Lingerie 101

This weekend, we hosted a Lingerie Workshop at our Williamsburg Shop (it was totally fun!). Our students, June & Sylvia, made half slips from vintage lace and learned to add embellishments using simple hand stitching and beaded trims. Here's a few snap shots from the workshop...

Like what you see? Take a look at more student projects here.

Care to join next time? Find a sewing class or workshop that fits your schedule here.

Graduating Class Highlights

It's the last week of classes for our July students and students are finishing up their projects. We're always excited to see the creativity come out in everyone's designs. Check out some snap-shots from our Beginning Sewing and Beginning Dress students:

Jin us for the next round of classes in August or September and make a reversible tote or dress for yourself!

XO - Katie

Student Designs!

Another student's design is almost complete. Seriously, no need to watch Project Runway. Just stop by our shop. Xo-Moni

Summertime Tote

Suraj (a beginning sewing class grad) stopped by the shop this week to sew up a tote for one of his friends. He went for the twill weaves - denim and red/cream stripe oxford - to make the ultimate summertime tote. I think it turned out quite nice and funny enough, it matched his outfit!

Sew up a tote of your own - get the sewing pattern here or join in the fun and sign-up for a class.
-Katie

Summer Dresses

Our June classes wrapped up this last week and lots of ladies finished sewing up their summer dresses. Stripes, florals, linen, sateen and chiffon, we saw it all! Here's some quick snap shots of the final projects.

PS You're invited to the next Beginning Dress Construction class! We would love it if you joined.

xo-Katie

A Quilting Story

Vallen from our Beginning Sewing class decided to take her newly learned sewing skills to the next level and signed up for our Quilting 101 workshop. This is her quilting story (got to love a good photo story)...

MEET VALLEN - She's just swell!

THE FIRST STEPS - She chose the fabric color scheme and cut all the pieces to make the quilt blocks.

THE NEXT STEPS - It's stitching time! She created the blocks by sewing them row by row.

BUILDING THE BLOCKS - See how the quilt block was built row by row and attached all together to form the mini quilt.

FINISHING THE QUILT -Vallen first layered the batting and the backing fabric to her quilt blocks. Then she stitched the layers together and added the binding around the outer edge of the quilt. 

  Find more sewing stories like these on our Instagram feed @sewmonibrooklyn and in our Student Designs blog section.

Sew on people!

xo - Katie

Sewing Graduate!

Graduates

Another round of students have graduated @SewMoni :-)