Have I stressed how much I love my local hipster craft shop, Fancy Tiger? I totally love that place. The shop is jam-packed with amazing and inspiring fabric, yarn, patterns - you name it, they've got it! AND they teach classes!
I took a beginners sewing class probably a year ago and made a cute little iPhone cover out of some of their scrap fabric. It was an awesome way to get acquainted with a sewing machine and have someone confirm that you are indeed using it the right way. Of course, I didn't actually sew anything on my own for nine months, but that was my own fault. Then last month I took a pajama pants class with my girlfriend and we liked it so much we signed up for Sewing 201: Throw Pillow.
So... anyway! Yesterday was the class and I made a cover for a 16 inch throw. I am aware that most people think it's silly to pay $30 to learn this simple project, and I have a perfect one word response. Zippers. I have never worked with a zipper. (I can't seem to think of a way to word that sentence in a way that makes me sounds like I can't literally use a zipper. I assure you, I can. I just had not sewn one onto anything before yesterday.)
I made one pillow cover out of some adorable fabric I bought there on sale last month:
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| The fabric. |
We also had to bring our pillow form and a zipper with us. The process was pretty easy, however I can't imagine that I would have been able to figure it out without instruction on hand. And even though we showed up about 15 minutes late (drove a few miles the wrong way on Broadway before I realized we were), we still finished on time and on par with the ladies who were punctual. Which means my friend and I are either geniuses, or the insturctor was awesome! (It was probably mostly the awesome instructor, but we are very intelligent.)
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| Zipper!! |
I've always found that I have a blast at these things. There's something comforting about knowing that I'm not the only grown woman who didn't learn these things in home ec and because it's a casual learning environment, there's no pressure and it's just a lot of fun.
Look at all the beautiful pillows we made!!
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| Group shot of all the ladies and our fabulous pillows! |
Take that home decor companies! I will no longer over pay to change the look of my sofa pillows!! There's 6 of us who never will again!
I'm hoping to find an open spot in one of Fancy Tiger's upcoming A-Line Skirt classes, but these things sell out fast. Keep your fingers crossed! Anyone want to join me?
PS - I just realized I put a bird on it! HA!
2 comments:
Love this post. I am equally intimidated by zippers haha. I never would have thought it would be that complicated but then when I saw they had this class and the Zipper class as part of their sewing skill series, i figured it had to be more difficult than it looked. And yes! I hate how expensive pillows are! So I'm excited to learn this so I can change pillow covers whenever I want. : ) Ahem... maybe I can pay you for a quick little lesson so I don't have to wait another year to get into Fancy Tiger? haha
Are there any openings left? I'd totally go!
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