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Canceled via email from Jess on 6/1.~tt

Make your very own backpack this summer! Spend a week at BARN planning and sewing a pack that’s exactly what YOU want! Sized to carry all your books and devices, this BARN-designed backpack has a large main compartment with a zipper top, a padded bottom to protect everything, a top carrying handle, and adjustable padded straps for your comfort. You’ll choose from a variety of heavier-weight main and accent fabrics—denim, twill, canvas, etc.—to bring out your unique style.

And then you can add the interior pockets you need for your carrying your stuff, plus your choice of these customizations:

- a front zip pocket

- a phone or water bottle pocket on the side

- a key holder with a key chain

- a coordinating zip pouch for pens and pencils

- a personalized wood name plate

- tassels or pom-poms on the zip pulls

- customized needle-felted patches

Skills you’ll build will include:

- sewing with thicker fabric

- installing foam stabilizer

- installing a zipper

- creating straps with D-ring hardware

- adding strength with rivets

- using a serger

- designing customizations to your specifications

The class will include certification to use BARN’s sewing machines. You’ll be able to come back to BARN to work on future projects of your own!

Prerequisites: This is an advanced-beginner/intermediate project. You should have a little (or a lot of) experience using a sewing machine, be able to sew a straight-ish seam, and understand how to cut out a pattern. If you need some practice to get up to speed, you can schedule a free tutorial ahead of time—email fiber.communcations@bainbridgebarn.org to set up a time.

Details:

• This class is for youth 12-18 years old.
• To register your youth, please put in the "First Name" field your first name then in parenthesis put the youth's first and last name (if different than yours).
• Please complete and return this minor permission form if BARN does not already have one on file for your child from a past class.
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply. 
• BARN reserves the right to cancel this class in the case of low enrollment and will notify families of this decision one week prior to the start of the class.  A full refund will be given. 
• If you have any questions, please email BARN Program Manager at JessH@bainbridgebarn.org
• A materials fee of $55 is included in the price of class. All fabric, stabilizer, hardware, and zippers to complete your custom backpack are provided.
• Bring a bag lunch with name written on it. BARN has a refrigerator and a microwave for your use.

Instructor Bio:

Alex McKeon is an enthusiastic and creative BARN member—you might know her as one of the teachers from Girls Who Code or from a Fiber Arts project at Teen Night. Making a backpack for her daughter Zoey and many different kinds of bags she has sold at BARN Bazaar and other craft fairs led her to develop this backpack class for you!