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Where Can I Learn to Sew or Quilt?

Interested in learning to sew or quilt? Here are some local places offering classes, workshops, and hands-on opportunities for beginners and more experienced makers.

Resource Disclaimer

This information is provided as a consolidated list of resources to help interested individuals begin or continue their creative journey in sewing and quilting. Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Long Beach Modern Quilt Guild. Please contact each organization directly for current class offerings, schedules, fees, and other details.

  • OC Creative Reuse Center - Santa Ana
    Orange County, California's Center for Creative Reuse hosts an regular Sewing 101 class to get you on your way.

  • Sewing Center of Orange County — Placentia
    Sewing education, machine instruction, and classes for sewists and quilters.

  • Whittier Public Library MakerSpace — Whittier
    Beginner sewing classes, including machine basics. Sewing machines and materials are provided.

  • Sewing Lab Los Alamitos — Los Alamitos
    Four-week sewing classes, beginner instruction, youth classes, and workshops.

  • Sew Fun and more — Fullerton
    Sewing classes for children, teens, and adults, including machine-sewing basics.

  • Orange County Sewing Lessons — Orange County
    Private, semi-private, and group instruction for beginners through advanced sewists.

  • Fabric to Fashion Sewing School — Long Beach
    Beginner-friendly sewing classes for adults, plus youth classes and camps.

Learn to Sew

Learn to Quilt

  • Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine — Long Beach
    Offers Beginning Quilting for adults, introducing quilting with a sewing machine, as well as Fast Quilt, which is suitable for beginners and more experienced quilters. Classes are offered through the city's recreation program.

  • Orange Quilt Bee — Orange
    Beginning quilting classes and workshops. Current classes include instruction in rotary cutting, piecing, assembling blocks, borders, and binding.

  • SewCrazed Quilting — La Habra
    Quilting and sewing classes, project-based instruction, and support for different skill levels.

  • Bears Quilt Shop — Garden Grove
    Quilt-piecing instruction and longarm quilting classes.

  • Sew Cal Craft Studio — Huntington Beach
    Sewing, quilting, free-motion quilting, and embroidery classes, with equipment available for makers to use.

  • Moore's Sewing & Vacuum Huntington Beach — Huntington Beach

Community Education

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