Tricks to make Children's Clothing with Sharon Bell What makes that party dress so special? The unique trims and the fast but durable construction techniques that are used in better children’s wear. Sharon will demonstrate how to turn simple trims like rick-rack into fancy designer embellishment. Supply List.
June 5, Thursday 6:30 - 9:30 pm $30 Workshop Fee
Copy Your Favorite Garments - Series with Annette Marie Juilly
Learn how to copy your favorite garment without cutting it apart! In these classes, Annette will teach you the industry tricks to duplicate your favorite simple garment. You will leave with a complete pattern to reproduce a top, pant or skirt. $5 Material fee to instructor. Supply List. How to copy your favorite Pants: $35 Class Fee
3. June 2, Monday 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
How to copy your favorite Top or Skirt : $35 Class Fee
2. June 27, Friday 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Let’s Finish our Favorite Garment Copy Pattern
In this class you can bring your favorite garment copy pattern and continue to work on it. We will also do muslin fittings of our patterns. Supply list and $10 material fee to instructor.$35 Class Fee
3. June 9, Monday 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Soft, Silky & Sheer with Fred Bloebaum
Sheer, lightweight fabrics continue to dominate the fashion scene, with an emphasis on very fluid, unstructured styles made from these fabrics. While this romantic style can be wonderful to see, these fabrics can be challenging to sew and to wear. This lecture/demonstration can help you conquer cutting and sewing difficulties, as well as teach you how to finish seams and hems with ease. Fabric samples, suggested styles and patterns, and completed garments are featured to give you confidence in choosing the perfect fabric and style for your next project.
June 12, Thursday: 6:30 - 9:30 pm $30 Class Fee
The Double-Layered, Reversible Pant with Fred Bloebaum Fred has made several pairs of these elegant, yet simple pants, which were copied, from ready-to-wear, and now you can too. You will learn techniques for sewing with sheers, combining fabrics, sewing a simple pull-on waistband, and preventing slippage between layers and a special two-toned hem. Students will come away with a lovely pair of pants, which will last for many seasons. Supply List.
June 14, Saturday: 11:00 - 5:00 pm $65 Workshop Fee
Shawl Jacket Workshop with Tara Arnold
Using woolen shawls (available at Stonemountain!), you will make a single layered jacket that is simple to construct, drapes well, and shows off the beautiful shawl fabric. The design of the jacket can be used with other fabrics with or without borders and the design ideas you learn will inspire you to use shawls for other garments. Supply List. No patterns necessary - Tara will supply the design ideas.
September 21, Sunday: 12 - 5 pm $70 class fee
Make a Bias Skirt with Jane Foster
A bias skirt looks really good on everyone: It hangs long and lean and every wardrobe needs at least one. In this all-day class , Jane will show you how to cut and sew on bias. You will be fitted for and make a simple bias skirt with just two vertical seams and an elastic casing at the waist. This is your chance to use those wonderful drapey rayons and to leave wearing your new skirt! Supply List.
1. August 23, Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm or
2. November 16, Sunday: 11:30 - 5:30 pm
$75 Class Fee
Shawl Skirt Workshop with Tara Arnold
Shawls are among the most beautiful and elegant textiles in the world. They can be made of silk, wool, cotton, cashmere and more! Each shawl has it’s own character and beauty. They often come with great design elements, like fringe, borders, central motifs or embroidery. Tara will have a number of patterns for you to use with different styles and sizes of shawls. She will help you with your layout and fit of your shawl skirt. Supply List. $65 class fee
June 21, Saturday: 10:30 - 4:30 pm
The Double-Layered, Reversible Pant with Fred Bloebaum Fred has made several pairs of these elegant, yet simple pants which were copied from ready-to-wear, and now you can too. You will learn techniques for sewing with sheers, combining fabrics, sewing a simple pull-on waistband, preventing slippage between layers and a special two-toned hem. Students will come away with a lovely pair of pants which will last for many seasons. Supply List.
