Workshops for adults
Be Inspired -- And see what you can Sew!
Below is our current listing of workshops and individual lessons ideas for adults. Our workshops (and lesson ideas) are designed to be fun, engaging, and teach new skills. We encourage people to bring a friend, a spouse, or significant other and share the experience! See below for the details for her — and you!
'Galentine's workshop!
Sunday, February 9th, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
The Galentine’s Day Mock neck Sweater!
Bring your favorite Galentine and join JMIS for a Galentine’s Day workshop and make your own Mock neck Sweater! This is a perfect event for you and your bestie to spend an afternoon enjoying the company of other like minded sewists and sewing a mock neck sweater — from start to finish! Perfect for two (or more!) friends, Mother’s & Daughters or just yourself! We’ll have a blast in a warm and inviting environment and celebrate Valentine’s Day together! Chocolate included!!!
No sewing experience? No worries… we’ll walk you through the steps so that when you leave, you will have made a perfect sweater made by — and for — you! Choice of fabrics are available. These are projects for those who want to sew with their friends and/or daughters. Your family or friends, when they ask where you where you found such cute matching sweaters will be amazed to hear that “We made it ourselves!”.
As usual, space is limited and these classes can fill up quickly. Appropriate for sewists ages 9 and above. We recommend you guarantee your spot by signing up now before its too late! Due to the range of fabrics available, fabric is NOT included in the cost of this workshop. However, all participants will receive a 10% discount on fabric used for this workshop.
This workshop is scheduled for Sunday, February 9th from 1:00 to ~5:00 p.m.
This year, be your best fashion self --
Bold. On-Trend. and In-Season!
Individual Lesson Ideas...
We have a number of suggested projects for you. We’re full of creative ideas of things you can sew with a minimum of effort, are versatile, flattering and look superb like the wide leg trousers below! The projects we are highlighting below are to designed to be fun, engaging, interactive, and a few can be done as a parent/child joint project. Of course in an individual lesson, the sky is the limit for what you want to do — and learn. But, if you need a creative idea to get you started, see our suggestions of the things you can create where you can — Make it. Wear it. AND Look your Best!
Think some friends might like to join you in your creative endeavors? Considering making your own workshop. Grab some friends and we can usually come up with something in terms of both price and date. The minimum number of people to “Make-your-own-Workshop” is three (3) people. We’d be happy to try and fit something in. Contact us at 609.386.4218 or justmakeitsew@justmakeitsew.com to see what we can do.
Wide Leg Trousers.
I’m a huge fan of a tv series you’ve probably never heard of — “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”. Set in the roaring 20’s in Melbourne, Australia, actress Essie Davis’ wardrobe is to die for and her character Miss Phryne Fisher is an independent, confident and self-made female detective. We’ve taken that inspiration and combined it with the latest fashion trend for this fall and are offering an opportunity where you can make your own stylish and on-trend pants with a wide-leg option as an individual lesson option.
Most people are afraid to make their own pants based on fit. But I can attest that this pattern is almost perfect and you will need few if any adjustments. Based on a pattern from an indie pattern company, in this lesson series we’ll walk you through the process of styling and adjusting the pattern with a wide-leg. Combine this fashionable pattern with one of our premium fabrics (like the Dolce and Gabbana fabric shown here) and you’ll have your own me-made AND true-to-fit fashion item. If you’d be able to purchase this in a high-end department store, you’d spend up to $1495 (or more) for a item like this. Make it with us and choose from a number of designer (or not) fabrics like the Dolce, or Carolina Herrera, Anthropologie, and more! Not a beginner lesson series, this pattern assumes those who have an intermediate sewing skill and is appropriate for who have sewn with us and who have experience working with patterns (advanced beginner to intermediate). Due to the wide variety of potential fabric needs and choices, fabric can be purchased separately.
Sewing on the Bias
Take your sewing to the next level and learn to cut and “Sew-on-the-Bias”. Bias cut garments hang delicately on your body and offers stretch, softness and flexibility in a woven fabric. Patterns cut on the bias skim the body in a more flattering way. By sewing on the bias you can make the simplest of patterns look and feel elegant and sumptuous. In the item pictured here, the skirt has both a silky and flowy appearance, simply by cutting the fabric and sewing on-the-bias.
As a first project, we are suggesting you sew your own skirt using one of our woven fabrics like the one pictured here. This can be done as an individual lesson (allow 3-4 hours) — or take advantage of our special two-person lesson offering — where two people taking the lesson together at the same time qualify for this special lesson rate. Fabric is not included with your purchase of lessons.
If you sign up for this special lesson package, we will provide up to four (4) hours of instruction for any two people learning this technique. Additional hours — if needed — can be purchased for $55.00 per hour for two people. This lesson package is expected to be done in a combination of two (2) two-hour sessions. This class is not appropriate for those who have never used a sewing machine before, but we are happy to work with anyone who has taken our Intro to Sewing Class or who has sewn with us before. Dates and times are flexible, based on your schedule and our availability.
This lesson package is perfect for two friends or as a Mother-daughter combination. (We recommend the minimum age of the youngest person be 12 or older.) Plan now for holiday parties or any kind of social event. Make matching or similar outfits as a mother-daughter combination.