Get to Know Your Sewing Machine, with Cynthia McGuire Thiel

2 to 4 p.m. on Sat. 29 April 2023 
Course fee: $80*
Duration: 2 hours
Age Requirement: 18+
If your sewing machine seems more like a mystery than a useful tool, join sewist Cynthia McGuire Thiel for a basic stitching class using your own machine. Cynthia will teach about proper threading, tension, and stitch types. General machine use and maintenance will also be covered.

Supply needed for class:
  • Sewing machine in good working order
  • Extension cord
  • Basic sewing supplies (machine needles, pins, thread, fabric scissors, etc.)
  • Machine manual

​*​ Cancel your registration up to 14 days prior to class day by emailing museum@therourke.org for a partial refund.

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About Your Instructor: 
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Cynthia McGuire Thiel has been sewing since the age of three, when her involvement in her mother's sewing room evolved from taking naps under the cutting table to operating the sewing machine.  She creates custom clothing and sewing commissions from her Fargo studio.

Course Registration

Registration now open!
Exhibitions and operations are supported in part by the generous support of the following regional, state, and local entities:
This activity is funded by The Arts Partnership,
with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.
This activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council through a Minnesota state legislative appropriation.
This project is supported in part by
a grant from the North Dakota Council on
the Arts, which receives funding from the
state legislature and the National
​Endowment for the Arts.
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​Moorhead, MN 56560
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