Fiber Arts
Sewing: It's Time for Pockets!
Learn how to retrofit pockets to the clothing you already own.
Meeting Times
- Tue, 5/7/2024 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tue, 5/7/2024
Closed
About
In this workshop you will learn how to add a patch or inset pocket to existing clothing you already own. You will make your current wardrobe infinitely more useful! Decide how big a pocket you want to add–what will fit in the pocket? What’s the best place for your pocket?
You will learn how to draft a pocket pattern and add pockets to your garments…but be careful--you may get addicted!
Materials
Lots of pocket-sized fabric for pockets and thread will be provided by the instructor as part of the cost of this workshop.
In addition you will need to bring:
- Clothing you would like to retrofit pockets to
- Material for pockets if you want something specific
- A sewing machine or reserve one BARN's machines when you register
Prerequisites
Fiber Sewing Machine Certification (if using a BARN machine)
Class Policies
Ages 14 and up are welcome.
BARN Policies
- View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy
- View BARN's current COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
- Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Please email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org to find out more or request an accommodation.
- For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about BARN's Companion Program.
Instructors or Guides
Naomi Spinak
Sewing, Quilting
Naomi Spinak has been digging around in the trash bin for some time to create new treasures. Creator at one time of a line of organic and scrap-based children's clothing (Free Range Kids), Naomi is a costume designer, fiber artist, dressmaker, and currently committee chair for the Bainbridge Island Trashion Show. Her work has been featured in the Bainbridge Island Quilt Show; Bainbridge Performing Arts; the Texas state capitol in Austin; the Kirkland Center for the Arts; and the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts in California. She has a piece in an upcoming issue of Surface Design Association Journal. She has taught numerous classes at her children's school, Odyssey, on Bainbridge.