• Designed to be welcoming and a little bit magical✨. Whether you're here to try a new activity with friends🥰, taking the first step on your sewing journey 🌱 or in need of a refresher 🤔 you’ll leave with skills, confidence, and something you made with your own hands 🎉HOW EPIC?!!?🎉

    This grouping of classes are considered a prerequisite for the rest of the sewing classes offered at Home Ec NYC

  • Centered around a specific project these workshops can run as an intensive or span multiple weeks, allowing for richer learning, creative momentum, and more meaningful connection with your work and your new sewing besties 👯‍♀️.

    As we learn, play, mess up (it’s allowed!), and grrrrow .. You'll get to watch your process evolve and your skills and vision take shape. At the end? We celebrate 🎉—because showing up, sticking with it, and making cool shit with cool people is a big deal.

  • Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.kill Building

    A collection of focused classes to master essential techniques🛠️, gain confidence 💪, slow down🐌, and actually enjoy the process! Each session covers a specific technique, breaking it down into clear, approachable steps with in-depth instruction and expert tips. Think of me as your guide down the rabbit hole 🐇. Leave saying: “Wait—I CAN totally do this!” Because you can. And you will 😘

  • Slow, intentional, and deeply satisfying 🧶✨. These workshops focus on techniques done entirely by hand with no sewing machines required! Rooted in the same creative world, these skills both support and stand alongside machine-based making. From hand embroidery and mending to pattern making and knitting, we’ll explore the quiet magic of working bit by bit.

    Perfect for anyone craving a slower pace 🐌, a deeper connection to materials, or skills you can take anywhere. Come build patience, precision, and confidence while making something beautiful, useful, or both—with your hands, your brain, and a little bit of heart 💖.

Scheduled through JULY!

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May🌸

May 30 Sat 11:00am-2:00pm
Sewing 101 - Reversible Tote Bag

May 30 Sat 3:00pm-6:00pm
BAP (Big Ass Pouch)

May 31 Sun 11:00am-5:00pm
Patternmaking 102- Bodice Muslin + Fit Corrections

June🌞

June 9 Tues 6:30pm-8:30pm
⭐️NEW⭐️ Hand Sewing 101

June 10 Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm
Sewing 101 - Stripe Patch Pillow

June 13 Sat 11:00am-5:00pm
Alterations: Jeans

June 14 Sun 3:00pm-6:00pm
BAP (Big Ass Pouch)

June 15, June 22 & June 29 Mon 6:30pm-9:30pm 3wk Workshop Float on Tank

June 16 Tues 6:30pm-9:00pm
Embroidery 101

June 17 Wed 6:30pm-8:30pm
⭐️NEW⭐️ Mending - Darning

June 20 Sat 11:30am-2:30pm
Sewing 101 - Reversible Tote Bag

June 20 Sat 3:30pm-6:30pm
Alterations: Hems

June 21 Sun 12:00pm-2:00pm
Embroidery 102

June 21 Sun 3:00pm-6:00pm
Sewing 101 - Stripe Patch Pillow

June 23, June 30, July 7th Tues 6:30pm-9:30pm
3wk Workshop Customizable Caftan - Coming Soon JOIN WAITLIST

June 24 Wed 6:30pm-8:30pm
🎈POP UP🎈Mending & Private Shopping at Remix Market

July

July 1 & July 8 Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm
⭐️NEW⭐️ 2wk Workshop - Bow Boxer Shorts

July 2 Thurs 6:30pm-9:30pm
Sewing 101 - Reversible Tote Bag

July 6 Mon 6:30pm-9:30pm
Sewing 101 - Stripe Patch Pillow

July 9 Thurs 6:30pm-9:00pm
Embroidery 101

July 21 Tues 6:30pm-8:30pm
⭐️NEW⭐️ Hand Sewing 101

July 22 Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm
Alterations: Hems

July 25 Sat 11:30am-2:30pm
Sewing 101 - Reversible Tote Bag

July 25 Sat 3:30pm-5:30pm
Embroidery 102

July 26 Sun 11:30pm-2:30pm
Sewing 101 - Stripe Patch Pillow

July 28 Tues 6:30pm-9:30pm
⭐️NEW⭐️Applique Upcycle

July 29 Wed 6:30pm-9:30pm
BAP (Big Ass Pouch)

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I believe everyone should have the opportunity to learn, regardless of financial situation. If cost is a barrier: scholarships, sliding scale options, and flexible payment plans are available.

Please email me to discuss your needs.

  • "I wanted to have more clothing making & mending skills for the impending apocalypse. Hillary is super knowledgeable and has a great sense of humor, a perfect guide in these dark times!"

    Anna

  • "It made me look at my wardrobe in a new light. I don't feel like buying anything new anymore, and when I'm thrifting, I'm not intimidated by clothes that don't fit."

    Joni

  • "Hillary is super knowledgeable and never a gate keeper. She wants to share anything and everything that she knows with her students, and does so in a way that's super accessible."

    AC

  • "Was nervous before the class because it’s been years since I’ve taken any type of class but immediately felt relaxed with Hillary. She was chill, funny, relatable, and I learned so much more than I expected."

    Lori

  • "You’ll definitely learn a lot and come out of class with new skills. I think of helpful tips Hillary has taught me whenever I sew now!"

    Deb

  • "Class with Hillary feels like a friend encouraging you to 'just go for it.' She explains everything super clearly and you can ask her anything at all. I felt more capable leaving each class."

    Alyssa

  • "Hillary keeps the class moving forward while providing lots of individual encouragement and answering questions!"

    -DS

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