Kate Ruddle Studio

I have not taken a private lesson at Kate’s studio yet. However I did take a class with her at Piedmont Adult School, and she is amazing. Her pedagogy was perfect, she has an amazing depth of knowledge about sewing machines and methods, she is kind but no-​nonsense, and I really enjoyed learning from her.

A friend and I took a sewing lesson from Kate at her studio. I can’t recommend her highly enough! It was the perfect balance of casual and structured (more looseness, Q&A is prob’ly easier w a smaller group). She teaches larger formal classes, too, and has a good sense for how to order and structure the lessons — all the while answering just about every question we had. What a well of knowledge she has about sewing, machines, materials, levels of difficulty, even how best to avoid getting your fingers stuck by a needle…
Plus, she’s super reasonably priced!
Not to mention, it was just fun — tea & cookies, cool converted warehouse space, lots of learning made easy. I’ll definitely take another private class from her. Two (unstuck) thumbs up.

I LOVED taking Kate’s Studio Drawing Class!
*Awesome space (in an artist loft building with a huge wall of light and high ceilings)
*Wonderful teaching style where I felt like we really learned to see.
*Great price too.