Sewing 101: Personalized Potholders (Age 14+) FREE!
January 17 from 2:00 – 4:30 pm
Join Teaching Artist Lia for an afternoon sewing lesson for beginners! In this fun workshop, you’ll learn basic sewing skills including design, fabric choice, layout, cutting, and construction. Lia will guide you every step of the way, and you’ll take home your unique potholder at the end of the afternoon. All supplies included. Please enter through the 5th Street door. Note: a generous community member sponsored this class, making it cost-free for all!
Teaching Artist: Lia Spiegel
Cost: FREE
Location: Art Center East
Interested in helping make the arts accessible for everyone? Consider sponsoring a class at Art Center East! Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Parents/guardians of youth age 17 or younger: if you haven’t already done so, CLICK HERE to fill out a Youth Release Form in order for your child to participate in ACE classes.
Date
- Jan 17 2026
Time
- 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
- 1006 Penn Ave, La Grande, OR
Teaching Artist
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Lia Spiegel
Lia Spiegel initially learned to sew from her mother, and then made a quilt in a middle school home economics class and a three-piece suit while she was in high school. Lia worked for a seamstress for a few years, and she has continued to sew clothing for herself and for family members. She developed teaching skills during her 30-year career teaching forest insect management to natural resource managers. Lia has also taught high schoolers and middle schoolers about forest insects in outdoor schools.
