Better Living Through Sewing

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Oakland, CA 94607

History

Better Living Through Sewing was started by owner Diana Stasko in 1997, when she began teaching private sewing lessons in San Francisco. Since then Better Living Through Sewing has taught thousands of students to sew in private and small group lessons.

Specialties

Since 1997, Better Living Through Sewing has taught thousands of students to sew. We'll help you get over your fear of the sewing machine! Smaller class sizes mean personalized attention and a faster learning curve. You'll be amazed at what you can make in our fun, informative classes. We teach beginner to advanced level classes in topics such as alterations, working with patterns, sewing machine techniques, accessories, and all aspects of garment making.

Reviews

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4.543 reviews
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C F.
9/14/2015

If you want to get into sewing or doing your own alterations but have no idea where to begin, you should absolutely take a class with Diana! I took the Intro to the Machine course. Diana has a...

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Valerie C.
2/25/2019

Diana came over and provided one on one serger lesson for me. She was really patient and showed me the very basics of getting going with my serger - how to thread, some interesting tools and...

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A F.
5/24/2020

Took the 3 hour Intro to the Machine class and it was awesome. I was nervous & knew basically nothing about seeing. Diana was so patient, warm & her teaching style is very accessible. I learned...

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Gia I.
3/8/2018

I am a beginner and took a class that went over different seams like french seam, under stitching, flat fell, etc. and found Diana to be very patient. Her style of teaching is laid back and easy...

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Marjorie B.
1/24/2019

I have taken two classes from Diana. When I first got my sewing machine I went and took the basics class to better understand it. About a year later I took the seeing with patterns 101 class and I...

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