Adulting is the new “hip” term thrown out by adults doing adult duties. To ‘adult’ is to behave like an adult, specifically to do the things—often mundane—that an adult is expected to do.
I think my freshman year of junior high was the last year that they offered Home Economics at Kettering City Schools. So I thought, well if they stopped teaching basic life skills for mending, hemming, button repair and patching, that is what I need to do!
Prerequisite: Sewing Basics (or equal skill, must know how to change needles, change stitches and needles on machine)
Ages: 13 and older
Max Students: 4
Material to bring:
Notebook and pen
Sewing Kit
Sewing Machine
Supplies included with class:
Fabric for practicing Hemming, Buttons and Patching fabrics
Thread
Needles
Techniques:
Hemming (Blind and Top Stitched)
Sewing on A Button (By machine)
Mending – Patching (By machine)
- If you need to use a sewing machine, it is free, just let me know in the notes you need one at checkout
Parking on Grange Hall; Park in Decoy/Knickerbocker Lot
Follow either sidewalk on the side of building to the studio door that faces Dayton-Xenia