April 2021 Virtual Classes
All classes are currently virtual, meeting on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link with registration.
Lightweight tee with a delicate cabled yoke pattern.
Knit Skills: Summer Trellis Sweater
Saturdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24, and May 1, 1-3 pm. $150
Knit this ideal lightweight summer sweater, and you'll have your go-to warm weather garment! Knit top down, in the round, this design will cover provisional cast on, short rows, knitting charts, and picking up stitches, as well as general sweater shaping and techniques. This is a suitable first sweater for students with plenty of experience knitting from a pattern, but is ideal for students looking to improve their sweater experience!
Instructor: Amie Palmer
Printed or PDF pattern for the Summer Trellis from Kniterella
Fingering weight yarn for your size and sleeve length
US Sz 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles (16" and 24")
US Sz 3 (3.25 mm) circular needles (16" and 24")
(or size to get gauge)
Stitch markers
Waste yarn
Tapestry needle
Learn to Knit: One Dishcloth at a Time!
Dishcloths are a perfect beginner project!
Saturday, April 10 + 17, 10 am- 12 pm, $60
If you've never knit before or need a refresher, this two-week virtual class will teach you all the basics. We'll start off with a simple garter stitch dishcloth and then learn the techniques to add new colors and textures in week two.
Instructor: Amie Palmer
Materials:
US sz 7 Needles (sz 6 or 8 will also work if you already have them)
2 colors of Worsted Weight cotton yarn like Nifty Cotton (with good contrast, no dark colors)
(Ask us to make you a kit!)
Sew Your Own: Gypsum Skirt
Look at the pockets at that skirt!
Sundays, April 11, 18, 25, 1-4 PM $135
The Gypsum Skirt pattern from Sew Liberated is the perfect breezy spring skirt! Our class features View A with large crescent-shaped pockets securely stitched into the skirt panels. Add a comfy 2” elastic waistband and you are good to go! Pick a soft woven cotton if this is your first garment, and venture into linen, double gauze or rayon if you are more advanced. If you have any fabric questions, just email!
This is a great class for beginners who have sewn a project or two but are new to sewing garments. We’ll go over measuring and sizing, the pattern envelope info, pinning and cutting, and construction from start to finish. Skills demonstrated will be sewing & pressing seams, trimming & clipping curves, understitching, stitching in the ditch, flat fell seams and french seams.
For the first class, we’ll be cutting out the pattern, cutting out the fabric, prepping to sew and answering machine setup questions. All sewing happens in the second and third classes.
- Three 3 hour live sessions
Equipment Needed: sewing machine with straight stitch and zig-zag options, iron, ironing board.
Supply List
Gypsum Skirt paper pattern by Sew Liberated
paper scissors
45” wide fabric: 3 1/2 yards OR 54” wide fabric: 2 3/4 yards
2” wide Dritz soft waistband elastic, 1 pkg.
Thread to match, either cotton or polyester
A bodkin
80/12 sewing machine needles - universals or microtex
Empty bobbin for your machine
5” sewing scissors (optional but helpful!)
Basic Sewing Kit: sharp fabric shears, 2 x 18” clear ruler, tape measure, glass head pins, chalk triangle or pencil, seam ripper.
Modern Hand-Embroidery: Tattoo Heart
Customize your word!
Saturdays April 17 & 24, 2-4:30 pm $75
This beginner-friendly class packs a punch with bold lines and vibrant colors. Mollie will walk you through the process of creating a piece of embroidered art, from setting up your hoop to framing your one-of-a-kind piece. You can use the text provided in the pattern, or choose your own word to stitch! Students will learn how to transfer their design to fabric, a variety of common stitches, and how to finish a hoop for display.
Instructor: Mollie O'Reilly
In this class, students will learn:
● How to transfer their pattern to fabric
● A variety of stitches that can carry you through most of your embroidery projects, including back stitch, chain stitch, split stitch, and satin stitch
● Techniques for stitching linework and shading
● How to seal your hoop and prepare it for display
Supplies needed:
● Printed Tattoo Heart pattern (emailed pdf)
● 5” embroidery hoop (6” will also work)
● Embroidery floss, such as Cosmo or DMC 100% cotton:
○ Red: 2 skeins
○ Black: 2 skeins
○ Yellow (or color of your choosing for flower center): 1 skein
○ Medium Blue (or color of your choosing for main petal color): 1 skein
○ Light Blue (or color of your choosing for petal highlight): 1 skein
○ Medium Green (or color of your choosing for main leaf color): 1 skein
○ Light Green (or color of your choosing for leaf highlight): 1 skein
● ¼ yard white quilting-weight cotton. Bella Solids 100% Cotton will work well.
● Needle threader
● Heat erasable or water-soluble pen for marking fabric
● Fabric scissors or all-purpose scissors
● Optional: small, sharp scissors, such as embroidery scissors or thread snips
There will be stitching homework after the first class.
Email hello@freemanscreative.com and we can assemble a supply kit for you!
Learn to Knit, One Washcloth at a Time: Intro to Purling
Saturday, April 24, 10 am - 12 pm, $30
You can knit but what is this purl thing? We'll cast on, practice our knit stitch, learn how to purl and then learn how to switch between knitting and purling to make a dishcloth from cotton yarn. Students should have experience casting on and knitting.
Instructor: Amie Palmer
Materials:
US sz 7 Needles (if you have US Size 6 or 8, they will also work)
1 color of Worsted Weight cotton yarn (dark colors are hard to see)
Tapestry needle
Make a beautiful print, simple or complex!
Block Printing Basics
Saturday, May 1, 2-5 pm $45
Learn to make your own hand-carved blocks to create custom stationery and printed art! This class will show you how to create and transfer designs, use standard carving tools, and print your design on paper. No experience or artistic talent necessary. Ages 16+
Instructor: Jillian Lea
Materials:
Design to carve (printout, trace, or sketch)
Speedball rubber carving blocks or linoleum block
Speedball carving tool (v gouge)
Block Printing Ink (for paper or fabric, depending on your project)
Rubber Brayer
Or this Starter Kit
Pencil
Sharpie
Tracing paper
Notecards, postcards, paper, or fabric
Paper for test prints
Sew-A-Long: The Serpentine or Sorrento Hat
The Serpentine has a wide brim, the Sorrento is a bucket hat.
Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15, 5:30-6:30 PM Free
Join us for a virtual sew-a-long! Get ready to greet the sun in the wide-brimmed Serpentine Hat or the casual Sorrento bucket hat from Elbe Textiles.
April 1: Assemble our PDF patterns, cut our fabric
April 8: Interface our fabric, start sewing seams
April 15: Assemble and finish our hats
You will need the PDF pattern
Exterior and lining fabric (such as light to midweight denim, canvas, or twill for the exterior; you can use the same or a lighter weight fabric for the lining)
Interfacing (such as ShapeFlex)
Zoom ID: 854 754 398
Passcode: sewcial
Join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/854754398?pwd=Z21tK28yTW...
Passcode: sewcial
(Sew-A-Longs are casual, sewcial skill-builders, not classes. No worries if you run late or miss a session!)