Sewing & Textile Classes in Chicago, IL

Improve your sewing skills! You are an advanced sewist if: You got this! You just need some guidance/advice You just need community/support You only need a place to sew You want to complete that project and just need space/a machine/support Note: Wear closed toe shoes preferred. No bare feet during classes, as there are pins, and razor...

Sister-Arts Studio, Inc. invites you to join us for weekly beginning knitting classes! Learn to cast-on, knit & purl, create garter, stockinette, rib, basket weave & seed stitch patterns then bind off and weave in edges. This class includes needles, practice yarn and one skein of worsted weight yarn of your choice. Discounted price is $100,...

Anastasia’s Sewing Classes are taught as open-studio. During your 6 weeks of classes you can come into the sewing studio and make your projects come to life. We have plenty of sewing machines for you to use (or you can bring your own!), along with embroidery machines and sergers and a huge cutting table— in short, everything you could need for...

Join us as we unveil & demonstrate some of the awesome and exciting new items we've brought back from the recent Bernina University!  We are sew excited - we can't wait to show you what's new!  There will be something for everyone - crafters, quilters, garment sewers or embroiderers, young or old, new or experienced, women or men... ...

This is a simple 1 day workshop for any person looking to learn the art of shoe making. You may choose a date from the drop down menu or decide later with the TBD option. Men’s & Women’s style and sizes available. Class size is 4 persons max., book all four seats for a private class! This beginner level course is designed so easy a caveman...

Join us every month for this new, hands-on class showcasing the best of BERNINA Version 8 Software using a fun & inspirational approach. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn what this powerful software can do. Hands-on.

Learn the basics to jump start your new knitting hobby: knit stitch, purl stitch, casting on, and binding off - by knitting small swatches with these techniques. Discover how to unknit to fix simple mistakes.  A beginner kit will be included with the class - one ball of yarn, a pair of knitting needles, and a tapestry needle for working in ends....

Join us, and Sandra Swick, premier educator from Bernina, as we LEARN TO MASTER variety of seaming, hemming, & embellishment techniques to give your projects a professional finish. Sandra has the unique distinction of having sent one of her prize quilts into outer space! The quilt was signed by more than 100 former students of astronaut &...

When my daughter Ona was young, we spent our "mommy & me time" creating. At the age of seven I taught her to knit and she picked it up in five minutes! Over the next year we knit scarves for all of her teachers. Knitting was and still is a wonderful bonding experience for us...give it a try with your special child! For ages 7 and up

Wet Felting beginners class. Come with little or no feltmaking experience and leave with a thorough understanding of wet felting and confidence to continue practicing craft on your own. Students learn basics, starting from wool rowing properties then we will explore and try different felting designs and end up with unique piece of felted art. Very...

Have you tried brioche on your own without success? This class is for you!  Learn how to knit 2-Color Brioche starting with a flat pattern. After you master basic 2-color brioche, you will learn how to incorporate increases and decreases as well as strategies for fixing your mistakes.  Purchase materials at Sister-Arts Studio.

Sister-Arts Studio invites you to join us for weekly beginning crochet classes. Learn the basic crochet stitches; chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, half-double crochet & triple crochet. If time permits we will teach you to crochet in the round. We provide a laminated instruction card, scrap yarn and crochet hook, however bring materials...

Join us as we unveil & demonstrate some of the AWESOME AND EXCITING NEW ITEMS we’ve brought back from the recent BROTHER CONVENTION!   We are SEW EXCITED - we can’t wait to show you WHAT’S NEW!   Be ONE OF THE FIRST to find out about the latest innovations from Brother!   Get an INSIDE...

Anastasia’s Sewing Classes are taught as open-studio. During your 6 weeks of classes you can come into the sewing studio and make your projects come to life. We have plenty of sewing machines for you to use (or you can bring your own!), along with embroidery machines and sergers and a huge cutting table— in short, everything you could need for...

The perfect wrap to take off the autumn chill. As you enjoy dinner at that drafty restaurant or as you cringe during that thriller at the local theater, pop on this exclusive shawl to keep yourself warm & cozy in a pinch.  Choose from a variety of kits which include enough knit fabric to assemble one shawl - make this for yourself or to...