Getting started using a sewing machine is straight-forward and fun. Once you’ve threaded your needle and bobbin and chosen your stitch, you’re ready hit the pedal and drive. There are so many parts of ...

Learn domestic sewing machine basics, including how to set up the machine and operate it. You may bring your own machine or use ours. Our Sewing 101 classes usually have a waitlist, so if you are ...

If you’ve ever looked at a sewing pattern, you already know that deciphering it can be intimidating. Yet if you’ve ever found the perfect dress, but the color was slightly off, or the sleeves weren’t ...

In the early years of the 19th century, the invention of the sewing machine was all but inevitable. Factories were filling with seamstresses and tailors, and savvy inventors and entrepreneurs around ...

McIntosh Memorial Library, in partnership with Viroqua businesses Driftless Dressmaker and His and Hers Sewing, are offering a beginner’s class on working with sewing machines. The class will be held ...