Writing & Teaching for the Sewing Community
Writing and teaching others to improve and enjoy their own Sewful Life is an incredible privilege! My sewing and teaching experience and background in Marketing and Social Media all combine to create success in my current freelance work.
My current and past clients include:
- Coats and Clark Sewing – selected posts now available on Yarnspirations
- Also shared on: Canadian Quilters’ Association & QUILTsocial
- Indygo Junction Sewing Pattern Facebook Group, Blog and Instagram
- Craft Industry Alliance
- Sewing & Stitchery Expo
- Curvy Sewing Collective
- The Quilting Company
- Debbie Maddy – Tiori Designs
My Classes are fun, relaxing and full of valuable learning experiences. Choose from the classes below or let me know what other ideas you have.
My goal is for each student to go home with inspiration and much more knowledge than they expected!
- Fearless Knit Fabric Sewing – 60 min
- Lecture/Demo: Percentage of stretch, pattern choice, using a serger or a sewing machine, techniques for success, types of knit fabrics and their uses
- Basic T-Shirts & Beyond – 60 min
- Lecture/Demo: Pattern and fabric choice, cutting, sewing and layout, successful neck finishes
- The 20 Minute T-Shirt – 4 hr
- Hands-On: Quick techniques for a tee you’ll love to wear home!
- Short-Cuts to Fashion – 60 min
- Lecture/Demo: Quick techniques and shortcut tips for today’s sewist who has limited time to sew
- Modern Kantha Stitching – 2 hr
- Hands-On: The class that always sells out! Using traditional techniques and upcycled fabrics for modern hand-stitched results. Includes the history and use of Kantha in India today.
- Artful Kimono-Inspired Jackets I – 60 min
- Lecture/Demo: Using found, upcycled fabrics from various sources, students will learn design, color and construction techniques to create their own artful, one-of-a-kind jacket. Includes styling tips.
- Artful Kimono-Inspired Jackets II – 12 – 16 hr
- Hands-On follow-up to create our own jackets together! Students will go home with a completed (or almost completed) jacket to wear and love and the inspiration to create more.
How Can I Help You?
- You are welcome to share any of my blog posts. Just be sure to link back to my blog and please use no more than two images. If you have another idea outside of these parameters, let me know!
- To discuss scheduling one of my classes, please send me an email to learn more about pricing, accommodation and travel fees. Let’s get it on the calendar!