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The Sewing Workshop has been serving San Francisco's arts community for over 25 years. TSW offers classes ranging in subject from beginning sewing to jewelry construction to corsetry to home decoration to dyeing techniques. Please, take a moment to peruse our current class offerings and experienced instructors to see what interests you! Now is perfect time to learn a new creative skill, brush up on a 'forgotten' one, and come together in the supportive arts community.
Featured Class:

Shibori and Natural Dyes with Ana Lisa Hedstrom
$180.00
Saturday and Sunday, July 31, August 1, 10:00-5:00

Natural dyes are a “natural” for Shibori techniques. We will learn traditional and contemporary adaptations of arashi pole wrapping, stitching, and clamp resist. Students will develop a range of colors by using indigo, and extracts of madder for red, and osage orange for yellow. We will over dye indigo for greens and purples. The class will finish a series of samples and silk scarves. Ana Lisa will bring samples of Japanese indigo dyed shibori, examples of her own work, and books and catalogs for inspiration and education This class is for beginners or experienced dyers.

The Sewing Workshop

2010 Balboa St at 21st Ave
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 221-7397

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