Tuesday, December 9 at 6PM
Dream your way into the new year with a silk pillowcase (or two) made by you. Protect your skin and hair while you sleep with a cute new addition to your bedding, or create a luxurious gift for someone you love. Silk reduces friction, lessening frizz, tangles, and breakage for hair, and limits moisture loss for skin. You’ll sleep comfortably and wake up feeling pampered.
Libby Barringer will guide you through a beginner/advanced-beginner sewing project of making silk pillowcases using silks she’s collected over the years.
Practice measuring, cutting, basting, and machine-sewing straight seams—plus you’ll learn how to sew a French seam for your cuff. We will be working on shared sewing machines between staggered periods of hand-basting, cutting, and pressing.
Materials and use of all tools are included. Choose from five silk fabrics (see details below). And if you find that you need additional time to complete your pillowcases, we’ll give you a complimentary drop-in session for the fiber arts studio or weekly co-working.
Limited to 6 students.
Silk Options - Image color on screen may vary slightly from actual color
Pearl Seashell (creamy off-white) - a super soft silk jacquard, with a seashell/fan pattern
Powder Blueberry (light blue) – a soft silk jacquard, with a berry pattern
Burgundy Vines (deep red) – a soft silk jacquard, with a leafy vine pattern
Fuchsia Bubbles (pink/purple) - a striped, silk jacquard with varied size circles in a vibrant pink/purple hue.
Forest Flowers (dark teal) _ silk crepe with a black silhouetted dandelion (?) pattern. This option is less slippery/smooth than the other listed options.
LIBBY BARRINGER is a maker in many materials: cloth, wood, fiber, food, and found objects. She has been sewing since she was 10 years old, taught by her mother. Professionally she has taught clothing construction and couture detail in Boston, and designed and made clothing for clients.
Tuesday, December 9 at 6PM
Dream your way into the new year with a silk pillowcase (or two) made by you. Protect your skin and hair while you sleep with a cute new addition to your bedding, or create a luxurious gift for someone you love. Silk reduces friction, lessening frizz, tangles, and breakage for hair, and limits moisture loss for skin. You’ll sleep comfortably and wake up feeling pampered.
Libby Barringer will guide you through a beginner/advanced-beginner sewing project of making silk pillowcases using silks she’s collected over the years.
Practice measuring, cutting, basting, and machine-sewing straight seams—plus you’ll learn how to sew a French seam for your cuff. We will be working on shared sewing machines between staggered periods of hand-basting, cutting, and pressing.
Materials and use of all tools are included. Choose from five silk fabrics (see details below). And if you find that you need additional time to complete your pillowcases, we’ll give you a complimentary drop-in session for the fiber arts studio or weekly co-working.
Limited to 6 students.
Silk Options - Image color on screen may vary slightly from actual color
Pearl Seashell (creamy off-white) - a super soft silk jacquard, with a seashell/fan pattern
Powder Blueberry (light blue) – a soft silk jacquard, with a berry pattern
Burgundy Vines (deep red) – a soft silk jacquard, with a leafy vine pattern
Fuchsia Bubbles (pink/purple) - a striped, silk jacquard with varied size circles in a vibrant pink/purple hue.
Forest Flowers (dark teal) _ silk crepe with a black silhouetted dandelion (?) pattern. This option is less slippery/smooth than the other listed options.
LIBBY BARRINGER is a maker in many materials: cloth, wood, fiber, food, and found objects. She has been sewing since she was 10 years old, taught by her mother. Professionally she has taught clothing construction and couture detail in Boston, and designed and made clothing for clients.
