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BEGINNING SEWING CLASSES
Introduction to the Machine
Wednesday December 2nd, 6-9 pm
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Thursday December 17, 6-9 pm
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Sunday January 10, 10 am-1 pm
Level: Beginner
Cost: $55; $5 extra to rent a machine
Class location: The Better Living Through Sewing studio in North Oakland
Class description: You’ll learn the basics of sewing machine threading, operation, troubleshooting and attachments. We’ll go over the tools used in sewing, the differences in needle and thread types, and how to sew a perfectly straight seam and turn corners. You’ll make a basic pillow, and leave with skills to get you started on more projects! Two machines are available for student use for $5 extra.
register online or email for other payment options.
"I really found the time I spent with you valuable in current projects as well as giving me the confidence to work on different types of projects. I am so pleased that I can now sew a button hole! Thanks so much."
–Jessica S., Better Living Through Sewing student… [more]
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ERIC GILL: ICONOGRAPHER,
Eric Gill: Iconographer, Hands On Printing Demonstration
Wednesday, Nov 11 4:00p to 7:00p
at Thacher Gallery at USF, San Francisco, CA
Thacher Gallery at USF presents “Eric Gill Iconographer: Engravings from the Albert Sperisen Collection.” View the exhibit, and enjoy printing your own commemorative broadside of one of Eric Gill's prints! and get exclusive looks at Gill's work with Rare Book Room Librarian, John Hawk.
Best known for the fonts that bare his name, artist Eric Gill (1882-1940), visually intermixed sensuality, Catholicism, and literature. The Thacher Gallery offers Bay Area communities the opportunity to appreciate one of the largest and varied of Gill's engravings collections.… [more]
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