August 10, Sunday: 11:00 - 5:00 pm -- $75 Workshop Fee
Luxurious Lingerie Workshop with Fred Bloebaum
In this class, students will practice a wide assortment of techniques used to create luxurious camisoles, tap pants, slips and teddies. You will see techniques for applying lace, elastic and other trims; constructing spaghetti straps; a profusion of seam finishes; and working with bias. Learn about the special fabrics used in constructing lingerie, such as charmeuse satin, lace and tricot, as well as needle and thread selection. This class features the new book from Taunton, Sewing Lingerie that Fits, by Karen Morris. Students will work on their own project(s) with Fred’s help. Come enjoy the afternoon with Fred.
Lingerie Workshop: September 7, Sunday 12 - 5 pm -- $65 workshop fee
Sewing Machine Savvy with Gale Grigg Hazen
Do you get frustrated over your sewing machine or serger? Listen to author and sewing humorist Gale Grigg Hazen discuss easier, trouble free sewing. You will learn to improve stitching quality and love your machine again. She will give tips on keeping your machine humming while keeping you in stitches. No matter what your skill level, you can learn once and for all why your machine may not be working the way you want. In this thorough and entertaining class you will develop a foundation so you can analyze each project and choose the best means of obtaining professional results.
September 20, Saturday 2 - 5 pm -- $40 class fee
Sunday Workshop with Jane Foster
This is a chance to get individual attention with your sewing and fitting challenges in these Sunday labs. The groups will be small and geared to YOUR needs. Maybe you would like a pattern or muslin fitted before you do all that wonderful embroidery on a garment or you always make a mess of zippers or welt pockets and would like to be shown an easy way. Whatever your challenge, Jane will call you before the lab to discuss your needs. -- $75 per session/$150 for both
1. October 5 & 19, Sundays: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
All about Ease with Gale Grigg Hazen
There is nothing worse than spending hours of time and yards of favorite fabric to make a garment you hate. To prevent this problem, the most important variable you to understand is ease. The proper amount of ease can be a very complicated issue. You must take into consideration the fabric, your measurements, the style, the garment type and your particular preference when deciding how much ease the garment you are working on needs. Learn the tricks to choosing patterns and pattern/fabric combinations that will consistently give you winners instead of losers.
November 1, Saturday: 2 - 5 pm -- $40 class fee
Fashion Fabric Extravaganza Party with Sandra Betzina!
Save this Date - We are having a party! Come hang out with all the other sewing enthusiasts like yourself. Sandra and Suzan are throwing a wine and cheese party where you can come and ask Sandra any sewing question your heart desires and see all the new fabric while getting a 20% discount off everything. Sandra will give a talk on what’s new in fashion and fabric and bring a trunk show of her latest must-have garments. All this for just $7! Sign up early and see you there!
1. November 6, Thursday: 6:30 - 8:30 pm -- only $7
Fun with Fleece with Terri Lewis
Come explore how fun and easy it is to work with polar fleece, which is plentiful at Stonemountain & Daughter. Through demonstrations, samples and some hands-on experience, we will examine different fleeces and their unique qualities. Learn the techniques used in the industry to make fleece pull-overs, jackets, coats, mittens and socks. Learn to put in separating zippers, stabilized buttonholes, etc. Sew something up for yourself or as a gift. Let’s have fun! $7 Kit Fee to instructor.
November 9, Sunday: 12 - 5 pm -- $60 Class Fee
Sewing for the Less-than-Perfect Figure with Gale Grigg Hazen
Fashion and style are not a size. We humans come in all shapes and sizes. No matter how thick or thin we are we can look good in clothes right for our body. Sewing for the Less-Than-Perfect Figure is a class that focuses on line, design, fit, ease, and fabric. Develop ways to understand planes of your body and which pattern shapes work and why. Balance, proportion, fit and panache are what set the well-dressed woman apart. She has that air of confidence that comes from the knowledge that she looks MARVELOUS.
December 3, Wednesday: 6:30 - 9:30 pm -- $40 class fee
