Sew the Archer Button Up with Paige Plihal | October 4-5, 2025
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Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 9am to 3pm
Level: Intermediate
Learn to sew your own Grainline Archer Button Up shirt in this hands-on workshop led by local sewist, knitter, and dye artist Paige Plihal. The Archer is a chic, relaxed, loose-fitting button up shirt with slightly dropped shoulders and long sleeves (we’ll be sewing View A). It's the perfect project for building your confidence and refining your garment sewing skills.
What you’ll learn:
- How to cut and work with shirting/ lightweight fabrics
- How to set sleeves and add a shirt collar
- How to create continuous button plackets and adding buttons and buttonholes
- Tips for fit adjustments and finishing techniques
What’s included:
- 12 hours of instructional time in a small group setting
- Printed Grainline Archer pattern
- $25 credit towards a fabric of your choice from Fringe Fabrics
- Use of a classroom sewing machine (you’re also welcome to bring your own)
Who this class is for:
This class is designed for the intermediate sewist. You should already feel confident using a sewing machine, have experience completing a range of garments, and be ready for a new challenge! You should understand how to follow a commercial pattern, sew using a seam allowance, and follow basic construction steps like hemming and pressing.
Class is limited to 5 students. We cannot provide refunds missed classes, so please be sure to mark your calendar!
About the Instructor
Paige Plihal is a pattern maker, fiber artist, and educator with a passion for intentional making and creative exploration. With over 30 years of sewing experience and more than a decade in educational content strategy, she helps others build skills and confidence in fiber arts. Through her website, stitchedslowly.com, Paige offers digital sewing patterns, hands-on workshops, and creative resources designed to inspire and inform. A lifelong DIYer, she blends sewing, knitting, and dyeing to create wearable art and foster community around slow fashion and mindful making. You can find her online as @stitchedslowly