About Us

Sew L.A. is a sewing education space and fabric store, located in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles, CA. Our classes focus on clothing construction and fitting, and in addition to private lessons we also offer classes on sewing accessories, garment alterations, some home decor items and beginning quilting.

We mainly source from small companies and independent designers, who help support small businesses over larger chains. We are thrilled to work with those who share in our mission to expand the creative sewing community, starting people off on a life-long journey exploring their own creative, personal style. We provide organic and sustainable fabrics whenever possible, and are always looking out for the most amazing designer fabric collections. You'll find some trusted names and brands: Alexander Henry, Janome, Echino, Mettler, Gingher, Amy Butler, Kwik Sew, Heather Ross, Decades of Style...

Our Los Angeles Storefront

Please come pay us a visit, Monday thru Sunday from 11am - 6pm for all of your sewing needs! We're chock full of lovely and amazing fabrics, stylish and easy to use patterns, the best in tools and supplies - books - Janome sewing machines - the list goes on and on.

The shop is located at 1637½ Silver Lake Boulevard (the cross street is Effie, on the second floor), we're directly across the street from Lamill Coffee. Call us anytime at 323.665.7097. GPS users - set your destination to 1636 Silver Lake Blvd (Lamill Coffee), some GPS providers just don't seem to handle the 1637½ very well.

Our Online Fabric Store

Sew L.A. Fabric is our online storefront for both our classes AND the same gorgeous fabrics, sewing tools & patterns we carry here in L.A. We strive to be your go-to website for all your garment sewing needs!

Please click here to check out our amazing selection of fabric for sale no matter where you live. We bring the same uncompromising quality and fantastic selection to our online shop that we have for sale in our brick and mortar shop in Los Angeles.

Who Runs This Place?

My name is Shaerie, and I’m a sewing instructor who moved here to L.A. from Boston in 2004. I was also a corsetmaker for 12 years, with a small business called Lovely Creature Corsetry, but I gave all of that up at the end of 2006 when I realized that my true passion was teaching people how to sew! I have taught sewing classes at various shops around town since 2005, and at the beginning of 2007 I decided to work towards a shop of my own that focused on garment construction. Sew L.A. was born in September of 2007 with the expectaion that it would take about two years before we needed a bigger space. As I write this, we have just opened up a larger space that has a great selection of fabric and sewing machines, and starting Feb. 27th this will be the new home for the fantastic classes you have grown to love! It's located at 1637½ Silver Lake Blvd, and is open every day 11am to 6pm.

Some of our fantastic teachers include: