For making knit (stretchy) clothing, nothing beats a serger! This workshop will guide you through cutting, pinning and assembling a t-shirt or tank top (your choice) using a 4-thread serger. This next steps workshop is for those who have taken Get To Know Your Serger or have a basic understanding of the machine. Participants will make a t-shirt or tank top. After completion of this course participants will be qualified to join GB Arts as a studio member and come in to open studio and use the textile loft. To get the most from this workshop, please make sure your serger is threaded and working before attending. If you need help threading your serger, please arrive half an hour early. Bring your manual and serger tools if you have them. NB: This workshop requires a 4-thread serger. If you don’t have a serger but want to learn, let us know and you can borrow one of ours! DATES & TIMES Sun Oct. 27th 1:00pm to 4:00pm YOUR TUTOR Patricia Campbell. In another life, Patricia was a full-time costumer for some of the big Canadian theatre companies, including the Canadian Stage Company, the Canadian Opera Company, Livent and Mirvish, where she made costumes for shows such as The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime and Mamma Mia. Since that time, she has been an instructor at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo. She has kept up her professional-level sewing skills over the years and is now the owner and operator of Sydenham Sewing and Alterations based in Chatsworth. WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING 4-thread Serger (you may borrow one from GB Arts; please leave a note in the comments section) Easiest option: An old (or cheap) t-shirt or tank top that fits you, that we will cut apart to use as a pattern. Scoop neck and cap sleeves are best (try to avoid v-necks, raglan sleeves or design elements like gathering, buttons, etc.). OR: a downloadable PDF pattern: T-shirt: https://coppercreekpatterns.com/products/anything-but-basic-womens-tee Tank top: https://itch-to-stitch.com/product/lago-tank-digital-sewing-pattern-pdf/ If using PDF pattern, print it off in your size and tape it together before coming to the workshop. Knit (stretch) fabric to make your t-shirt or tank top: 45” wide: 1.8 m for t-shirt, 1.5 m for tank top 60: wide: 1.5 m for t-shirt, 1 m for tank top. Moggie Fabrics, 841 Tenth Street W. has knit fabrics. 4 spools of serger thread in a matching colour to your fabric (or a close grey, white or black). Fabric shears, dressmaker’s chalk or fabric pencil, dressmaker’s straight pins. ACCESSIBILITY Hand strength and coordination required Wheelchair accessible