Mondays
5:30 – 6:30
Weekly
Learn the fundamentals of sewing to mend clothes, create stylish garments, and unleash your creativity through arts and crafts. Develop a lifelong hobby or career skill with Never The Less Inc. Save money by mastering the art of clothing repairs or crafting pieces that truly reflect your unique style and beliefs. Embrace a wardrobe that authentically showcases your personal flair.

Here are the key fundamentals of sewing:

1. Fabric Knowledge: Understanding different types of fabrics, their properties, and how they behave during sewing is crucial. This includes knowing how to handle fabrics like cotton, denim, silk, knits, and more.
2. Sewing Machine Basics: Familiarize yourself with the parts of a sewing machine, how to thread it properly, wind a bobbin, adjust tension, and select appropriate stitches.
3. Hand Sewing Techniques: Learn basic hand stitches such as running stitch, backstitch, slip stitch, and hemming stitch. These are valuable for finishing touches and repairs.
4. Seam Types: Know different types of seams like straight seams, French seams, flat-felled seams, and how to sew them for strength and neatness.
5. Pattern Reading and Layout: Understand how to read and interpret sewing patterns, including marking and cutting fabric according to pattern instructions.
6. Garment Construction: Learn how to assemble garments step by step, including sewing darts, pleats, gathers, zippers, buttons, and buttonholes.
7. Finishing Techniques: Practice finishing techniques like serging (overlocking), hemming, topstitching, and adding trims or embellishments for a polished look.
8. Pressing and Ironing: Proper pressing is vital for achieving professional-looking results. Use an iron to press seams, darts, hems, and collars for crispness and accuracy.
9. Fit and Alterations: Understand garment fitting principles and how to make basic alterations to achieve the desired fit, such as taking in or letting out seams.
10. Maintenance and Care: Learn how to clean and maintain your sewing machine, replace needles and bobbins, and store fabrics and notions properly.