Sewing Level 3: Advanced

This course is designed to bring your sewing skills to the next level! Learn how to make alterations to your pattern, work with lining, take body measurements, and finish your garment with zippers and neck edges!

Prerequisite: Intermediate sewing skills or have completed our Sewing Level 2 course.

All proceeds from EcoEquitable's public sewing courses go towards 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!

Dates:

• Mondays, June 16 - August 18 (no class on June 30 & Aug 4) from 6-9PM with Coco

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:

Coco: Hi there! My name is Coco and I immigrated to Canada when I was very young. While I was growing up, I didn't have anybody to teach me sewing, so I decided to just teach myself. Over the past three years, I have really dedicated myself to building on my previous skills and learning as much as I possibly can about sewing. My sewing journey has taken me into garment making, quilting, pattern-making, alterations, and much much more. I look forward to sharing my knowledge with you and helping you make the crazy (or boring) ideas in your head a reality and helping you to avoid some of the mistakes that I had to learn about the hard way. One fun little thing I like to say is that sewing is all about creatively stabbing the fabric in a way that achieves the functional and aesthetic goals of your project. See you in class!

Length of Program: 8 weeks 
LOCATION: 404 McArthur Avenue, Unit "D" (end unit in the strip mall)  
Max class size: 6
Min class size: 4

*We require a minimum of 4 people to run the course otherwise it may be cancelled. Please see our updated Refund and Cancellation Policy below for more information.

YOU WILL LEARN: 

• How to take body measurements to make a dress
• How to select your pattern size, and make alterations to your pattern
• Determine what style of garment fits your body
• Learn about fabric characteristics and how to choose the right fabric for a garment
• How to work with lining
• Sewing neck edges, setting a sleeve and a zipper

IN-CLASS PROJECT

In this class, you will learn how to sew a lined dress with sleeves, and a zipper.

**The in-class project may be changed without prior notice by the Instructor** 

EQUIPMENT:

Sewing Machine

• EcoEquitable provides access to a sewing machine and most tools during the class duration. We charge a nominal fee of $10, included in the class fee, that goes towards sewing machine maintenance, supplies, and tools.
• Students are welcome to bring their own sewing machine to class.

Fabric

• Fabric needs to be determined by the instructor
  

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.