Hand Sewing Basics

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm UTC-04:00

9 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB, Canada, New Brunswick E3B 5A3 | Fredericton

UNB Art Centre
Publisher/HostUNB Art Centre
Hand Sewing Basics
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Join this class and learn the fundamentals of hand sewing. This class will teach you every day sewing skills and prepare you for more advanced techniques. Learn to repair your clothes, sew on buttons and make minor alterations, such as hemming. This course will be exclusively working with hand sewing, so it is accessible for those who do not own a sewing machine.
No sewing machines required.
Materials:
Something to carry your sewing kit in
Sewing kit:
Sewing needles
Fabric scissors
Snips (small scissors for snipping thread)
Thimble (optional but recommended)
Cotton fabric (any kind you like, could be an old sheet, factory cotton, or fun print)
Thread
Straight pins or clips as you prefer
Pencil
Sewing ruler (long, wide, see through)
Tailor’s chalk/wax
Seam ripper
Tuesdays, Feb. 3 - Feb. 17 (3 weeks
6 - 8 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, Memorial Hall,9 Bailey Drive
$89 (+ HST)
https://www.unb.ca/artcentre/learning/inperson-lifestyle-handsewing.html
About the instructor:
Dana-Lynn Farrell has been sewing since childhood, beginning with creating dresses for her Barbie dolls with the help of her grandmother and learning how to read a sewing pattern from her aunt. Passionate about creating costumes, she often wore her creations on stage in musicals and operas, eventually doing cosplay as well.
In her twenties, Dana-Lynn began working as a seamstress full time, accepting a job at lululemon in Halifax doing repairs and alterations, and opening a small studio for her own clients, doing repairs, alterations and custom pieces.
In 2020 she made masks of various sizes to accommodate beards, large chins, small chins and a special kind of mask for singers. Though she no longer works as a seamstress, she continues to enjoy sewing as a hobby, occasionally making pieces for friends and family.
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