JoAnn Sewing Classes

My first project for sewing was actually through a class with JoAnn fabrics. It was actually the 102 class, but since my mom was with me, I figured I'd be fine and dandy. Which I was, although I did wind up signing up for the 101 class a few weeks later.

Sewing Patterns for Dummies. That's my kind of pattern.

It was a really simple decorative pillow, but unfortunately I ran out of time before I could finish. Grr...And its still sitting in a lump over on the floor. Quietly begging to be finished. Perhaps tomorrow I'll put together the final stitches on my little pillow.

As for the class...the teacher was very friendly. And helpful with little tidbits and advice from many years worth of experience. But was it worth the price? Absolutely not. Besides shelling out the moolah for the training time, you still had to buy all the supplies necessary. (Except for machine, they had classroom machines thankfully) And at the end of it all I didn't even have a finished product! Boo.

However, there are times when they offer classes at half price. I would probably recommend signing up for a class or two then, because that's a decent price and it'll at least get your feet wet in the whole sewing arena.