SEWING & FITTING CLASSES

IN-PERSON CLASSES IN NEW JERSEY + Online Everywhere!

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Daytime, Evenings, Weekends, and Online Sewing Classes for all ages and levels.

We offer sewing classes for all ages, skill levels and body types. Maria from MariaDenmark has many years of teaching experience and has taught sewing and pattern fitting and drafting for all levels for more than 15 years. Read more about MariaDenmark HERE

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The in-person Sewing Classes take place in Hunterdon County in High Bridge, New Jersey.

That’s 1 hour from New York City and 1 hour 15 minutes from Philadelphia by car (1 hour, 45 minutes by train from NYC).

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Nov 14

This last week has been... interesting to say the least. If you have followed my stories, you will know that a few trolls on another platform started commenting very unpleasant things to and about me because I am a woman and an immigrant. Everything has been dealt with now - blocked, reported, screenshot etc -

And before I go back to posting about sewing and other textile arts, I just want to make it perfectly clear:

That here at MariaDenmark Sewing life we work with all genders and gender expressions and that our main purpose is to help everyone express who they are in the way they dress by teaching sewing, fitting, and design. We work with joy, craftmanship, and appreciation of textile arts and techniques and believe it is a privelege to be able to keep these crafts alive and pass them on to new students of all ages, genders, and walks of life.

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Sep 17

📍 It’s wonder tape. Or basting tape. It typically washes away, and it comes in 1/4” / 6 mm and 1/8 “ / 3mm widths.

It’s wonderful for keeping the zipper in place as you sew it - and you don’t need to baste or use pins.

I usually get mine at @wawaksewing (not an advertisement. I pay for it, but I really love their service - and that they have the 1/8” (3 mm) size!)

#sewingteacher #SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife #SewingCommunity #SewingStudent #SewingClasses #ClintonNJ #Highbridgenj #newjersey #eastonPA #frenchtownnj #zippersewing #zippers

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Sep 13

📍Let’s try the new Instagram feature:
Click on the paper airplane icon as if you were going to share, and hit “add note”.

Tell me where you are sewing!
📍I am in High Bridge, New Jersey (USA)! #sewinglife #sewingcommunity #sewingmywardrobe #sewingteacher

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Sep 6

Come sew with me at Sewing Salon or Sewing Basics class - starting from next week at @Propagate.Studio!

Learn more and register at propagatestudionj.com or comment Sewing Class below and I’ll send you the links!

#sewingteacher #SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife #SewingCommunity #SewingStudent #SewingClasses #ClintonNJ #Highbridgenj #newjersey #eastonPA #frenchtownnj

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Aug 29

When students are done and proudly show what they sewed in class!! That’s one of my favorite things❤️❤️❤️

Whether it’s in person classes, private lessons, or in one of my online class meetings - it fills me with joy everytimea student proudly realizes that they sewed something good!
I love it!

Join me in classes this fall, in person (Machine Beginners, Sewing Salon at @propagate.studio , and Private Sewing Lessons) and online in Fearless Zipper Sewing, Learn Fashion Sewing or even the Coat Sewing Class!

#sewingteacher #SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife #SewingCommunity #SewingStudent #SewingClasses #washingtonnj #clintonnj #highbridgenj

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Aug 22

We’re counting down!
The Zipper Sewing Confidence Class is coming to your very own internet Tomorrow!

Comment “Fearless” below or DM to get a notification when the online zipper sewing expert class opens for registration!

#sewingteacher #SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife #SewingCommunity

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Aug 19

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Aug 15

When it’s still summer, but you’re excited to start Coat Sewing soon! ✂️

October is going to all about coat sewing here at Sewing Life. Look out for a new pattern that features three different coat variations and an in-depth coat sewing online class! 🪡

Be sure not to miss a thing by signing up for the newsletter or by clicking follow on this post. (You know where to find the link 😊)

Fabric (coating and lining is a gift from @fabricwholesaledirect

#SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife #sewingteacher

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Aug 14

It’s the most important sewing tool and you shouldn’t ignore it. Here is why: 👇🏼

Recently, I’ve met a lot of sewing students that tell me that they don’t even have an iron. Especially not an ironing board. I don’t know if it’s a generational thing or if it’s just not that common to iron your stuff anymore.

But for Sewing it’s absolutely necessary to have a good iron!

1. To cut the fabric precisely, it has to be wrinkle free, so you always have to iron your fabric before you cut it.
2. we aim to get our seams as flat as and almost as invisible as possible. To achieve this, we need to press the seams either open or to the side.

You don’t have to buy a very expensive iron. You can get a very affordable one guest around $15 - $20. And it’s always asking your local by nothing group or check out the thrift store for a cheaper option.

#sewingteacher #SewingTip #SewingLifeStyle #SewingLife

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Aug 8

Sewing IS a super power! And every mending job is keeping stuff off the landfill.
Join me in sharing your latest mending projects - or ask for mending tips 👇🏼
Meet Nova - @nova_thecocoalab - my daughter’s service dog = my grand puppy 🦮

One of the Service Dog pieces on her service dog vest kept falling off. I sewed the Velcro in place in less than 2 minutes.

Other mending I have done while my kids have been visiting:
- 🧵Sewed bathing suit straps back on.
- 🧵Shortened bikini straps.
- 🧵Altered a thrifted vintage dress to fit a smaller bust.

#sewingteacher #SewingCommunity #SewingLife #SewingLifeStyle #Mending #MendingMatters

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Jul 30

How to refresh and get new inspiration for your sewing projects 🧵🪡

Last week I got up from my sewing table, where I was putting finishing touches on the upcoming zipper online course, picked up my kids at the airport and spent the rest of the week vacationing with them.

This is your reminder to take the time and explore your local area (grown kids in tow is a bonus). The sewing machine will still be there when you come back - and you will have a ton of new ideas and inspiration 🥰 #sewinglifestyle #sewinglife #sewingteacher #sewinginspo

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Jul 18

Read on for the *real* answer..

My feed have been filled with recently organized - and very clean - sewing rooms this week.
As you might know, I have not one, but two (2) sewing rooms. And none of them are clean, so that made me feel a little bad about everything...

Today I have in-person students coming, so I needed to get the downstairs studio ready. I had been dreading it. Thinking it would take forever.

So I timed it.
and it took 6 minutes and 5 seconds to vacuum and put everything away,

✨6 minutes. ✨

My best guess for how I can do it that fast is:
I have two shelfes in that studio.
One is for books and patterns (and houses the printer, extra paper, and a box of scraps for students to use)

The other is for fabric, tools, and sewing supplies.

And then I have a clothes rack for finished and unfinished projects + a cart for student tools like rulers, pens, scissors etc.

My point is - I know where everything is going. It might not look super styled and color-coordinated. But it works.

Share your best sewing organization tip below!
There is still a long way to go to make a feed-worthy organization post....

#SewingCommunity #SewingLife #SewingLifeStyle #sewyourownclothes #SewingTips #SewingIdeas #sewingteacher

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