A. Laura Brody classes

Winter and spring classes

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

A. Laura Brody photo by Heidi Marie Photography

Private lessons through Hire Artists:
Make Do and Mend
DIY Sewing, Pattern Making, and Alterations
Alter Your Clothes Like A Pro
Knock It Off Pattern Making

$60 per hour
Classes via Zoom, Skype, or Facebook messenger video

Bring your sewing, pattern making, repairs, and craft related questions and problems and we'll solve them together. Click the links to sign up! I look forward to working with you.

A diverse group of women work on mending.

photo by Pam Noles

Sewing Sunday

May 24th, 11 AM - 2 PM
Online via Zoom. Contact me for details. $45

Bring your clothes that need some love, and we'll either repair them, remake them into something fabulous, or turn one piece into a pattern you can wear again and again.

Beautiful things happen when we work together.

A tomotao shaped pincushion full of pins sits in front of a pint of dark porter and a pair of scissors on a picnic table.

photo by Heidi Marie Photography

Mending Monday

June 1st, 7-9 PM
Online via Zoom. Contact me for details. $30

Gather up your hand sewing, mending, and clothing/housewares/soft toys that need repair. I'll bring my full kit, and together we'll get that mending pile down to a manageable level.

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. Sign up to get the registration link!

Intro to Sewing
6/6/20- 6/27/20 from 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Knock It Off Pattern Making
7/4/20- 7/25/20 from 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Alter Your Clothes Like A Pro
8/1/20- 8/22/20 from 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM

Classes are 4 sessions for $149. Click on the links to sign up.

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 1010
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!