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The Youth Sewing Experiences

Hold great importance as it provides an opportunity for young underserved youth and teens the opportunity to develop trade skills that foster creativity and self-expression. Classes offer a platform for teaching patience, focus, and accountability, promoting personal growth and empowering youth to take pride in their accomplishments.

By engaging in sewing, young learners also gain valuable life skills and the confidence to navigate future challenges with resilience and resourcefulness.

Shop Items Made by the Youth, Teens & Sewing Instructors

You’re not just buying handmade — you’re investing in young and adult entrepreneurs.

Every item in our shop is created by youth, teens, or our sewing instructors. When you purchase a youth-made piece, 100% of the proceeds go directly to that young entrepreneur — teaching them real-world business skills, confidence, and ownership.

When you shop items made by our sewing instructors, your purchase helps:
• Fund youth scholarships
• Pay our teaching team
• Cover rent for our creative space
• Provide healthy lunches for our Sunday classes

This isn’t just a store.
It’s a community-powered ecosystem of creativity, entrepreneurship, and opportunity.

Shop with purpose. Shop with impact. Shop with us.

Adult Sewing Experience

Offers an engaging opportunity for groups of adults to engage in self-care and develop team-building skills while connecting with friends, co-workers, and family members. Sewing, as a personal endeavor, provides numerous benefits to adults, including stress reduction, enhanced creativity, improved focus, and a sense of accomplishment. By learning to sew, adults not only cultivate their own personal growth but also strengthen their bonds with others through a shared and fulfilling activity.

We Offer

* Private Sewing Classes

* Adult Sip & Sew

* Entrepreneurship Training for Youth as young as six

* Group Sewing Parties

* Group Sewing Classes

* Pop-in and create a gift on the spot

* Team Building Workshop

* Pay-It- Forward Experiences

* School Collaborations

* School Field Trip Sewing Experiences

UPCOMING EVENTS:

* July & August Fashion Camps

* Spring Fashion Show

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Machine Shop

6-9pm

To Get Tickets, Just Click the Link or Image Below

https://givebutter.com/17th-annual-fashion-show-fundraiser-once-upon-a-stitch-djsipm

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to transform lives by using sewing as a hands-on pathway to teach financial literacy, money management, and entrepreneurship. Through community-driven programs, we help youth and adults build confidence, heal mindsets, and strengthen connections across generations, communities, and cultivate economic independence.

OUR GOALS:

To teach trade skills of sewing & entrepreneurship to youth, teens, and adults.
Provide a Sewing Experience Space where families, besties and friends can learn life skills in a fun environment.
To use sewing as a tool to teach patience, focus, leadership, and accountability.
To use sewing as a tool to teach financial literacy, money management, saving, public speaking, and entrepreneurship.