October Classes
Pattern making-Basic Bodices with Christina Tuesdays, 10/6 and 10/13, 6:30-8:30 pm Skill level: beginner Instruction cost: $40 Dolls, dolls, dolls with Autumn Wednesdays, 10/7, 10/14 and 10/21, 6:30-8:30 pm Make a handmade doll for someone you love. Boy or girl, blond or brunette, blue eyes or brown...you can customize your doll, choose your skin color and fun fabric for the clothes. The skills you will be enriching are pattern cutting, hand embroidering, sewing with your machine, using your zipper foot, stuffing the doll form, appliqué... Skill level: Moderate Instruction cost: $60 Little Bags a Couple Ways with Lupine Thursday, 10/8, 6:30-9:00 pm You have seen them. Simple little cotton, linen, canvas bags are everywhere. The grocery has them to store snack food instead of plastic. The farmer's market sells them to hold produce, and the gift store has them instead of wrapping paper. You need not buy them here and there when you could make them yourself. We will take a look at a simple bag and talk about fabric for food vs. gift and drawstrings vs. velcro. A two hour class that could serve all your holiday wrapping, school lunch, and grocery store shopping needs while saving the environment by making re-useable fabric bags. No pattern needed, simple instructions and tips in class. Skill level: Novice Instruction cost: $20 Halloween Helper with Sally Sunday, 10/11, 5:30-7:30 AND Sunday, 10/18, 4:30-6:30 pm (PLEASE NOTE TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SESSIONS) Do you want help to make those Halloween costumes? Bring in a pattern to follow along with all your materials and get the help you need to sew the costume of your dreams! Class size will be limited to 4 students so each student gets adequate individual attention. Beginners to advanced students can all benefit from Sally’s mastery of buttonholes, zippers, hook and loop closures and the techniques you need to make your costume work! All sewing levels. Cost: $55 Bird Mobile with Shelly Thursday, 10/15, 6:30-9:00 pm This is the perfect class for the hand or machine seamster. This is a great class to use up those scraps sitting in a scrap basket just dying to be used for good. These cute birdies have so many uses. A mobile for the nursery, an art display hanging in your front window, sachets for your drawers, stuffed toys for the little ones and the list can go on, think Holiday gifts. Stop by the shop to see a sample creation. Skill level: Novice Instruction cost: $25 English Paper Piecing with Amy Monday, 10/19, 6:30-8:30 pm Skill level: Novice Cost: $22.50 (this includes some supplies) Uniform Skirt with Lupine Tuesdays, 10/20 and 10/27, 6:30-9:00 pm You have read about it on the blog, and you want to make your own. The perfect everyday all the time lots of options skirt. This class is for you. We will install a zipper (invisible), baste some seams, make a super fun skirt, and talk pockets and details. Maybe you want a lining, maybe you want a simple turned hem. Maybe you find that you can't live without a pocket or two. This is a great class to finally make yourself something to wear, and overcome your fears of fit and zippers. The Barcelona skirt pattern will be the jumping off point, but we will explore the options from there. Skill level: Novice Instruction cost: $50 Learn To Sew: Farmers Market Tote Sundays, 10/25, 11/1 and 11/8, 4:30-6:30 pm Are you ready to learn to sew? Learn all sorts of basics from the designer of this fabulous pattern. From threading your machine to all the basic sewing skills you need, this class starts at the very beginning. Learn sewing machine care, fabric and pattern layout, construction techniques and more in this jam-packed class. Your finished tote will be fully lined with a reinforced bottom and optional pockets on the inside and outside. Use your finished tote for a trip to the market, as a diaper bag or as a great craft tote. Absolute, total, never even opened the box BEGINNER Instruction cost: $60 Open Sewing Night with Lupine Wednesday, 10/28, 6:30-9:00 pm Trying something new in an effort to get the holiday love even more handmade. If you need a night to finish up a project you started but can't seem to finish alone, or are hoping to get a little shove in the right direction for a new project, come and sew at Bolt. This one night sewing session is a great opportunity for some community fun and teaching support on the project of your choice. I will work with each person before class to familiarize myself with their skill level and project and see where the adventure takes us. You will have 2 hours of access to information, irons, inspiration, and companionship around your sewing machine. All skill levels welcome Cost: $20 
This class is designed for students to develop a basic front & back bodice. You will learn how to take measurements of the upper half of the body and relate it to flat pattern making. You'll be whippin' up those customized tops in no time! ***Completion of this class is required for enrollment in the sleeve and princess dress pattern making classes.
If you already enjoy hand-sewing or you would like to work on your hand-sewing skills, consider this one-night class on English Paper Piecing. By basting fabric to pre-cut shapes, sewing the shapes together, and finally removing the papers, you can achieve very precise patchwork designs without the anxiety of perfect seam allowances! This technique requires very little investment in materials and is a superb way to use fabric scraps. In this class we will be working with hexagons, the basic unit used in traditional "grandmother's flower garden" quilts, but once you learn the techniques involved, there are many other shapes and patterns to explore. You will leave class w/ a patchwork hexagon "flower" which can be used as an applique, turned into a coaster, or maybe it will be the beginning of your own heirloom quilt. See some examples by a couple of local greats here and here! If you can thread a needle, and have done some very basic hand sewing, you are ready for this!