Her strappy sandals are making lots of noise as she runs around the class looking for a truing wheel to give her pattern the appropriate curve. “These shoes have no support,” she says.

Amanda Fulford cuts fabric in a pattern making class at the Apparel Arts fashion design school in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, June 9, 2012.

In the pattern making class, students duplicate ready-to-wear garments by measuring critical points and tracing edges and curves.

If you've ever thought about making your own clothes, Tessuti is the place to get inspired. Rows of ribbon-tied in-house patterns and a rack of made-up samples created by owner Colette Guanta and ...

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MACCLab Makerspace Director Maggie Holper taught an introductory longarm quilting class Thursday. Holper has been sewing for almost 30 years and teaches various textile and computer pattern-making ...