Knowing how to sew can come in handy in numerous scenarios, such as patching up a favorite pair of pants or performing an emergency fluffendectomy on teddy bears. Practice suturing skills with today's Groupon to The Sewing Studio. Choose between the following options:
- For $35, you get a two-hour Beginner Basics sewing class (a $75 value).
- For $179, you get a beginner sewing package (a $365 value) that includes:
- A two-hour Beginner Basics sewing class
- A 6-month drop-in membership
Groupon customers also receive a $35 gift card, which can be used toward the studio's Introductory Sewing program.
The Sewing Studio introduces aspiring thread charmers to the proper skills and techniques for mending, modifying, and creating apparel. Students of all skill levels take on projects during two-hour Beginner Basics classes that include all necessary materials. Congenial sew-mavens cheerily share creative inspiration or tips for attracting hard-working nocturnal elves in the intimately sized classes, which allow for individual attention from instructors. The Sewing Studio's facility hums with happy needle jockeys working at elevated cutting tables, sewing machines, and pressing stations that fill the sunny shop, allowing pupils to work efficiently through basic exercises and move onto complex cummerbunds for octopi.
A six-month drop-in membership allows access to open studio time, which falls from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Students can use all of the same equipment available in the classes, sculpting their own brought-in materials into exciting new garments or fabric monocles.
The Sewing Studio
Magazine editor Denise Wild started out teaching her friends to sew, and before long she was teaching her friends' friends. Her network of students led her to create The Sewing Studio, which now proudly teaches the seamstress arts in New York and Toronto. She and her staff impart methods for bobbing and weaving colourful threads through linens, taking students from beginning steps to advance endeavours such as creating their own skirts, handbags, and party dresses. Denise and company lead lessons in a bright and intimate classroom setting, helping participants learn to alter their own clothes or re-create treasured designer duds by hand. The Sewing Studio also nurtures aspiring fashionistas through after-school programming and week-long intensive sessions. Over the course of five days, guests can brainstorm, sew, and model their own garments or drop by for a workshop on creating dresses and kevlar body armour for American Girl dolls.
