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My mother started teaching me at the tender age of six in Brooklyn, NY. Somewhere between the ages of six thru ten I made my first blouse. Needless, to say it didn’t turn out so well. At fourteen years old I started my first sewing job, sewing clothes for my neighbor seven year old daughter.
During my teenage years my mother and I shopped for different fabrics and patterns building my skills and self-esteem along the way. Sewing is a creative outlet to distress and relax. It builds self-esteem and generates creativity. I moved from New York at nineteen and lived in Phoenix, AZ for eighteen years where my lovely daughter Michelle was born. Being a single mom raising, a child alone; sewing became a second priority in my life.
In 1995 I moved to Charlotte to start a new life and worked at several of moderate jobs before landing a good position with BellSouth. My daughter, now grown finished High School and now was moved back to Phoenix. I found a new church home and my passion for sewing returned as I began sewing for the church creating biblical costuming.
With the burning passion in me to sew, I attended a conference in Orlando, FL that was sponsored by Martha Pullen on “How to Take Your Hobby and Make It Your Business”. Later that year I attended “Home Sewer Association” in New York to certify me to teach sewing. At this point “Ruth Sewing Academy” was born.
At first only having just a hand full of students I began to see how this business could grow for me. I found myself in the middle of a cross road between what I do for a living and what I love. So in November 2002 I decided to walk away from a lucrative job with benefits to pursue the Dream and Passion of my life “SEWING”.
Early 2003 I met a wonderful man Allen Respert my soul mate and we married December 2003. He supports me and the business whole heartily. I continued to look for new venues to teach at and secured a position as a sewing instructor at Central Piedmont Community College where I still currently teach. At this point I have been sewing for forty-four years and has been teaching full time for the past six years. Here at “Ruth Sewing Academy” our teaching style is a low-pressure, relax unhurried step by step hands on approach. Classes are offered to those from ages 8 years young to the young at heart. We offer classes for sewers with no experience; refresher classes and the next level which is an open class for your own projects leaving you a choice to learn and create what you want to bring in.
Do you like to see and learn more? Click on the adult/youth links, or check out my page for the summer camp and pictures of students finished projects. Before you decide check out my reviews. And Oh yes! Have fun.
Happy Sewing!
I hope you enjoy looking at my clothing and come back and visit often!
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Hi Ruth!
Great pictures from your vacation!!!! I wanted to thank you for your patience and time with me when I took your sewing class, because it has helped me in so many ways. I love to sew! A friend has asked me to sew some curtains for her kitchen and I had so much fun helping another friend sew the nun costumes for The Sound of Music production at the Old Courthouse Theater in Concord!! I don’t have any projects going on right now, but I was wondering if you were still offering the Easy Business Card Holder pattern? Thanks for the updates!!!!!
Happy Sewing!
Christina
Kimberley - Feb 26, 2009 From Google Maps
I am taking my very first sewing class and I have to say that the quality of the class and the instructor is top rated. I never thought I would be able to put in a zipper, make a ruffle and operate a sewing machine in just a few weeks. I look forward to my class every week and I am always amazed how the time goes by so quickly but that happens when you are having fun! Ruth is very patient and the way she explains different sewing techniques makes you want to learn more! I would recommend her to anyone who wants to sew like a pro one day! It is defintely worth taking her class if you want to learn to sew clothes or do home decor. I hope she offers more classes in the future. There is always something new to learn and she makes sewing fun
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