidery, poetry writing, and drawing), sewing remains her favorite form of creative expression. She’s been teaching sewing classes at the Arts League since Spring 2024.
Instagram - @hemswithem
Class Description:
This is a beginner-friendly class, though some sewing machine experience will help. In this class, students will:
- Bring in clothes that have rips or fit issues (holes in socks or other items, pants with gaping waist, bottoms that need hemming, items that are too big in the waist, or any other issues)
- Learn alteration and mending techniques to make their clothes last longer
- Learn about clothing construction
- Learn how to troubleshoot challenges
- Learn to change sewing machine feet and needles
- Learn to put in a zipper, new button, and elastic (as needed)
- Leave with one or more altered/mended clothing items and the knowledge of how to do it again!
- Make friends and community of like-minded crafters
Emily Hermann is a fiber artist, writer, teacher, and sustainability professional. She explores themes of devotion, truth, love, and creative re-use of materials through her art. Self-taught through YouTube videos, Emily began her sewing journey with thrift-flips, upcycling, and self-drafting garments in 2021. While she dabbles in other art forms (i.e., knitting, print-making, ceramics, embroidery, poetry writing, and drawing), sewing remains her favorite form of creative expression. She’s been teaching sewing classes at the Arts League since Spring 2024.
Instagram - @hemswithem
