How it works

Ask first, enroll second

Most schools sell you a seat and hope it was the right one. Gladys would rather spend two messages working out what you actually want before anybody pays for anything.

The short version

Four things worth knowing before you write in

Online, live with Gladys
You are not buying a folder of videos. The classes are taught, which means you can hold something up to the camera and ask why it is puckering.
You work on your own machine
Whatever you have. Part of the point is that you finish knowing your machine rather than a borrowed one.
Start from nothing
The beginner class assumes no experience at all. Not “a little rusty” — none.
Ask before you enroll
There is no cart. You say what you want to learn, she tells you which class fits and what it costs.

How you get in

There is no shopping cart. You tell her what you want.

Gladys matches the class to the person, which is hard to do through a checkout page and easy to do in two messages.

1 Tell her what you want to learn

Beginner sewing, alterations, or something specific you have in mind. One short message is enough.

2 She writes back herself

Gladys reads these. She will tell you which class fits, what it costs and when the next one runs.

3 Take the class online

From your own machine, at your own table. You do not have to live in Texas and you do not have to own anything fancy.

A fair warning

This is a skill, not a weekend

You will be able to hem a pair of trousers properly sooner than you think. You will not be a tailor by Friday, and anybody telling you otherwise is selling something.

What you get is the part that compounds: once a straight seam stops being difficult, everything after it is a variation. That is the point at which the wardrobe you already own starts looking like material instead of a problem.

A tape measure over the lapel of a jacket being fitted