Crafts & Hobbies Lessons in Spring, TX. It's your time.

Hi! My name is Ruqayyah and I love sewing and fabric.

My sewing resume:
- My social media sites combined have over 10,000 followers
- I have partnered with McCall's patterns company to host a sew-a-long.
- I was a contributing editor in the Sew Sew Def magazine by Mimi Goodwin-Ford
- I was a contributing editor in the Pretty Girls Sew Magazine
- I competed and placed Runner-up in the Pretty Girls Sew sewing competition
- I spent 20 years as a fashion retail buyer for some major fashion industry retailers

I am a mother of two boys and i have been married for 15+ years. I started sewing as a means to an end. I have more than 20 years of sewing and design experience. I am self taught and very determined. I am comfortable and experienced in teaching students ages 6 and up.

I've graduated from AIU University for Fashion Design and Marketing. I Design most of my on clothes when I can't found what I'm looking for in stores. I love sharing my creations with others. Ive taught students at my home one on one. I've taught at Joan's fabrics for a year. I've had classes as large as 15 students at one time. They where all beginers.

Students can learn how to incorporate beading into other crafts, including their knitting and crocheting.

I was a chess tutor for Elementary and Middle School aged kids for 3 years. I helped them learn how to play, get better at playing, and also facilitated events for my students to compete in chess. I have played Chess since I was 4 and before I stopped competing, I had a ranking of around 1600. I was also the President of my school's 30 member Chess Club when I was in high school. I think Chess is incredibly fun and beneficial to a young mind. I hope I can teach you what I know!

Through a series of lessons, I will teach you the basics of cutting and assembling the pieced top, sandwiching your layers, machine quilting and binding. Recommend starting with a table runner project over a course of 4 to 5 lessons.

Also available of single lessons to help on a particular stage in your project.

Critical thinking- strategy and confidence are key to being great in the game of chess- as well as in life. My unique training techniques build life skills that will be used on and off the chess board.