kzstevens Minimalist Top
One Yard Minimalist Top
with Karen of kzstevens
Learn from kzstevens herself!
"I came up with this pattern after seeing a tunic my friend was wearing on a trip a few summers ago - simple straight lines, with a few shoulder pieces making up a flattering square neckline. It is the perfect beginner project, using a combination of machine and hand stitching to create a lovely drapey top. And as a bonus it is almost zero waste. What little is left can easily be used as a pocket, embellishment, or saved for mending your favorite garment."
Karen Stevens
kzstevens
For the last 25 years, Karen has been a freelance CAD instructor, training textile and fashion designers to create knits, prints and wovens for the garment industry. But these days you’re more likely to find her in her creatively cluttered studio than on her computer, adding one more patch to a favorite pair of jeans, or naturally dyeing a pile of vintage linens, hand deep in an indigo vat. Karen shares her love of visible mending, natural fibers, hand dyed fabrics, educating others on the joys of slow stitching and using mending as an art form.
Karen has a Fine Arts degree from Skidmore College, and an Associates Degree from FIT in Textile Surface Design. She has recently relocated back north from Wilmington NC to Vermont,, and is looking forward to a New England spring.
“You repair the thing until you make it completely.” - Louise Bourgeois
One Yard Minimalist Top
A combination machine and hand sewing class
Skill Level: Beginner
This pattern is ONE SIZE, the body width is determined by the width of your fabric. There are no pattern pieces. The length can be modified to your liking - from a tunic to a more cropped tee. The design has been tested on a wide range of body types, but we will also be covering how to make any modifications to best fit your frame and style.
Techniques Learned:
- running stitch
- ideas for embellishing and making the design your own (adding appliqué patches)
Class Includes: afternoon snack & self-serve coffee & tea
- kzstevens One Yard Minimalist Top pattern
- Sewing Machine
Fabrics
- 1 yard of woven fabric 57" - 60" wide. (light or medium weight linen or linen blend works best as the fabric should have some drape to create the dropped shoulder caps
- Embroidery threads and needles
- Fabric scissors
- Straight pins
*Note: if you are having trouble finding wide width fabric, you can use a standard 44" width fabric, but the length of your top will be 22" - 23.5" from shoulder to bottom hem
Cancellation Policy for Classes and Events
Cancellation fees reflect the cost of registration, staff, instructor contracts, material acquisitions, and other services. This policy applies to all registrants, regardless of the reason for canceling. We encourage you to take our cancellation policies into consideration before registering for classes.
If you need to cancel your registration, you have the following options:
Transfer:
Registrants who cancel their enrollment in a workshop held in our Ohio studio may make a one-time transfer to any other workshop held in our studio.
- Transfers may be made either in the current workshop season, or any workshop in the following year. Transfers must be made more than 30 days prior to the workshop.
Refund:
If you prefer not to transfer your workshop registration, the following fees apply:
- More than 60 days prior to the workshop, refund of your deposit minus a 20% cancellation fee.
- Less than 60 days prior to the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Redirect:
Registrants are able to send someone in their place into the workshop for no additional fee. In this case, no refunds will be issued, payment arrangements are the responsibility of the original registrant if needed
Class is held in our Ohio Studio Thursday, September 21st from 10am - 4pm.
Supplies are available for purchase in-store if not purchased ahead of time. Shop opens at 9am, please arrive early if making purchases to be used in class as to not take away from class time.
For suggestions for hotel accommodations and other questions, email Julia at julia@suespargo.com