Sincere Studio
Mission
Sincere Studio is a nonprofit community sewing studio and classroom whose mission is to provide accessible sewing skills education with a focus on sewing as a tool of social change and empowerment.
Bottom Line
Sincere Studio is the only community sewing studio in Portland that provides free, low-cost, and sliding scale sewing classes to our community.
By supporting us, you're supporting:
•Free monthly mending workshops, open to everyone with no sewing experience required
•Free introductory sewing classes for adults and youth
•Free sustainability and sewing-related events like Fabric & Yarn swaps, our annual Mend-a-thon and more
•Free community sewing affinity groups for BIPOC and Queer & Trans people
and
•low cost, sliding scale sewing classes for all skill levels, starting at $15
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“I love everything about Sincere Studio. Starting my sewing journey in April 2023 felt like a creative awakening and I'm not sure I would have had the experience in any other learning environment. Firstly, because I have never seen myself, as someone who is trans and Latine, reflected in the sewist world before Sincere Studio. Secondly, because of the community that surrounds Sincere Studio. I feel instantly at ease and welcome, like I'm sewing with old friends instead of people I've just met. And lastly, because the instruction is practical, encouraging, exciting, and responsive to the needs of the community. I'm an educator and I know how hard it is to cultivate this kind of rich learning environment. Sincere Studio excels at this.”
Sincere Studio is in the Creative Expression category which is sponsored by The Oregon Cultural Trust.
They're a micro-sized organization with activities in Clackamas Co., Multnomah Co., Washington Co. and beyond.