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Alterations 2: Tapering and Taking In

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Build the craft of precise garment alterations through our intermediate sewing course. Discover essential techniques for tapering and taking in clothing to reach a flawless, personalized fit. Ideal for those ready to lift their wardrobe or provide expert alteration services. Tap into your potential and grow your sewing skills!

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Getting to Know YOUR Serger/Overlock Machine

Develop the craft of working with a serger/overlock machine through this course at Los Angeles City College. Discover how to thread, balance tension, and switch to different stitches for professional-quality sewing. Move past wavy seams, tangled threads, and loose stitches as you unlock the full potential of your serger/overlock machine.

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  • 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2 hours & 30 minutes

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Develop complete proficiency with the serger and overlock machine, transforming your sewing projects with professional-quality finishing and polished results! These specialized machines help you overcome common sewing challenges and pitfalls, including rippling seams, thread tangles and breakage, loose stitching, and tension difficulties that plague many home sewers.

Bring your personal serger or overlock machine and spend dedicated time learning to thread correctly, fine-tune tension settings, switch between different stitch varieties and options, and maximize differential feed functionality for exceptional finishing results on all your projects. You'll emerge from this hands-on class with the knowledge and confidence to handle any serger project with professional results.

Required: You must bring your own serger or overlock machine to participate in this class. This is essential as you'll be practicing on your own machine during the workshop.

List of supplies and materials required: https://tinyurl.com/MachineSupplyList

Refund Policy

Cancellation Policy:

Classes are mandated by the State of California to be self-supporting based on student enrollment fees. As such, we reserve the right to cancel any class offering if the minimum number of student enrollments necessary to support it is not achieved. You will be notified no less than the day prior to the start of the first session if an offering will be cancelled and offered either a transfer of your fees to another class offering or a full refund. It is therefore essential that your phone number and email is up-to-date and functional. Refunds will be processed within 20-30 business days of cancellation.

We also reserves the right to change room location and or substitute instructors and will endeavor to contact you via phone and/or email prior to the scheduled meeting time with the updated information.

Transfer Policy:

  • To transfer to another class, requests must be made via email at least four business days before the first class meeting.
  • Transfer requests will not be granted after the first class meeting.

Please note, approved transfers are a one-time allowance and are subject to our general refund policy for the second class offering.

Refund Policy:

  • All requests for refunds or transfers must be made at least four business days before the start of class and are subject to a $10 cancellation fee per class. 
  • Refund requests are also subject to a 5% CourseHorse processing fee.
  • There are no refunds nor transfers granted after four business days prior to class.
  • Transfers are limited to once per class.

Important information: Refunds ARE NOT issued for absences nor prorated for late registration. Missed class meetings may not be made up in another class. Class offerings may not be audited.

Refund Processing Fees:

  • The following only applies in the event a provider’s cancellation/refund policy allows for cancellations and a full refund, please see above or contact CourseHorse to determine eligibility.
  • In the event a class is still going to occur and a full refund is requested, and you are eligible for a full refund in accordance with the provider’s policy, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from your refund amount

Please contact us at [email protected]

Reviews of Classes at Los Angeles City College (933)

(4.4-star rating across 933 reviews)

This class: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews

  • Getting to Know YOUR Serger/Overlock Machine

    Melissa, our instructor at Los Angeles City College (LACC) for this Serger Basics class, covered the basics to get started with a Serger machine. She explained the principle and steps to thread a Serger machine , and maintenance. She explained how a Serger machine is different from a sewing machine. She used a Husqvarna Viking Serger machine and if you're going to participate in this class using a different brand, then I suggest to at least know the steps on how to thread your Serger machine, since there are subtle differences on threading a brand of Serger machine from another. For example, I used a Brother 1034D machine for the class, and the procedure to thread the lower looper on my machine is different from that of her Viking serger machine. It also helps to use different color thread cone for each thread to help you with pinpointing/troubleshoot tensions on your serger stitches. She showed steps on how to troubleshoot common issues with a four thread Serger stitch and how to adjust tensions to remedy it. She showed how to adjust Differential feed to sew stretch fabric. Now I'm ready to take on more advanced Serger courses both online and in-person.
  • Getting to Know YOUR Serger/Overlock Machine

    fun and learned so much
  • Getting to Know YOUR Serger/Overlock Machine

    Melissa is very knowledgeable, helpful, and personable. The 4 student format was perfect for the subject matter. I hope to take more courses at LACC extension. Cheers, Lex
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