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
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
More about weddings and summer camps
We’ve got some new additions to the team at The Sewing Studio, so things were bustling at the Toronto location this weekend.
Here’s our gorgeous package for our SUMMER CAMPS! Fashion galore and teddy bears!
TheSewingStudioCamps.pdf
The wedding dress that I’m working on is coming along great! Check out this pic of me and the (shy) bride. One down and one more to go. (Did I mention I’m making two wedding dresses right now?? Ah!!) Don’t forget to channel your inner bride at our Bride-to-Be course. Loads of lace and all things white. Who can resist? It starts in just under two weeks.
If you didn’t get our March newsletter that went out last week with the Hello-Kitty-everywhere baby room, let us know. Or you can join the newsletter by sending an email to newsletter@lovesewing.com. Doesn’t this pic just make you squeal with glee???
See you soon!
Denise — Founder & Managing Director
Weddings galore and summer camps
Wedding season is upon us, and I’m knee deep in sewing wedding dresses for friends. (I’ll post a pic or two on Monday.) For near-brides, bridesmaids, and for those of us who just love everything wedding, check out our new Bride-to-Be course at The Sewing Studio. The class starts in two weeks (on March 21st) at our Toronto location.
Also, our summer sewing camps for kids and teens are now accepting registrations! Click on the bright pink link on the left hand side of our website to download the PDF with details and registration information.
Happy weekend!!
Denise — Founder & Managing Director
Diva Day, our online community, and TORONTO SUMMER FASHION CAMPS!!
Monday again. And it being March means warm weather’s around the corner, right??
The Sewing Studio had a great weekend. We were at Diva Day yesterday with a vendor booth letting everyone know about our great classes, sewing parties, and summer camps (more on that shortly). The event raises money for Jewish Women International of Canada (JWIC), an organization that aims to stop violence against women.
We also had a chat this weekend with our superstar web designer, James, of Alavri Web Design. He’s hard at work on our new website extension that will make the most of this online community. We’re working on SEWING CLASSES ONLINE (!!)that anyone can stream from their computer. And to go along with that, we’ll have more of these blogs, groups, forums, etc. Stay tuned for that….
AND…. THE BIG NEWS…..
We’ve also got AMAZING summer camps planned for this year in both Toronto and Pickering. A teen fashion camp as well as a kids teddy bear camp. A full PDF with details will be available at lovesewing.com soon, but here’s the sneak peek:
Teddy Bear Fashion Wear (ages 8-13)
Kids learn basic hand- and machine-sewing skills while they make two of their own teddy bears and custom adornments including clothes, accessories, and sleepover necessities! Kids celebrate their unique creations at the end of the week with informal teddy presentations as well as a teddy bear picnic! Teddy Bear Fashion Wear runs from 9am – 12pm or 12:30pm – 3:30pm Monday to Friday in four different sessions this summer. Daily snacks are provided as well as a pizza and cake on the last day. $290 including gst.
Teddy Bear Fashion Wear dates
Session 1: June 29 to July 3, 2009
Session 2: July 6 to July 10, 2009
Session 3: August 17 to August 21, 2009
Session 4: August 24 to August 28, 2009
Fashion Runway Week (ages 12-15 or 15-18+)
Fashion-savvy teens go through the process of taking a garment from conceptualization to creation. In addition to learning various sewing skills and fashion illustration techniques, students get hands-on time with industry professionals who teach them the basics of fashion design, logo design, and fashion styling. This camp is a must for anyone with interest in the fashion industry! Fashion Runway Week runs from 9am – 3pm Monday to Friday in four different sessions this summer. Campers bring their own lunch and we provide a daily snack. $425 including gst.
Fashion Runway Week dates
Session A: July 13 to July 17, 2009
Session B: July 20 to July 24, 2009
Session C: August 3 to August 7, 2009
Session D: August 10 to August 14, 2009
Talk soon!
Denise — Founder & Managing Director
p.s. The video footage from our charity mission to Ghana is still on its way. Our camcorder battery died this weekend while I was trying to transfer it again, and now guess what? We can’t find the camera charger! I think I left it in Ghana!! ah. Anyway, it’ll now be a while before we have the video footage. We’re going to turn the house inside out to try finding it. Or if it WAS left behind, I’ll have to track down a new one.
Here’s a shot of me at Diva Day showing off some of the crafty things kids have made at The Sewing Studio in our Kids After School program.
