Making Old Coats New

by Jen Paulousky of Blue Alvarez Designs

There are just a few spots left for a class at the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain that starts this Saturday, Oct. 31st!

Come with an old coat or your latest thrift store find, and leave with brand new-to-you outerwear of your own design!

You can read all about the class and sign up here:

Making Old Coats New: Alteration, Lining, and Embellishment

Revive an old jacket or coat from your closet or a thrift store. Take an old coat to pieces and reconstruct it with new insulation, lining, and styling. Learn some fundamentals of tailoring, alteration, embellishment, and best practices for re-using textiles, and create something unique and fashionable in the process. Bring coat to first class. Pre-requisite: basic sewing skills. Limit 6 students.

Instructor: Jen Paulousky. $140

4 Saturdays, 9:30am–12:30pm, Oct. 31–Nov. 21

At the Eliot School, 24 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain. Register now at http://www.blogger.com/www.eliotschool.org.

Hope to see you there!