Three Sundays
October 11th, 18th, & 25th
2:00pm to 6:00pm
Level 3: You are comfortable with a sewing machine and understand how to use a commercial apparel pattern.

Have you been intimidated by the idea of sewing your own jeans, or wish you could make them in hard-to-find colors or patterns? In this series you’ll learn to make your own classic 5-pocket jeans with confidence.

This class is intended to get you comfortable with working with heavy fabrics and specialized techniques for jeans making. You can use any basic 5-pocket jeans pattern for this class (save patterns that have unusual structural details for future projects).

• Prerequisite Skills

  • Basic operation of a sewing machine

  • Use of a commercial sewing pattern

  • Confidence with beginner apparel projects

• Skills developed

  • Sewing thick denim fabric, stretch and non-stretch

  • The challenges of creep and torque and how to work with them

  • Flat-felled seams

  • Front and back pocket construction

  • Zipper fly fabrication

  • Contrast colored top stitching

  • Applying rivets

• Supplies

  • Any basic 5-pocket jeans sewing pattern

  Some examples from Bolt: Thread Theory Fulford, Thread Theory Quadra, Closet Core Morgan, or Daughter Judy Worship

  Please cut out your paper pattern before class!

  • Fabric and notions appropriate to your size and pattern details

Taught by Annika Schindler

Ages 18 and up.

Our classroom is on the second floor and is currently only accessible by stairs. We are working on a solution to make our space accessible to everyone. Thanks for your understanding and patience while we work this out. You may e-mail us at classes@boltfabricboutique.com if you have any questions about this process.

Our cancellation policy can be found here.

This class requires a minimum of 3 participants. The class may be subject to cancellation if the minimum enrollment is not achieved.