How are your sewing skills? Fair? Good? OK? Are you ready for the next level or just need to sharpen up some rusty skills? Participants will learn to; roll a hem, attach a zipper, how to make and use binding or piping, pattern layout and cutting, sewing buttons and buttonholes and more. Under the expert guidance of Patricia Campbell of Sydenham Sewing you will be lead through a series of exercises to practice these new skills and how to apply them. You will leave a better seamstress/seamster than when you arrived and you will have the ability to tackle more advanced projects with confidence and ensure a more polished result after taking this class. DATES & TIMES SAT FEB 15th 1:00pm to 4:00pm YOUR TUTOR Patricia Campbell. In another life, Patricia was a full-time costumer for some of the big Canadian theatre companies, including the Canadian Stage Company, the Canadian Opera Company, Livent and Mirvish, where she made costumes for shows such as The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime and Mamma Mia. Since that time, she has been an instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. She has kept up her professional-level sewing skills over the years and is now the owner and operator of Sydenham Sewing and Alterations based in Chatsworth. WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING You are encouraged to bring your own functioning, threaded sewing machine for this class, with a zipper foot and a buttonhole foot, but we do have machines here for you to borrow if you need one. ACCESSIBILITY Hand strength and coordination required This class is held in the textile loft and is only accessible by stairs