Intro to Hand Stitching

Learn essential hand-sewing skills and put them to use by making a needle case for your tools! Would you like to become more self-reliant, able to hem some jeans or sew a button back on your favorite shirt? In this class, you’ll learn essential stitches and materials that you can take anywhere. You will learn: • How to thread a needle. • Different needle and thread sizes and when to use them. • The backstitch, the running stitch, the whipstitch, and when to use them. • How to attach a button, and how to make a basic buttonhole. You will leave with a hand-stitched needle case with all of the tools needed to start sewing and repairing your own garments. All materials and tools are provided! Please be aware of our youth policy. About the instructor: Lily Herb of Scarborough is a self-taught seamstress and fiber artist. She has a passion for historical silhouettes, materials, and the meditative practice of stitching garments by hand. Spending the past eight years working on farms has given her the opportunity to work closely with the plants and animals that clothe us. With a love for skill sharing and creating community, teaching people the environmentally friendly and self-reliant skill of hand stitching to mend and create their own garments is a natural next step in her artistic journey.