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Nitty Gritty - alter, hem and mend your clothes



Bring in the clothes you need to fix, either by hemming, altering or repairing.


Skill Level: Intermediate
Skill Details: Must be able to know how to operate a sewing machine. Take a Learn to Sew 1 if you do not sew or haven't sewn for awhile.
Materials Included: Hems 101 (value $12) fabric samples, sewing machine, serger, thread, scissors, pins and clips
Requirements: Bring in garments that need to be hemmed, altered or repaired.
Instructor: Ryliss Bod
Instructor Bio: Ryliss Bod is the Founder and Director of the Sewing & Design School and has extensive experience teaching Fashion Construction and Design at a Washington State Technical College. She instructed courses for both continuing education and career training in all levels of sewing construction, home d?cor construction, fashion accessory construction, fashion design, fitting & pattern alterations, pattern-making, textiles, history of fashion and quilting. She received her teaching degree in K-12 grades and studied art, clothing and textiles at Central Washington University, pattern-making and CAD at Gerber Technology, fashion design at the Paris Fashion Institute, pattern-making and construction techniques with Kenneth D. King and countless others. Throughout her career she developed workshops and fashion shows, hired instructors and conducted fashion and fabric shopping field trips to Portland, San Francisco and New York. Ryliss has been a Contributing Editor at Sew News Magazine, Threads Magazine, judged for the 2014 RAGS Benefit, Make it With Wool and the Washington State 4-H Dress Revue and host of Instagram's Sew Photo Challenge #sewApril2017 through #sewapril2024. She is also the Washington State Co-Director of the Make it with Wool Contest. She may be contacted at ryliss@comcast.net.
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