Bring your dream project or just your dreams
✂️ Find opportunities to sew with friends and advance your skills:
• Learn to Sew • Upcycling & Mending • Charitable Sewing • Home Decor
• Apparel-making • Costuming & Cosplay • Quilting • Textile Arts & Dyeing
🧵 Get experienced help for challenging projects
(including fitting, sewing, pattern-making, creativity, project planning)
• Bring Your Own Ideas & Ask the Experts!
Door Prize
New Bernette Academy
Professional Scissor Sharpening
(for a fee)
Meet some of our experts
Andrea LaVergne, our go-to gal for couture sewing, fitting, and machine maintenance questions she has a Master’s degree in Home Economics and Clothing, and is the past owner of Lafayette Sewing Center and an ex-sewing and home ec teacher.
Want to make beautiful things for your home? Ask Rachel Myers, pro interior seamstress and upholsterer: Mt. Diablo Adult School sewing and upholstery teacher and former owner of Home Decor Learning Center.
Take your next project from imagination to epic. Consult Jane & Jenny Olivera, queens of costume, character, and cosplay for expert advice backed by decades of creativity and craftsmanship.
Get expert fitting, garment-making, and couture sewing advice, plus professional measurements from Kathleen Poole, a Levi’s pattern maker and seamstress with 10+ years of experience. You’ll take home the custom measurements you need to fit any pattern to yourself.
🧷 American Sewing Guild (ASG) Contra Costa is a 501(c)(3). Come share our 100+ years of combined passion and professional experience in a welcoming environment. Sew with us and let the creativity, connection, and fun begin!