Upcoming classes at our new studio
Our third studio space will officially open on Thursday, September 24th at 7pm when family, friends, and students new and old join us for our fifth anniversary party. Classes will begin on Sunday, September 27th. You can see the full schedule. Here are a few highlights from our upcoming classes.
Intro Sewing: All of IS classes starting this week are full, but you can still get into a class soon. We are running IS beginning Wednesday, Sept. 30, Thursday, Oct. 1, and Saturday, Oct. 3. Or, you can sign up for an IS bootcamp. You’ll come in for three hours a day from Monday to Friday of that week!
Sewing Plus: Work on any project you like, with guidance from one of our lovely and extremely knowledgable instructors. Sewing PLUS will run on Monday the 28th from 3-5.
Quick Start: Take our start sewing, fast! class on Mondays at 8 or Thursdays at 1:30.
Ready-to-Wear: This course is perfect for the recent intro sewing grad. You’ll work on any advanced pattern you like. Blazers! Pants! Blouses! A holiday party dress! The choices are endless. This class will run Thursdays at 7pm.
All class registration can now be done online! We hope you will join us for classes (and our party: cupcakes and goody bags!) in our newest digs. And if you don’t see something on our schedule that fits nicely in yours, call us at 416-901-0758 or email us at info@lovesewing.com.
Lights! Camera! Fashion! Camp Photos
One of our favourite things this summer has been camps. Each week we have new groups of kids and teens coming in and wowing us with their skills and creativity. In the Lights! Camera! Fashion! camp, our your fashionistas took plain old men’s shirts (stolen from Dad’s closet — sorry, Dad!) and turned them into super-cute dresses and vests. On their last day in the studio we took photos of them in their new garments, holding totes they made earlier in the week, and put them on magazine covers!
Here is a picture of the girls at work:
Check out all the photos from the round of sewing camp here.
There is one more session of Lights! Camera! Fashion! running this summer. It begins Monday. Email us to reserve your spot!
xo
The Sewing Studio
A New Session Begins!
Yesterday officially marked the first day of our new session at The Sewing Studio! What a fun day it was, all of our Introductory Sewing classes are completely full, with wonderful students eager to learn. I have to say, I am looking forward to seeing their progress and guiding them to construct their very first skirt. How exciting!
You can’t get any more satisfaction from wearing something you have made and have people admire it. It is such a great feeling and I can’t wait till our students experience it for themselves.
Well I am off to The Sewing Studio to teach another class, so fun! Have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing you at The Studio to sew it up!
-Tamara-
It’s Sew Easy …
Ok, so we’re 6 weeks in.
You’ve pinned your pattern, chalked your fabric, nervously cut out the pieces and started sewing your skirt. For some of us, we’ve re-pinned and re-cut… but that’s ok, that’s why it’s called ‘Introductory Sewing’. You can finally see it come together. You may even be one of the brave few sliding the ‘speed dial’ on the sewing machine up a notch. Your confidence is growing. It feels good!
With any luck, (and some serious weather improvements) in a few short weeks you’ll be strutting your stuff in your new skirt and singlet ensemble on The Beaches promenade. Whether it was an experience fraught with pin jabs and constant unpicking, or simple and straightforward … stand proud and tall, knowing that you created something, from SCRATCH. I know in my case, that’ll be reward enough. My only problem now is deciding which class to do next!
-Katie-
Our new session begins the Week of March 16, 2009!
Our current session is winding down and in just a few weeks our next session will begin. Starting March 16, 2009 we will have a new set of classes available for your to get your sew on!
If you are a beginner, take part in our Introductory Sewing course. Definitely our most intensive course, you will learn to make a zippered pouch, a drawstring bag, AND a skirt from a commercial pattern. Take this course and you will be making your own clothes in no time! This is our longest course, which runs for 8 classes, 2 hours a class, 1 class per week.
8 weeks to much of a time commitment? Then join our Quick Start class. It’s our Intro course shortened to 4 classes, but you still learn the basics and still make a skirt from a commercial pattern. If fashion isn’t your thing, we also offer this program with a home decor twist – Quick Start: House ‘n’ Home!
Already know how to sew? Well, we always have intermediate classes available! Try our Sewing PLUS class where you can work on a project of your choice, and at your own pace, while having the guidance of an instructor available to you!
Can find the time to commitment to a weekly class. Then see what we got for 1 day workshops. Workshops are scheduled the last Sunday of every month and are only 3 hours in length. You can alter clothes, make clothes for your pet OR sew some new pillows for your home. In March we will be running our Serger Basics workshop – learn to use, thread, and maintain your serger!
We have so many classes to offer. Please visit http://www.lovesewing.com for more information!
-Stephanie-
March Break at the Sewing Studio!
March is a busy month at the Sewing Studio. We have something going on for everybody. We have plenty of activities to keep everyone busy during March Break. We have three great boot camps that run each day for the week of March Break.
Introductory Sewing is our course that teaches you the basics on sewing and the sewing machine. So whether you’re brand new to sewing or just trying to refresh your skills it’s a great course taught by wonderful instructors who are there to help every step of the way.
The Kids Sewing Camp is our course for younger sewing enthusiasts. It teaches them creative methods of decoration, valuable knowledge about the basics of sewing and gives them a chance to express their creative side with some great projects.
Our third is The Junior Fashion Series. It helps teens discover the wonderful world of DIY (Do It Yourself) by showing ways to turn something old into something new through embellishments and alterations.
So take advantage and get creative with The Sewing Studio this March Break!
-Tajah-
