Sewing 2: Zippered Bag (Sat, June 21, 12-4 pm)

Make a super handy zippered pouch to serve as a toiletry kit, odds and ends bag, craft supply organizer, or whatever you want! This class will introduce more complex techniques to beginners like sewing in a zipper, creating a lining, use interfacing, and topstitching.

• Level 2: Students should be able to use their sewing machine (thread, wind bobbins, use straight and zigzag stitches) and have completed at least 1 project previously
• Ages: Adults
• Instructor: Kathleen Barth
• Class Date: Sat. June 21, 12-4 pm

Required Materials: 

• Sewing Machine with regular foot and zipper foot (not invisible zipper foot, regular zipper foot)
• 2x ½ yard of fabric: One for exterior, one for lining. Recommend quilting cotton or canvas; nothing thin, stretchy, or too thick to sew through multiple layers. No faux or real leather.
• Matching thread: cotton or polyester
• Machine needle for medium weight woven fabrics (suggest universal 90/14, preferably Schmetz or Gutterman)
• Empty bobbins that fit your machine

If a student doesn’t have a sewing machine or isn’t able to bring one, Paper City Fabrics has a select number of studio machines available to reserve on a first come, first served basis.

Recommended Tools: 

• Glass head pins 
• Clear ruler with ⅛” markings
• Sewing scissors or rotary cutter
• Thread snips or embroidery scissors
• Seam ripper
• Fabric marking pen or chalk
• Seam gauge. 

Paper City Fabrics has all recommended tools available in the classroom for students to use, but students are encouraged to bring a sewing kit if they have one. 

About the Instructor
Kathleen Barth has been sewing since she was a pre-teen and her mother got tired of her increasingly elaborate costume requests. She focuses on garment sewing, especially in the plus size category. She worked as a sewing tutor for the past 5 years before moving from Los Angeles to Western Massachusetts.