Do you still get a little panicky at the thought of making a costume unaided? Learn to read a pattern, choose fabrics, care for your sewing machine, and simplify your life with sewing shortcuts.
Need some help planning a project or a refresher on basic sewing skills? Want a spare pair of hands to help you alter the costume you just bought? Drop in for some assistance!
Description:
Missing buttons? Wish you knew how to hem? Need some help planning or troubleshooting a project? Need a spare pair of hands to help you alter the off-the-rack costume you just bought? Learn the most basic of sewing skills, or bring your problem project for some advice or hands-on assistance!
Discuss choosing a corset that suits your shape. Then, we'll learn the fundamentals of basic pattern drafting and construction using one of the most feared and loved projects: corsets.
Description:
You and your lab partner (bring your own, or a make a new friend) will help each other complete a measurement chart and we'll discuss choosing a corset that suits your shape. Then, we'll learn the fundamentals of basic pattern drafting and construction using one of the most feared and loved projects: corsets. Everyone will leave this workshop with a custom pattern for at least one corset in the style they choose (underbust, traditional Victorian, or Elizabethan/flat-front).
Discuss choosing a corset that suits your shape. Then, we'll learn the fundamentals of basic pattern drafting and construction using one of the most feared and loved projects: corsets.
Description:
You and your lab partner (bring your own, or a make a new friend) will help each other complete a measurement chart and we'll discuss choosing a corset that suits your shape. Then, we'll learn the fundamentals of basic pattern drafting and construction using one of the most feared and loved projects: corsets. Everyone will leave this workshop with a custom pattern for at least one corset in the style they choose (underbust, traditional Victorian, or Elizabethan/flat-front).
Create a multi-chain necklace with an edgy spike accent! Participants will learn wire-wrapping techniques to suspend beads between two chains and add a row of spikes (or charms) to create interest.
Create a multi-chain necklace with an edgy spike accent! Participants will learn wire-wrapping techniques to suspend beads between two chains and add a row of spikes (or charms) to create interest.