Class Description

Have you every wanted to make your very own custom garment? This three part workshop is intended for folks who have used a sewing machine before for basic projects, but would like to advance their knowledge in pattern usage, sewing techniques and other questions they may have.

This class will have participants select their own patterns before the workshop starts and then be guided and helped through the sewing process in the studio. The instructor will also be available via email leading up to the workshop for any questions regarding pattern selection, fabric etc.

There will be a small list of recommend items to bring, however they are not required. Sewing machines are available to use at the maker space or you are welcome to bring your own!

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 (January 8, 15, 22 6pm-7:30pm)

Spots: 8

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.