Join Ms. Sandy and learn how to use the sewing machine!

By the end of class students will be confident and ready to work on their home sewing machines, or take advantage of the machines at Cruces Creatives. Students will complete a tote bag, pillowcase and drawstring backpack and will be able to :

• Thread the machine

• Wind a bobbin

• Use a seam gauge

• Use multiple stitch styles

• Focus on the right spot to make straighter seams 

• Use pins and clips effectively

• Sew a casing

• Thread cord through a casing

• And more!

This class is for the student who has not used a sewing machine before.  It is the very first step in learning to machine sew, and serves as the prerequisite for all other sewing classes for youth here at Cruces Creatives.

Students should be at least 9 years old.

Sewing machines and materials will be provided.

Class size is limited to 6 students.  (Please sign up for class even if it is full as there is a waitlist and we will be able to contact you in the event of an opening)

Thanks to funding from the City of Las Cruces and the American Rescue Plan Act we are able to offer these camps free of cost to all Title One students who attend schools in Las Cruces. These schools include all of the Las Cruces Public Schools, White Sands Schools, Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy, Arrowhead Park, Alma d'Arte, J Paul Taylor Academy, La Academia Dolores Huerta, Los Montanas, New America, Raices Del Saber. If you have any other questions, please give us a call at (575) 448-1072

Sandy Smith will be your instructor.  She has been sewing since she was a child and is super excited to help you get familiar with her best-tool-friend: the sewing machine. The world is a different place when you don’t have to settle for what has been mass manufactured! Contact her at s.smith@crucescreatives.org or text/call (575) 489-6450.

Cruces Creatives is an equal opportunity provider.