ABOUT
Here for the first time? welcome!
Winnipeg Sews offers sewing classes and workshops in and around Winnipeg and is a safe place for anyone who loves to sew their own clothes. Katherine is a passionate slow fashion advocate and will be your biggest cheerleader as you learn new skills.
About Katherine
Hi! It's Katherine!
I came to the slow fashion movement in 2015 with the birth of my fourth child. I decided to go on a ready-to-wear fashion fast and make or thrift all of my family's clothes. I had already been sewing for over a decade but had not been ready make the lifestyle change that slow fashion required.
When I began my rtw fast, I still considered jeans as part of Things I Couldn't Make. Also included: shoes. Eventually my courage and skills matched up and I made a pair of jeans and my life changed. Once you make a pair of jeans, you are ready for any piece of regular clothing (ball gowns not included).
I am passionate about bringing the slow fashion movement to more people by making sewing more accessible and fun. Sewing can be isolating, so bringing people into a welcoming Winnipeg Sews community is paramount to success. Let me be your cheerleader!
How to Register for a Class:
If you’re interested in a structured group class, please click here: Group Classes
If you’d like to come to a private lesson, please click here: Private Lessons
Location:
The studio is located on the second floor of 421 Mulvey Avenue East in a cozy light filled room overlooking Osborne. It is built in the heartland of Treaty 1 territory, and the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
Accessibility:
There is plenty of parking all around the building including two handicapped parking spots right by the doors. The building and studio are wheelchair accessible. There’s a ramp to the front doors and the elevator is just inside. Once we get to the second floor there’s a bit of a walk to the studio, though it’s all level. Please call me at 2049813539 when you arrive so I can let you in and make sure you have the support you need. I am often happily the person who carries the sewing machine.
Ground Rules:
Everyone is accepted in our studio. Black, Indigenous and People of Colour are explicitly welcome and acts of harassment or violence including disregarding lived experience will not be tolerated.
How to stay in the loop about new offerings:
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