Embroidery Basics

Regular price $85.00
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All proceeds from EcoEquitable's public sewing classes go toward our mission of empowering women with sewing skills and building connection and community; and supporting our local circular economy by redistributing fabric and sewing tools. We thank you for joining and supporting us!

This course is designed for people with no embroidery experience or for those who have embroidered in the past but need a refresher!

Available Classes:

  • Mondays January 13 - Feburary 3 from 5-8PM with Faezeh

Length of Program: 4 classes
Location: 404 McArthur Avenue, Unit "D" (end unit in the strip mall under purple banner)  
Max class size: 8
Min class size: 5

Important Notes - Please Read

*Once you register online, you will not receive an additional confirmation email from EcoEquitable. By registering, consider your class confirmed.

*Sewing classes take place in the main building beside our boutique storefront. For this reason, please arrive at our storefront under the purple banner 5-10 minutes before the start of your first class so you can walk over together.

*Any classes that fall on a stat holiday will be rescheduled and extended by 1 week to accommodate.

*In the cold and wet months, please bring indoor shoes.

*We require the minimum number of people to run the class otherwise it may be cancelled. Please see our Refund and Cancellation Policy below for more information.

*If you are purchasing this class on behalf of someone else, please include their name, phone number, and email address in the "NOTES" box of the checkout page.

*Don't see a date that works for you? Please check back regularly as more classes get posted!

About your Instructor(s):

Faezeh Maleki is a graduate of textile and fashion design. In her opinion, art means to depict, and this depiction is reflected by creativity in the composition of details. Faezeh believes that details are very important and give birth to the soul in artwork. She likes to think of art differently and loves to open a new window of the world of fashion for you. Also, she is excited to teach you a new way to become unique in your style and customize your garments.

You will learn: 

In this 4 session course, we'll have a lot of fun together! You will learn how to pick the fabric for each usage, prepare fabric to start, different kinds of transferring design techniques onto garments, essential embroidery techniques, finishing, and by the end, you'll complete a beautiful project to take home with you! 
  • A minimum of 10 essential hand stitches in embroidery and how to use each one
  • How to embroidering 5 new and 3D flowers
  • How to transfer your design onto fabric
  • Finishing techniques
  • Explore various applications for different stitches

Equipment:

Required: Students must bring the following supplies to each class:

  • Embroidery Thread: Here is an example.
  • Embroidery Needle: Here is an example.
  • Embroidery Hoop: 25 cm
  • Heat erasable pens: Here is an example.

Health and Safety:

Individuals who enter our programs are encouraged to:

  • Wash your hands frequently
  • Bring and use hand sanitizer 
  • Clean your workstation before and after class

Refund and Cancellation Policy:

EcoEquitable requires a notice of cancellation via email in order to process a refund. 

  • Written notice of cancellation 15 business days before the class start date, EcoEquitable will refund the class fee minus a $20 administrative fee.
  • Written notice of cancellation 6-14 business days before the class start date, EcoEquitable will refund 50% of the class fee.
  • Cancellations of 5 business days or less before the class is set to start are non-refundable.

If the minimum number of students do not register, EcoEquitable reserves the right to cancel the class, in which case students will be notified via email at the earliest possible convenience and issued a full refund.