"Sewing Machine Basics"
2-1/2 hours - $30 (including $5 materials fee)

Bring your own machine or learn on one of ours. In this class we will focus on the terminology and mechanics of the sewing machine.

Learn to thread the machine and wind the bobbin, backstitch, straight stitch, zig-zag stitch, turn corners, sewing curved lines, working with seam allowance and basic problem solving with the sewing machine such as tension and threading issues.

All materials for this class are included in the tuition, you will leave with a series of sewn samples and reference handouts.

PDX Seamsters Sewing Studio offers sewing instruction and education: The Basics, Intermediate project classes, drop-in open sewing studio access, as well as advanced Master Classes.