Beginner Garment Making - Sam Apron

Class Duration: 3.5 Hours

Students Bring: Your cut out pattern pieces, thread, the printed pattern, your scrap fabric (you will receive an instructional video on how to cut out your pieces upon registration)

Materials Required: Fabric, coordinating thread, and cotton webbing for the straps in a color of your choosing

Suggested Fabric: This pattern is for woven fabrics. It can be made with a variety of fabrics from quilting cotton to denim, depending on how heavy duty you would like your apron to be. For this class, choose a mid weight woven (3 to 7 oz) such as our Essex Yarn Dyed Linen/Cotton or Ruby Star Society Canvas. You can also use a heavy weight woven like denim.

Materials Included with registration: Instruction of how to sew the Sam Apron and use of all needed tools including sewing machine, seam ripper, iron, etc. Students will need to get the pattern from Helen's Closet by signing up for their email list. The Sam Apron is a free pattern. *we do offer pattern printing services. We can print the A0 size of the pattern for you for an additional $5

You will leave with: A finished Sam Apron, and the knowledge and confidence to begin making your own clothes!

Skill Level: Beginner or above

Skill Details:

• Students should have made 2+ projects on their own, and they should be reasonably comfortable operating and troubleshooting a sewing machine, maintaining a specified seam allowance from 1/8” to 3/8”, pivoting at corners, pressing hems.
• We highly recommend having completed Intro to Garment Making or being familiar with garment sewing terminology such as RST, WST, edgestitching, etc.

Age Range: Adults and Teens 16+

Description:

This class is for beginner sewists who want to get started with garment sewing and need a place to start with all the techniques they need to learn. The Sam Apron is a perfect stepping stone into garment making, with minimal fitting required. This pattern is versatile for all gender expressions and can be made to fit teens or adults. This is a fun, skill-building pattern that you will enjoy wearing, and it makes a great gift for loved ones!

The beauty of an apron is that the fit is very forgiving and totally wearable without any fit adjustments. You won’t need to do a muslin or toile for this one! We’ll make View B using webbing for the straps to keep it simple and save some sewing time.

You’ll receive information for downloading the Sam Apron pattern instructions, as well as a video guide for:

• Choosing a size
• Prepping your fabric and pattern
• Cutting your pieces and transferring markings
• Preparing your single-fold bias tape

Please come to class with your cut out pattern pieces, scrap fabric, notions, and instruction booklet.

You'll need to order or buy fabric at least 1 week prior to class to allow time for washing and other prep. You'll arrive at class in the store with your pieces already cut out, edges finished, and interfacing applied.

In this course you will get hands-on experience with:

• How to work from a printed pattern

• Sewing curves
• Grading seams
• Patch pocket placement and attachment
• Hemming and finishing, including bias facing
• Understitching and topstitching