A. Laura Brody sustainable sewing classes

Sewing, mending, altering, and patterning classes

"Laura was a pleasure to work with. She takes a very creative approach and quickly adjusts to your preferences and experience level. I highly would highly recommend her to anyone with a fun or serious sewing project."- Julie M.

For free tutorials and videos, check here.

A smiling woman in black holds a seam ripper and prepares to take out a seam

A. Laura Brody photo by Heidi Marie Photography

Need one on one time?
I offer private sessions for mending, alterations, pattern making, draping (both staple draping and the regular kind), DIY dress forms, and trouble shooting your craft/wearable art projects. Contact me and we'll set this up!

$60 per hour gets you my undivided attention and 30 years of experience in making just about anything fabric based. Also get in touch if you have a small group interested in classes! (Rates based on group size.)

A leg in blue jeans with a black leather thigh holster holding a large pair of scissors.

photo by Pam Noles

Stitch Therapy

September 5, 5-7 PM
(First Sunday of the month)
Online via Zoom. Contact me for details. Free.
Let's have a Stitch Therapy session to work out whatever frustrations of the day by stabbing fabric with pins, needles, or seam rippers.
Repairs, embroidery, taking things apart- it doesn't matter. Bring whatever you want to work on and we'll catch up!

From Sharon Owens:
DANGEROUS COATS
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition

VIRTUAL MENDING
AND REPAIRS

Online via Zoom. Contact me for details. $60
Single day classes like these are good for 2-4 short projects.

Gather up your hand sewing, mending, and clothing/housewares/soft toys that need repair. Together we'll get that mending pile down to a manageable level. I will give tips and tricks to mend things quickly and easily.

50% of all proceeds will go to the Loveland Foundation. Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and girls nationally seeking therapy.

Let's mend the world instead of trashing it.

A diverse group of women hold up colorful pajama pants

Pajama party at Introduction to Sewing

glendale Community College Classes

Classes via Zoom meeting.
4 session classes are good for finishing one complicated project or several smaller projects.
Sign up and pay by clicking the links.
4 sessions for $149

Fabric creations from 2D to 3D
8/7/21-8/28/21 from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
A step beyond Draping 101 for adventurous designers and sewists. Come in with sketches and photographs of clothing designs you want to create, and together we can help make them a reality.

September- October: BREAK FOR OPULENT MOBILITY

Intro to Sewing
11/6/21- 12/4/21 from 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
(No class scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend)
Learn to use your sewing machine, make a reversible tote bag, and make a pair of PJ pants.

about the instructor:

A. Laura Brody has 30 years experience as a costume crafts person, designer, and maker. She's made costumes for LMFAO, the Black Eyed Peas, and Rhianna, among others. She has worked for Netflix, Disney Imagineering, the LA Opera, Disney and Nickelodeon TV, Diavolo Dance Theatre, and many specialty costume houses. Her relaxed, encouraging, and adventurous approach to teaching makes pattern making, draping, crafts, and sewing accessible and fun.
If you can dream it up, she can make it- and show you how to make it too.

CLASSES offered:

Make Do and Mend
Re*making 101
Introduction to Sewing
Alter Your Clothes Like A Pro
"Knock It Off" Pattern Making
The Politics of Pockets
Fashion on the Fly: Staple Drape Your Own Designs
Get Your Stretch On (Alter Your Stretchy Clothes)
DIY Duct Tape Dress Form
Visible Mending
And many more!