Check around at shops that sell fabric and sewing machines to see if they give classes or know of anyone who would be willing to tutor you. Check with the local High School for adult education classes.
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val- All Calico Corners here in FLA have classes, as do Hannafords. (Central FLA for sure) I know I was having trouble with a collar once, brought it to Calico Corners and had employees AND customers helping me with it- we had a good laugh.
Hi val...I looked in my PACC book to see if there were any instructors for Florida and found a few. One is in Fort Lauderdale.
Another is in Marianna. I knew of one in Naples, but she died just this past year of a car accident. I emailed her all the time and when she died I was very sad. She had a young child and husband. That was so tragic.
The web page for the PACC referral is
http://www.paccprofessionals.org
Also HSA has a referral too for teachers of beginning sewing.
Their web page is sewing.org. I'll go there now and see what is
for Florida and write back in another post if I can find anything.
I copied pasted this off the HSA site There are a lot in Florida. Pat Di Maggio
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Boca Raton, FL 33433
Marcia Freeman
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Beverly Easterling
HSA/Trained Sewing Educator
1216 S. Duncan Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756-4523
Work Phone: 727-461-2211
Val L. Hager
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Gail Santoro
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Homestead, FL 33032
Emma Seabrooke
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Islamorada, FL 33036
Brenda Jones
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33311
Carolyn Kern
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Miami, FL 33187
Judith G. Applestein
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Miami, FL 33183
Marlene Freshwater
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
North Fort Myers, FL 33903-5822
Norma Holman
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Sarasota, FL 34234
Shirley Spisak
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Sarasota, FL 34230
Patricia Bowles
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Seminole, FL 33772
Estelle deJesus-Kelly
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Spring Hill, FL 34607
Isabel R. Carter
HSA Trained Sewing Educator
Valrico, FL 33594
Kris Sanchez
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Susan Pinardo
First Coast Stitches
P.O. Box 1406
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
Work Phone: (904) 284-1072
Marilyn Tileston
900 Shore Dr
Kissimmee, FL 34744-4830
Cynthia Dmitrenko
6993 NW 9 Ct
Margate, FL 33068
Work Phone: (954) 978-3748
[ email ]
Beverley Hilton
6770 S. W. Ninth Street
Pembroke Pines, FL 33023
[ email ]
Mary McCarthy
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Rockledge, FL 32955
Work Phone: 321-635-8640
[ email ]
Ruthann Gulbrand
HSA Certified Sewing Inst.
Titusville, FL 32780-8723
Hi again I copied and pasted off the Pati Palmer's site, too.
http://www.palmerpletsch.com These are CSI, certified sewing instructors. They know the ins and outs of pattern fitting by the tissue drape method as well as beginning sewing.
FLORIDA
Cynthia Dmitrenko, Margate 954 978-3748 [email protected]
Norma Fisher, Trenton 352/472-3489 [email protected]
Pam Kyak, Brandon 813/689-2534 [email protected]
Gigi Louis, Plantation 954/581-5739 [email protected]
Emma Seabrooke, Hemorada 561/391-2381 [email protected]
Suzanne Goldman, Sarasota 941/924-2280 [email protected]
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