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Description
Learn to make a Pattern Fantastique Vali Dress in this 6-part virtual sewing course!
This workshop will (virtually!) meet for six sessions. You'll learn how to:
- Print and assemble a PDF pattern at home
- Measure the body accurately to create a perfect fit
- Work from a commercial pattern, including size selection, deciphering instructions, cutting from paper pattern pieces, and more
- Sew a drop neckline
- Sew fabric ties
- Sew a gathered yoke and voluminous gathered sleeves
- Topstitch a facing
- Please note: We will be covering how to sew the drop neck view only. We will not be covering the standard neckline version of this garment.
This is a 6-part course being held on the following dates:
NOTE: Registration opens on Friday 9/2 at 3:30pm EST!
**Each session will be recorded and access links are sent by 11:30am EST the morning following class. If you can't make a session, no sweat! Use the recording to catch up.**
Skill Requirements
Please note this is an intermediate-level workshop. This workshop is suitable for advanced beginners/intermediate students who are comfortable using their sewing machine and have completed a garment projects in the recent past.
Materials + Tools Required
**Save 10% on supplies purchased at Brooklyn Craft Co with code VALI10**
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Vali Dress Pattern - If you prefer not to print/ assemble your pattern at home, we highly recommend our friends Brooklyn Motif for wide format pattern printing! They have generously extended an offer of 15% off pattern printing for Brooklyn Craft Co workshops with code CLASS.
- 2-3 yards (depending on size and fabric width, see pattern for details) lightweight woven fabrics
- 1 spool of all-purpose sewing thread
- Marking tool like tailor's chalk, chalk wheel, or water soluble fabric marker
- Straight pins
- Fabric scissors or rotary cutter/mat
- Sewing machine -- please make sure your machine is in good working order before registering for this workshop.
- Iron and ironing board or mat
Class Details
Date & Time: Six parts-- see dates above! Please note: the date you select a the top of the page is the first of six parts for this workshop.
Location: Anywhere! This workshop will be hosted virtually via Zoom! Details will be emailed within 24-48 hours before the workshop begins.
Cost: $275
Max # of students: 8
All class registrations are final; please view our policy for more information.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Christine Haynes is a Brooklyn-based sewing author, teacher, and pattern designer. Christine grew up in Saugatuck, MI, a small beach community on the southwestern coast of Lake Michigan, where the arts were part of her daily life. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in the department of Film, Video, and New Media.
Her mother taught her to sew around the age of 10, and it grew from a personal hobby, until it became her main artistic outlet. After selling ready-to-wear garments for many years, Christine turned her focus to teaching others to experience the joy of making clothing for themselves through her patterns, books, and workshops.
Christine can be found at www.christinehaynes.com and on Instagram at @christinehaynes.
