A. Laura Brody sustainable sewing classes

Learn to mend, Repair, and make with A. Laura Brody

"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.

Learn to mend- or let me fix it for you!
Sign up for a free 15 minute consultation and we'll make your well loved items fit beautifully and mend what's broken. With my 30+ years of experience you will learn quickly and get great results.

Special introductory rate is $60 for the first hour. After that, $65 per hour for alterations, mends (visible or invisible), repairs, or one-one-one online instruction.

Group lessons online or in person in the Los Angeles area only for $40 per person for a 2 hour class with a 6 person minimum.

A. Laura Brody by Heidi Marie Photography

Contact me for master classes in draping, textile art, mending, and specialty costume crafts. $65 an hour online gives you my undivided attention and 30+ years of experience.

Fiber arts and wearable art groups, you are welcome. Get in touch and we'll create a class perfectly suited to your desires. Rates are based on group size.

Check the blog for in-person class opportunities.

A sculpted bust of a female with snake hair and a peacock feather necklace.

Paper costumes for the Season 7 HBO gala for Game Of Thrones, created by A. Laura Brody, Carol Kline, and Kitty Murphys-Youngs. Now on display at the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Ireland.

Video on Sashiko and Boro techniques (from the 20th Century Artists Workshop Series)

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.

For free tutorials and videos, check here.

On the left, a woman holds out the bright blue fabric draped over a woman in the center. On the right, a woman in a head scarf flings striped fabric.

A pair of hands draft out a vest pattern onto brown paper.

A pair of hands holding scissors trim the fringe on a purple, blue, and pink striped chenille scarf.

A diverse group of women in glasses look intently at a mending project.

A woman with an intense expression duct tapes all around a woman's torso to create a dress form.

Mended jeans with a colorful patch and interlocking circles hand stitched in white.

Two people sitting on benches, hand sewing patches onto fabric runners.

A woman with her back to us is being fitted into a pink t-shirt while a woman in red on the right points out the alterations.

A woman in glasses sews zipper strands together on a sewing machine.

A dark-haired woman models a dress with an orange and black striped top and a black skirt.

A dark-haired woman in glasses models a brightly colored coat with green, red, and yellow geometric and floral patterns.

A mannequin made of bright red duct tape stands in front of picnic tables and bar stools.

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Learn to mend, Repair, and make with A. Laura Brody

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