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Workshops Teach Sewing Skills
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—How often have you admired an
intricately pieced wallhanging or a
tailored suit and declared, “I could
never make that.”
“You can if you take a workshop
at the Lancaster Extension office,”
said Donna Lucidi-Nachwostach, a
framer home economist who has
been teaching workshops at the
Extension for 10 years. “Many
people don’t realize how many dif
ferent workshops are offered
through the Extension and how
much they can learn.”
Lucidi-Nachwostach is best
known for teaching pieced quilts
and wallhangings. Participants in
her classes learn color placement,
and the speed method of cutting
and quilting as well as traditional
quilting.
Another Extension workshop
teacher is Mary Alice Fyock, an
accomplished seamstress in tailor
ing as well as sewing crafts. She
offers workshops for both begin
ners and experienced seamtresses
in custom fitting, tailoring, serg
ing, and gift making.
The workshops listed on this
page are held at the Lancaster
County Cooperative Extension
Office, 1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancas
ter. A variety of workshops are
offered by Extension offices in
other counties. Contact your local
Extension Office for a complete
listing of workshops offered.
Addresses and telephone numbers
for county Extension offices are
listed in telephone directories
under Penn State Cooperative
This Jumpsuit shows the
creative use of using a ser
ger for piping, lettuce leaf
ing, applying elastic,- etc.
There will be samples to
Inspire and copy. For this
workshop, Serging Ahead,
you must be able to thread
and make simple tension
adjustments on the serger
machine. Mary Alice Fyock
teaches Workshop #l9 on
November 11, from 7:00 to
10:00 p.m., and Workshop
#2O on November 12, from
9:00 a.m. to noon.
Extension.
To enroll in one of the work
shops described in this article, send
your name, address, phone number
and the workshop or meeting you
plan to attend with your check or
money order made payable to
Agricultural Extension, 1383
Arcadia Road, Lancaster, PA
17601. No registration will be
accepted without payment.
Registration deadline is one full
week before the meeting or the first
of a scries of workshops. Registra
tion will be accepted on a first
come basis. Unless you hear from
the Extension, go to the meeting or
the first class scheduled for the
ers is this strip-pieced table runner, which measures
17x44-inches. The design is adapted to placemats and pot
holders. Register for Workshop #3, taught by Donna Lucidi-
Nachwostach on November4,6:3o-9:30 p.m. and November
11, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost is $2O.
workshop in which you are
enrolled. Call the Extension office
(717) 394-6851 if you are unable to
attend a class.
Upcoming workshops include
those pictured and those listed as
follows:
Clothing and
Textiles Workshops
Sewing Machine Maintenace
•When was the last time you
serviced your machine, as recom
mended m the owner’s manual?
Sewing machines are sensitive to
accumulations of lint, dust and
thread pieces which collect in the
moving parts of the machine. Lack
of proper oiling and lubricating
can also interfere with optimum
machine performance. If your
machine starts sluggishly, is noisy,
makes loose or skipped stitches,
maybe it’s time for a thorough
cleaning. Why not bring in your
Mary Alice Fyock will teach you to make this versatile
sewing grainboard that is one of the favorite pieces of
equipment for sewers and home crafters. If you wish your
Ironing board was wider and things didn’t slip off or wished
for a cutting surface that didn’t allow fabric to slip and slide,
consider Investing In a grainboard. In this four-hour class,
you will construct a padded grldded board, which makes
straightening, cutting, pressing, and tailoring faster and
easier. Supplies cost between $3O to $4O. Cost for Work
shop #B, held October 24, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Is $l6.
machine and leam the basic main
tenance procedures, including ten
sion and pressure adjustment.
Participants are requested to
bring the following items to class:
sewing machine, sewing machine
oil, tweezers, brush for cleaning
machine parts, screwdrivers (The
tiny ones which came with your
machine, and one medium size),
threaded bobbin, spool of thread
. and small piece of scrap fabric to
test thread tension, and your user
manual. Class Limit: 15. Instruc
tor: Donna Lucidi-Nachwostach.
Cost: $B.OO. Workshop#!- 6:30 -
8:30 p.m. on October 5.
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Work with color placement and learn quick-piecing techniques to stitch a miniature
Jacob’s Elevator, left. The quilt, which Donna Lucldi-Nachwostach is holding, Is made
with larger-ln square blocks to provide visual impact. This class is suitable for begin*
ners as participants learn tricks for quick cutting and piecing of four patches, Flying
Geese, and Puss-ln-the-Corner units. Cost Is $2B tor Workshop #3 scheduled for
November 23, from 7-9:D
(Turn to Pago B 3)
Frustrated with a sewing project that you can’t figure
out? Mary Alice Fyock offers Sewing S.O.S. tor those who
have an unfinished project. If you have a question about fit
ting, about how to remedy a sewing mistake or how to put
the garment together, bring the question and problem to
class and find a solution. This Is your chance for one-on
one Instruction to get that project finished. Cost Is $8 for
Workshop #l5 held December 2, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., and
Workshop #l6 held on December 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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Gifts for the Holiday Workshop demonstrates Ideas for
handmade gift giving such as these placemats and purses.
Mary Alice Fyock will teach Workshop #l3 on November 4,
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Workshop #l4 on November 5,
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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