x COAT CLASS Kenneth D. King's Raglan Sleeve Lined Coat Class with Ryliss Bod
Five 3-hour classes
1st class – October 9, 2-5 pm. Your pattern will be altered to fit your measurement before sewing. Bring in your pattern and fabric to this class. Layout, cut and mark pattern pieces.
2nd class – October 30, 2-5 pm. Test fabric to select fusible interfacing. Fuse interfacing to facings. Test stitching, pressing and start sewing the collar, sleeve bands and pocket flap and lining.
3rd class - November 20, 2-5 pm, Attach pocket flap and pocket. Attach sleeve band. Sew together the body of the coat.
4th class - November 27, 2-5, Attach the collar, shoulder pads and insert the lining.
5th class – December 11, 2-5 Hem the sleeves and bottom of coat. Topstitch and buttonholes/buttons. If you need another class, you may register for December 5, 2-5 for $65.
Sewing Machine included
Interfacing included
Instructions included
Supplies Needed-
Kenneth D. King PDF Lined Raglan Sleeve Coat Pattern, $21.95, Click here. Take this to any printer with a large printer. Note that the pattern says you will need sew in interfacing and silk organza and no sewing instructions are included. I will provide this in class.
Fabric- 2 ½ - 3 yards 60” wide
4-6 buttons, 1 to 1 ¼”
All-purpose sewing thread
Lining – 2 ½ yards of 45” wide
Raglan Sleeve Shoulder pads, not foam
Fabric scissors, trimming scissors, seam ripper, pins, fabric marking pens or chalk
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, judge 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 #sewApril2021 and previous 4 years. She may be contacted at ryliss@comcast.net.