Sew a Kimono Jacket

Saturdays, October 25 and November 1, 1-4pm

Class level: Intermediate

Age requirements: 18+

Teaching artist: Sarah Best

Class fee: $195

With up-cycled fabrics, you will design and sew a unique, REVERSIBLE, kimono jacket! Using a provided pattern block, participants will start by learning how to take measurements and adjust a pattern to fit you.

Please bring an old quilt, bedspread, or other favorite mid-weight fabric you would like to make into the jacket. (Please have fabric pre-washed.)

The workshop will introduce piecing, patchwork (color blocking), and appliqué techniques to sew your jacket together with a clean finish. This jacket will have no closure, but you could always add one once completed.

You will leave this workshop with a finished, reversible, kimono jacket as well as a pattern that fits you for future use.

Required Supplies:

• Fabric

  • 3 yards at 45” wide min

  • Pre-washed

• 1 spool coordinating or neutral thread. Please be sure it’s an All Purpose sewing thread.

• Tape measure

• Sewing machine

  • If you would like to use one from TAC’s studio, please indicate in the google form that will be sent to you after registration.

Provided supplies:

• Pattern paper

Available at TAC:

• Cutting mats

• Irons and ironing boards

• Rulers

• Pencils

• Pins

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Teaching Artist Bio:

Sarah Best is a lifelong apparel designer with a focus on knitwear and textile design. Her passion to sew and knit as a young girl led her to pursue an Apparel Design degree, with a Textile Arts minor, at VCU in Richmond, VA. Her career has included working for Armani Exchange and Ralph Lauren in New York City, and at Lands’ End in Wisconsin. She currently works as a contract designer and educator, expanding her creative interests across interiors and textile arts.

Website: sarahjobest.myportfolio.com

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