Check her out: Denise’s holiday apron
from HGTV.ca
The holiday season is upon us. Keep checking back, or subscribe, for tons of fabulous holiday gift ideas from TSS. But in the meantime, check out this super-cute apron that Denise made for HGTV.
We’re giving big this holiday season!
Hello, lovelies!
It’s that time of year again. The Sewing Studio is gearing up for the holidays! And what better way to celebrate than to share our joy and warm spirits with others?
This year, we’ve decided to take part in Operation Christmas Child, an organization that sends personalized holiday gifts to deserving children around the world.
How can you help? Fill a box with treasures!
- Come by The Sewing Studio’s Summerhill location (1225 Yonge Street)
- Pick up a special Operation Christmas Child shoe box* (there are instructions and specifics inside each box)
- Fill the box at home with goodies for a deserving child
- Bring the box back to The Sewing Studio before 6pm on November 18th
*Please note, each box requires a $7 donation, which Operation Christmas Child uses to pay for the delivery of the box to other countries.
The Sewing Studio’s hours for pick-up and drop-off are:
Sundays and Wednesdays from 2-6pm until November 18th.
While you’re picking up or dropping off your box for Operation Christmas Child, or if you’re looking for another way to share joy around the world, bring in new or used (but washed, of course) T-shirts for our second charity mission to West Africa. We’re collecting T-shirts again to give to village children in the country of Ghana. Collection boxes will be at all locations of The Sewing Studio until the end of January. Last year, we collected 177 shirts in only 2 weeks. This year we’re aiming to collect over 2000 in 3 months! Help us warm a child’s heart.
Much love!
TSS on BT
Denise and Jennife Valentyne on Breakfast Television
Check out TSS on Breakfast Television’s Live Eye segment! We spent the morning with Jennifer Valentyne and her lovely Live Eye team. Watch our instructor Becky make a pair of jeans. Tamara teaches our popular Alterations Workshop and Katherine works with some TSS kids and teens. The whole BT crew (and their guests!) had sewing fever! Check out the full video here.
Videos and our growing community
Hey sewing fans! Notice anything new? Our online community is growing and growing thanks to our wonderful team members Jacalyn, Erica, and Tajah. (Did you see Tajah’s latest blog post?! Great sewing tips and gorgeous pics!) And speaking of social networking, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and stop by our Facebook group.
Stay tuned for lots more. Not only do we have a new GORGEOUS newsletter (not signed up yet? Get on that!! email newsletter@lovesewing.com), we’re in video mode right now here at The Sewing Studio. We’ve just posted video press clips online, and we’re diligently working on our sewing classes online. Everyone everywhere will soon be able to watch our videos and learn how to sew!
Happy sewing,
Denise — Founder & Managing Director
New newsletter and camps, camps, camps!
Alright, have you seen our new, outstanding newsletter???? If you’re not already subscribing, get ON IT! The emailed version is chock full of links to all our favourite things. TSS eNewsletter V3.pdf Sign up now by emailing newsletter@lovesewing.com
At The Sewing Studio this week we’re all about camps. We’re running our first session of summer’s Fashion Runway Week today until Friday with students from The York School, a private school in Toronto. In addition to learning to sew, students will turn an existing garment into their own piece of haute couture. They’ll learn fashion illustration, how to design a logo and hang tag, how to style an outfit, and all the while they’ll hear from industry pros including Jessica Biffi of Project Runway Canada, Anna Lisa Sang of Flare, Fashion, House & Home, and LouLou, and Janette Ewen of CityLine and Globe & Mail. Sounds amazing, don’t you think?
We’ll keep you posted on the camp. In the meantime, there’s still room in the summer versions of Fashion Runway Week! Register now and see full details by downloading our summer camp PDF.
In addition to Fashion Runway Week for tweens and teens, we’ve got Teddy Bear Week for young creatives ages 8-13. AND…. we’re adding a new camp to the roster: Lights! Camera! Fashion! Stay tuned for news on that. Students ages 8-14 will re-work a pair of jeans into a fashionable bag and a parent’s button-down shirt into a dress. On the last day of the camp, we’re bringing in a professional makeup artist for a photoshoot, and each student will leave with their very own personalized magazine cover!
So as you can see, we’ve got camp fever here at The Sewing Studio. Summer’s on its way……
Happy Sewing!
Denise — Founder & Managing Director
