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WILLMAR — For former Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg School District family and consumer sciences teacher Bonnie Kluver, sewing is so important. Simply put, she is a firm believer in equipping oneself with the necessary skills to explore creativity, and particularly when it comes to sewing.
"It's such a creative skill," Kluver said. "I think we all found out during the pandemic that we need creativity in our lives."
On Tuesday at the Willmar Community Center, Kluver led a Community Thread Studio class, where she taught attendees the basics of sewing and working with a sewing machine.
For years, Kluver taught students the essentials of how to sew on a button if it fell off, along with taking the skill a step forward to create a variety of clothing and other necessities.
"(With sewing), I can use my creativity to make my own gifts and things for my family," she said. "Every person needs that creative outlet."
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Kluver was brought into the Willmar Community Center by manager Britta Diem for a new series of class offerings titled "Community Thread Studio." Kluver formerly taught Diem in family and consumer science classes, and the pair had been working to bring a sewing class to the community center for some time.
Current students learned the basic operations of a sewing machine, threading, cutting and getting comfortable with the machine this week, and will return Oct. 11 to finish creating their pillow cases.
They hope to make the Community Thread Studio classes a monthly offering moving forward, and will gauge interest to see how they proceed. Talks of hosting a pajama pants sewing course has been tossed around for November, but nothing had been set in stone as of press time.
