Sincere Studio has moved to 2134 N Flint Ave !
All classes, clubs, and events are at our new location as of February 1st 2025
About Us
Mission
Sincere Studio's mission is to provide sewing and textile art education to our community with a focus on sewing as a tool of social change and empowerment.
Vision
Our vision is simple: to create an accessible and welcoming environment for everyone in our community (and beyond!) to learn to sew and be able to foster community while they're at it.
We work hard to center marginalized community members and strive to create a safe space for all genders, races, ages, and abilities. As sewists, we understand that the barrier to entry for sewing is high and lowering that barrier is foundational to our work.
History
Sincere Studio was founded by Frances Andonopoulos (they/them) in July 2022. We opened our space to our community in January of 2023 as a fiscally sponsored non-profit. Since then we have become a registered 501C3 non-profit and have taught over 1000 people how to sew.
Who is Sincere Studio for?
Sincere Studio is purpose built around the needs of our most marginalized community members. We are constantly striving to not only make our space feel inclusive, but like it was made for you. Our programming is focused on beginners and we welcome sewists of all skill levels to join us.
We work hard to create safety at our studio and do that through catering to the specific needs of all kinds of people that may have historically been left out of traditional sewing spaces.
Values
We believe access to creative practice should not be limited by cost, identity, or experience.
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Access One of our core missions is to lower barriers to sewing and we do that through intentional accessibility programs and planning.
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Physical - our studio is ADA accessible including our restroom and features a host of adaptive tools and equipment for all kinds of bodies and physical abilities. We also work hard to create a body-neutral and fat accessible space. All patterns for classes we use must meet a strict minimum size range that extends far into "plus" sizes. Through other small touches like extended sized measuring tapes being the only measuring tapes we have on hand, we hope you feel that our space was tailor made for you. Read more about accessibility here
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Financial - Sincere Studio works hard to lower financial barriers to sewing which is why we offer sliding scale on all classes, free and reduced-cost classes, free events and monthly mending workshops, free materials for classes, and more. We also provide all tools and machines needed for classes. For many classes, participants just need to show up ready to sew!
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Care Our programming is rooted in care and we strive to make classes and programming feel joyful and fun! Our instructors are warm, friendly, and most importantly excited to bring beginners into the world of sewing. Learning as an adult can be challenging and we hope to provide the care needed for taking that on.
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Accountability We center our most marginalized community members and remain accountable to them through intentional programming like sewing affinity clubs, policies including our Diversity Policy, and the creation of a BIPOC committee on our board that holds veto power over the creation of new policies and programming. We strongly welcome feedback and encourage all members of our community to speak their minds--this is your studio!
Learn more
Curious about what goes on behind the scenes at Sincere Studio? Take a look at these resources below. Additional questions can always be sent to us via our contact form.
