Contact us:

Email us directly at: carrie@brassbobbin.com
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Call us between 8AM and 6PM Pacific time at: 208-301-1972

Please contact me about teaching or speaking at your event. My 25 years of professional experience and 15+ years of university teaching experience means that I know how to communicate with students and sewists of all experience levels, both novice and professional.

I offer lectures, workshops and panels about: costume, fashion and patterning history, research methodology, costume design, costume technology: patterning, sewing and needlework, fittings and alterations.

Some titles of available workshops, panels and classes:

• A Field Guide to Men’s Hats
• A Field Guide to Men’s Facial Hair
• [S]He Who Has Pants Has Freedom
• The Industrialization of the Sewing Pattern
• Build Your Own Dress Form
• How to do Better Fittings and Alterations
• Distressing Costumes and props (can be a hands-on class)
• Fact to Fantasy: Developing Character
• Dyeing in Small Spaces
• Leather Mask Making (hands-on class)
• Soft Cap Making (hands-on class)