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Supply List - Center Classes & Workshops Class: 's Bag Date: February 20 & 27 Time: 6-9 pm Instructor: Lynn Cooper

Please bring the following items with you to class: Materials fee, payable to the instructor: $2 machine in good working order with manual

Notes before you go shopping-- All fabrics absolutely, positively, certainly and without question must be washed before class, for both health and safety reasons and quality sewing reasons. No exceptions. I will explain why in class. For beginning sewers, I strongly suggest that you go to a small, locally-owned fabric store. A local store usually has experienced, well-trained employees who know how to sew. Sales staff at small stores know their stock and usually enjoy helping beginners. Give the nice woman this list and she can do the job! You are extremely unlikely to find knowledgeable sales help at a big box store. New students following the advice of big box store employees very frequently come to class with inappropriate supplies and fabrics. If you must brave the chain stores, have a friend who sews be your guide at the big box for your first few projects.

At the fabric store--Your Shopping List 1 1/2 yards of fabric for the outside of your bag. We suggest 100% fabric for beginning sewers. It is easy to work with, inexpensive, and you can easily find hundreds of really cool prints and solids. Choose a fabrics that are shirt weight or blue jean weight. Quilting fabrics make really nice bags. A print fabric hides many minor sewing faults. If you have mature eyesight, avoid very dark colors. Be certain your fabric is washable. 1 yard of fabric for the inside of your bag. Again, a 100% cotton fabric will be good. Usually, the lining fabric is lighter than, or the same weight as, the outside fabric. Quilting make great bag linings. Use a solid that blends with your outside fabric for a more conservative look. Use a contrasting solid for a little fun. Go crazy and use prints on both inside and outside. One 7 inch . Choose a color that will look good with your lining fabric. Be sure to get an all-purpose zipper, not an invisible or sport zipper. 1 spool of all-purpose sewing , 100% or polyester/cotton blend. Guterman, Metrosene or and Clark are all good brands of thread. Choose a color that looks good with both fabrics. Be sure you do not buy embroidery, serger or decorative thread, or your bag may fall apart. Do not use cheap or very old thread. The spools may look cute, but old thread tends to split, break, fray, pill, fuzz and generally make sewing an unpleasant experience. 1 1/2 yards of . There are many different kinds and weights of interfacing. To decide which interfacing to use, hold a layer of your fabric with a layer of the interfacing and a layer of the lining fabric. Your finished bag will be a bit heavier than this sandwich. These are the three I use the most for bags: Pellon 808, Craft-Fuse --for a very stiff bag. This is slightly tricky to sew. Pellon 950F, ShirtTailor--for a sort of crisp bag. Easy to sew. Pellon 931TD, Fusible Midweight--for just a bit of body. Easy to sew.

Sewing kit essentials: Fabric cutting (I recommend quilting pins for all sewing) ripper

How to wash your materials when you get home: Just throw your fabric in the washer and dryer however you usually do your laundry. I find that new fabric is slightly more likely to bleed than new , so be sure to sort your colors to avoid unsightly underpants!

To pretreat the interfacing: Fill a sink with the hottest water your faucet puts out. Fold the interfacing so it fits in the sink. Push it under the water. Leave the interfacing in the water until the water is cool. Squish out the water and hang to dry.

If you have questions about the class or supplies: Please email me at [email protected]. I check my email once or twice a day.

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