Knowing how to sew can come in handy in numerous scenarios, such as patching up a favorite pair of pants or performing an emergency fluffendectomy on teddy bears. Practice suturing skills with today’s Groupon to The Sewing Studio in Old Town Pasadena. Choose from the following options:

• For $34, you get a three-hour sewing-basics workshop with sewing-machine rental (a $77 value).
• For $65, you get four weeks of Intro to Sewing classes with sewing-machine rental (a $150 value). Classes meet once a week for four consecutive weeks. Courses may focus on any of the following projects:
• Tote bag
• Classic shift dress
• Tiered skirt<p>

At The Sewing Studio, novice needleworkers gleam sewing skills from school founder Cynthia Harvey, an alumnus of the distinguished Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. During a single three-hour sewing basics workshop, the pedagogue teaches pupils how to thread and operate a machine, read commercial patterns, and create clothing for the moon. Seamsters opting for the set of four Intro to Sewing classes man the included sewing machines and take to the creation of a stylish tote bag, shift dress, or tiered skirt over the course of 2.5-hour sessions. Each piece yields the expounding of singular sewing tricks: students learn to create pleats while constructing a tote bag, and the secret to making ideal buttonholes is tackled through tiered skirts. No matter which class is selected, students pick up basic sewing know-how such as the names of common instruments and machine-operating fundamentals through their hands-on work.