Check out our classes section below for upcoming online classes and sign-up details!
Dip your toe into garment fitting by learning to fit a button front blouse. We will use Butterick B6842 (other patterns accepted with instructor approval.) In this class, you will learn fitting from and experienced and certified instructor. You’ll use the Palmer/Pletsch fitting method, one of the most popular and respected fitting methods in the world. You’ll learn the one body measurement you need too take — and how to take it properly. You will learn which alterations you need to fit your body, how to make them, and what order to perform them. Whether you as a beginner or and advanced sewist who has struggled with fitting blouses in the past, this is the class for you! Classes are limited to 4 students. We are currently accepting reservations for January 18-19, 2024 and November 11-12, 2024.
Do you have aspirations of being an expert seamstress? Would you love to learn to make custom, fashionable apparel for you and your family or maybe as a business? At Fit.Sew.Beautiful!, we can make your dreams a reality. We offer sewing classes in Newbury Park, CA, for people of all ages and skill levels. Business owner Elizabeth Vana Bryan is a Palmer/Pletsch-certified instructor and has been sewing for casual, professional, costume, and formal wardrobes her entire life for herself and others. Our classes involve beginner/intermediate pattern fitting, garment fitting and sewing, pattern alteration, and private couture sewing. Contact us to get started!