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Verena's Sewing A&S 50 Challenge
50 sewing lessons for non-sewers in the SCA

This is part of the A&S 50 Challenge. For more information please visit the About the A&S 50 Challenge Page or the Official A&S 50 Challenge Website

I am currently in the process of trying to improve my sewing and hand sewing techniques. I currently have my Bachelors in Costume Design and Construction, however I think I need to polish my sewing abilities, especially those that I use for the SCA.

I also love to teach, and enjoy teaching sewing. I have a lot of friends whom I sew for, or have been teaching how to sew (including my non-sewing fighter of a BF/Consort). I know there are quite a few people out there who don't know how to sew, and can use some additional help.

Originally I thought I would create a sewing tutorial for fighters. However, I think there are those who play in the SCA who aren't fighters and who need help sewing as well. Therefore, I will start with generic sewing instructions, and might do a fighter specific one latter.

I am currently writing these in the order I think people should learn them. Each class/lesson will build off the one in front of it. Each one will also have instructions for an SCA themed project to go with it.

As of right now, I will not be putting the class handouts online, however I will be posting the items I have learned and the progress of the classes. If you have an event where you would like to have one of these classes taught, simply email me. If it is in my power to make it, I will.

Number Lesson Project Class Notes/Progress
1 Sewing Notions and Tools
Sewing Kit
How to Sew For the SCA 101: Sewing Notions and Creating a Sewing Kit Finished/Taught/Huge Success
2 Basic Hand Stitches Sewing Kit
Hot to Sew For the SCA 102: Hand sewing everyone should know how to do.

3 Closures & Buttons

How to Sew for the SCA 103: Fascinating fastener devices
4 GC 1
NA
Geometric Construction Lesson 1:Measurement and Patterns Uploaded
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