Sewing Classes--available as group sessions every winter or private classes upon request
Little Button offers a full range of sewing classes starting with basic use and maintenance of a sewing machine all the way to altering garment patterns to fit you. We will include hands-on learning with a variety of sewing tools, how to read a pattern guide, pattern layout, some history of textile arts, a fabric study and of course, lots of sewing! Group classes are offered every winter and private classes are available upon request.
Learn to design your own quilt and
use layout techniques for quilting with scraps
Need new curtains, but nothing on the market is quite right?
Make your own, the way you want them!
Hand Spinning--available as group classes offered every winter or private lessons upon request
Learn to make yarn with a drop spindle! This series will get you off to a twirling start by gaining experience on several different styles of drop spindles, learning techniques, and using different fibers as you create a finished useable yarn.
Practice using the tools of the trade
Learn to make the yarn that suits you--the one you can never find for sale in the store. Several of these yarns can't even be produced by a factory!
Learn to spin with a traditional spinning wheel
Turn your spun yarn into center-pull balls
Other Spinning-related classes
Fiber Preparation
Natural and Commercial Dyeing
Do a color study and see what happens to primary colors when they are blended, and to the colors of fiber when it is spun!
Color Combining and Blending
Felting--soaps, bowls, hot pads, and so much more!