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3-Day Weekend Intensive: Make Your Own Jeans
3-Day Weekend Intensive: Make Your Own Dawn Jeans
Join us for a hands-on 3-day weekend intensive where you'll create the Dawn Jeans by Megan Nielsen—a timeless, vintage-inspired, high-waisted jean made from non-stretch denim. Choose from a tapered leg, wide leg, or straight leg design. The Dawn Jeans pattern is available in sizes 0-20, and the Dawn Curve pattern (PDF only) caters to sizes 14-30. With four style options—tapered (View A), straight (View B), wide-leg (View C), and jean shorts (View D)—you'll have plenty of creative freedom.
Weekend Overview:
- Friday: Start with a fitting and cutting party! Beth will guide you through taking measurements and selecting the perfect size, then cutting your pattern and muslin.
- Saturday: Focus on assembling a muslin to ensure the ideal fit, then cut your denim for Sunday’s final construction.
- Sunday: Complete your jeans! From stitching to hardware installation, you’ll finish the weekend with a beautifully tailored pair of jeans and newfound sewing confidence.
What’s Included:
- 15 hours of expert sewing instruction
- Complimentary snacks and beverages all weekend long
- A complete kit of materials, including:
- Dawn Jeans pattern by Megan Nielsen
- Muslin fabric
- SF101 interfacing
- Cotton for pocket lining
- Pre-washed denim
- Denim needles (pack)
- Two spools of polyester thread (for piecing and topstitching)
- Hardware: button, zipper, rivets, and hardware tools
Who Should Attend: This class is designed for advanced sewists. Prior sewing experience is required, including comfort with threading and operating a sewing machine independently and completing multiple garment patterns before attending.
What to Bring:
- Tracing paper (if you prefer not to cut your pattern)
- Wonder clips or pins
1. Before class, we will send an email asking what style jean you want to make, what hardware finish you prefer and any dietary restrictions you might have.
2. If you prefer a more masculine jean cut, we would be happy to swap out the Dawn Jeans pattern for the Fulford Jeans pattern from Thread Theory.
Class Policies
Attendance Agreements:
- You acknowledge that crafting often involves the use of electrical equipment, irons, and sewing machines, as well as needles, scissors, and rotary cutters, and that the use of these tools includes risks that can lead to injury. You agree to release and hold harmless Needles & Bolts, LLC its instructors, and employees from any and all claims and liability related to any accident that may arise as a result of your or your child's participation in classes, workshops, or programs. You agree to first aid and/or medical treatment, should the need arise.
- Each person who is planning to attend a class must purchase a seat.
- Please be on time. We cannot accept students after 15 minutes before the start time of class. If you are later than 15 minutes and are not allowed into class, we cannot offer you a store credit or refund for the missed class.
Cancellations + Rescheduling:
- All classes need a minimum of 2 students to run (except the "Make Friends" series). If a class has less than 2 students 24 hours before class starts, we will contact you and discuss moving your seat into the next available workshop or offer you a credit of the class amount paid to put towards a future class.
- We do not offer refunds for classes unless Needles & Bolts needs to cancel for any reason. Store credit or a transfer to another workshop is permitted. We do allow transfer of class credit to another student. We require a 48-hour notice of cancellation before the start of your class to receive a store credit. Please note that we cannot offer a store credit if you are within the 48-hour time frame. If you need to cancel a class or switch the date and the 48-hour deadline has not passed, please email us at hello@needlesandbolts.com to do so and we will be happy to help.
- There are NO refunds, exchanges, or store credits given at any time for classes with out-of-town instructors and special guest instructors.
Additional Information
Parking:
- Free street parking is available on Germantown Avenue, Carpenter Lane, Meehan Street, and surrounding side streets. Please note that even if parking is free, there may be an enforced time limit. You may need to walk a bit to get to the shop, please plan accordingly.
Mass Transit:
- The SEPTA 23 bus from Market Street Station in Center City headed towards Chestnut Hill stops directly in front of Needles & Bolts.
| Skill Level: | Advanced |
| Skill Details: | This class is designed for advanced sewists. Prior sewing experience is required, including comfort with threading and operating a sewing machine independently and completing multiple garment patterns before attending. |
| Materials Included: | All materials included |
| Requirements: | You will need to bring tracing paper if you want to make a tracing of your pattern. |
| Instructor: | Beth Paolini |
| Instructor Bio: | Beth is an accomplished seamstress, who has taught sewing classes for Mt. Airy Learning Tree. She currently works at the Philadelphia Art Museum and has been doing reproduction sewing & upholstery there since 2005. A patent instructor, she loves walking sewists through the magic of garment construction to help them build their own handmade wardrobes. |
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This class cannot be purchased online. Please contact the store for more information.