10/25: Clothing + Textile Repair Clinic (afternoon)

When: Saturday, October 25th, 2-4pm

Difficulty: No sewing experience required!

About: Come repair your clothing & textile homewares! No sewing experience required. Bring some things with holes/stains/zipper issues and sew them up on the spot (hopefully!). Feel free to email with any questions/concerns about your project(s). All sewing skills welcome, most repairs are much easier than you think! :) We can also work on quick alterations like hems. 

The class capacity is 5 people, so you'll get lots of 1-1 time! 

Project ideas:

• Split seams, rips, tears
• Worn areas
• Broken zipper pull
• Missing buttons/snaps

Machines available to use:

• Home sewing machines
• Coverstitch machine (stretchy hems!)
• Serger
• Embroidery machine (just letters and numbers, not promised it won't eat your garment, proceed with caution)
• Industrial machine (if you have some sewing experience and want to test it out!)

We also have lots of little fabric pieces, thread, hand sewing supplies, and repair supplies. 

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: 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 days before class time. You can also transfer the ticket to a friend anytime before class, just send a heads up with their name & email. 

Tax is included: $20 + $2.07 (10.35%)