Learning to hand sew - where / how ?

[Kiltboy]

I've found many resources on the American Sewing Guild (www.asg.org) website.You can do a local chapter search. Looks like there is a chapter in San Diego (www.sandiegoasg.org)

The local Dallas chapter website has pointed me to people, shops, newsletters, meetings and even teachers who give pubilc & private lessons.

Hope this helps.

Oh, and the ladies at the Church tip is a great one. Don't forget college "continuing education" departments, and even fine arts/decorative arts institutes. My local fabric store keeps a list of private instructors. Give them a call and ask. They know people who can help.

[Barb T]

Finding someone who does hand quilting might be a place to start. If you go to a store that sells fabric for quilting, they should be able to direct you to someone who could spend an hour with you. It truly won't take more than an hour to get the basics down.

Having said that, anyone who sews by machine does lots of tasks by hand. So, you really ought to be able to go to anyone who sews by machine and get the help you need. Even though these people don't sew major seams by hand, they will know how to thread a needle, knot the thread, stitch a blind stitch and a basting stitch, etc. That's what you'll need to know if you want to make a kilt.