Class Description
Have you every wanted to make your very own custom garment? Do you want to learn how to extend the life of your current garments? This three part workshop is intended for both someone with no experience whatsoever and and someone who has some experience on the sewing machine, but would like more guidance.
Students can choose from a number of patterns provided or are welcome to email the instructor before class with their project ideas.
Students will be guided through basics such as how to read a pattern, measuring, cutting and basic machine trouble shooting. Instructions on threading their sewing machines and maintenance will also be provided.
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The REclaimED Studio has a number of machines that students can use at no extra cost, but if they have a sewing machine they will be using regularly at home, they are encouraged to bring their machine with them. Students in the past have made bags, pillows, vests and pajama pants!
A short materials list will be emailed to students on sign up and students are encourage to look at their clothing and other textiles that are ready to be up cycled in this class.
Registration:
Please register at least 24 hours in advance at heronsllynfarm.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class.
Appropriate for ages 10+
Class cost: $75
Class length: Three 1.5 hour sessions (March 18, 25, April 1, 6pm-7:30pm)
Spots: 4+
Instructor Bio
Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.