Puget Sound Sewing & Craft: Let's Meet...LANA JONES!

Lana_jones Quality Sewing & Vacuum holds "Sew Fun" classes each month where you can do fun things for the very reasonable price of $6.00, or for free if you are a member.

For April, come prepared to meet and greet Lana Jones, one of our consultants who just authored her first book. She will teach specifically on techniques such as how to miter corners and achieve the perfect appliqué, as well as machine beading and precise placement of embroidery designs.

Lana will be at the various locations throughout April and is excited to meet you. Check the schedule and plan to attend.

Julie - It’s great to talk to you, Lana! I’m excited to learn more about you. What started you in crafting?

Lana - I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to the states when I was 6 years old. One of four kids, I played a lot alone due to illness of two of my siblings. Creating things was a way I kept busy. I was always creating something, sometimes it was trouble, but mostly it was whatever I could get my hands on to make into a new gadget. I even took things apart, just to put them back together. I started sewing at 10 years old, on a Singer Featherweight machine, which I still have. I made clothes for myself, crafted items, knit by hand and machine, crocheted, and have done small woodworking projects (I have my own scroll saw!). I did anything to keep my mind occupied and expand my creative spirit.

Julie - What a great outlet! Tell us a little about what’s important to you.

Lana - My beautiful children! Jordyn, 22, is a graduate of Western Washington University. My son Jarod is 19 and a freshman in college, going for his criminal justice degree. I am so very proud of them, they are my best work!

Julie - How did you get started teaching sewing classes?

Lana - I spent 21 years at GTE (now Verizon) at various jobs. Not a creative place, but a good job. I left to raise my two children. For the past 11 years, I've been having great fun teaching hands-on classes, presenting club presentations, working shows and basically talking about sewing all the time for Quality Sewing. I recently received a certification from Christopher Nejman as a Fiber Construction Artist. This was a lot of work, but so worth the time. With further tutoring from him, I will be able to teach his punching methods.

Julie - Congratulations! That’s amazing! What do you like the best about teaching classes?

Lana - The thing that I enjoy most is when someone says, "That tip was worth the price of the class" or "I learned so much, thank you." But it is also the "Oh! I get it!" look that is so fun to see! When I can help someone get to where they want to be with the sewing, it is very satisfying.

Julie - Tell us about the April Sew Fun classes.

Lana - During the entire month of April Sew Fun I will be presenting my new book "More than Sewing...Creating." The book compiles the instructions and projects that people have been asking me to put into a book for years. It also includes material from some of the most asked-for hands-on classes that I teach.

Read Lana's blog: Blue Bunny Hollow