For children, weekly sewing classes can help develop creativity, confidence, and self-esteem while learning a rewarding and valuable skill.
These classes are designed to teach beginning sewing skills to children as young as 6 years old
Students receive hands-on, step-by-step instruction on: sewing machine operation, pattern placement, inserting zippers, making button holes, and more.
After mastering basic sewing skills, students have the opportunity to move on to more challenging projects.
Students can express their own unique style and personality by choosing their fabric and adding their own special touches to the garment and projects they make.
To ensure that everyone receives personalized sewing instruction, class size is limited to a maximum of 6 students.
At "Sew Magarbo", they learn a lifetime skill, not a project…..
Kids Can Sew
First Year Classics
Ages 6-11 Students will learn how to follow sewing written terms & directions, use a paper pattern, cutting out fabric, make casings, hem, make a facing, pivot stitch, back-tack, make a slit, clip around curves, work from the fold line, measure from the straight of grain, use notches, pin, press, measure seam allowance, top stitch, use a tape measure, use a seam gauge and other equipments, chalk talk, determine pattern size, thread elastic, use a sewing machine and how to construct and complete a wearable garment.
First Year Casuals
Ages 6-11. An alternative to the classics if child is more into casual looks than classic frills and ruffles.
First Year Boys
Ages 6-14. Students will learn how to follow sewing written terms & directions, use a paper pattern, cutting out fabric, make casings, hem, make a facing, pivot stitch, back-tack, make a slit, clip around curves, work from the fold line, measure from the straight of grain, use notches, pin, press, measure seam allowance, top stitch, use a tape measure, use a seam gauge and other equipments, chalk talk, determine pattern size, thread elastic, use a sewing machine and how to construct and complete a wearable garment.
Second Year
Make slits, use bias tape, inset a sleeve, use knit fabric, make a drawstring waist casing, make a button hole, double top-stitch, baste stitch, make ribbing, ruffles, gather, stretch stitch, hand sew.
Third Year
Inserting a zipper, attach a waistband, use interfacing, hem the circular method, make button holes, add lining, top stitch, make straps, set in sleeves, sew on buttons, sew on hooks & eyes, ribbing, making pleats, and add bias tape. Student will also learn to use several pattern pieces per project; a pre-requisite into commercial patterns.
Fourth year
This is a specialty class. All the projects in this class use Lycra Fabric. Students will learn to use the serger, to sew using Lycra fabric, inserting a zipper etc. These projects are challenging yet fun to make.
