Sewing Machine Basics
Get to know your machine. Bring your machine and Owner’s Manual and we’ll go step by step, or focus on what you really want to know! Learn to do all the stitches, how to make a buttonhole, etc.
$25 per hour
Bring: your sewing machine, Owner’s Manual, sewing kit.
Sewing Kit should include:
- A good pair of sharp scissors
- A pair of pinking shears to finish seams and prevent fraying
- A small pair of scissors for clipping
- Straight pins (glass head ones are our faves)
- A tape measure and a small 6″ sewing ruler
- A variety pack of hand-sewing needles
- A variety pack of sewing machine needles
- A seam ripper
- Disappearing or chalk fabric markers
- A pencil
Shannon, sometimes better known as 
Heidi Massingill is an experienced dressmaker and fiber artist, her design studio specialized in special occasion wear and fine tailoring. Her resume includes The Phantom of the Opera, The Cleveland Ballet, Peter’s Store for Women in Chagrin Falls, Margaret’s Fine Tailoring for Women in Rocky River, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and more. She also designs and creates a line of children’s knitwear, Chikadee Handknits, and holds Knitting and Crochet Instructor certification with New York’s 
Megan Engelmann is a Cleveland-based fashion designer and graduate of Kent State University’s Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. She has been sewing for nearly twenty years and specializes in women’s clothing design and illustration. As a working fashion and accessories designer for a large Ohio-based company, Megan keeps her skills as sharp as her scissors! She has been teaching sewing, illustration, and design for six years.
