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Summit Selvage

03/12: Intro to Pants Tailoring

03/12: Intro to Pants Tailoring

Regular price $40.00 USD
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When: Wednesday, March 12th, 5:30-8pm

Difficulty: Some sewing experience required for this class. Must be comfortable using a sewing machine and sewing seams

About:

With demos and samples, the first 2 hours of class will cover how to:

-Bring in pants waist (darts, formal pants seam, jeans/casual pants seam adjustments)
-Take out pants waistband (looking for extra seam allowance, adding panels)
-Adjust the rise height 
-Tapering in the seat and legs
-This class will not go over hems, but a quick refresher can be provided

For the last 1/2 hour, bring a pants tailoring project to get started on after the instruction

Materials

All materials and machines are provided, but feel free to bring your own if you'd prefer! Option to bring a pants tailoring project to work on the last 1/2 hour of class. 

Instructor:

Emelia (she/her) has been running Summit Selvage full time since August 2022 as a sewing instructor, tailor, designer, and clothing mender. Before that, she worked as a workwear designer and has enjoyed teaching others to sew for close to 10 years. 

Space/Accessibility:

Location: New location! Summit Selvage is located at 1812 E Madison Street, Unit 30 in East Capitol Hill. The door code will be sent out the day before the class. 

Transit: There are a limited number of parking spots right in front of the building (labelled for clients and tenants), and free street parking in the neighborhood. The 12 bus stop is 1 block away on Madison St. 

Accessibility: There is a ramp to enter the building, and a short flight of indoor carpeted stairs to go to the lower floor where the studio is. Bathrooms are located on the main floor. There is also a side entrance available with three outdoor steps to the lower floor, please email beforehand if that entry is preferred. 

Covid: Masks are required during class time

Ticket Policy: Your receipt is your ticket. Let me know if you're unable to make the class as soon as possible! Full refunds given up until 2 weeks before class time, class credit given two weeks to two days before class time. You can also transfer the ticket to a friend, just send a heads up with their name & email. 

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