may 08 :: news
hey, makers!
sorry this newsletter is landing in your inbox a few days late. I've been hard at work on the online store (it should be launching soon!) AND lining up new and exciting classes for summer including silkscreening, textile printing and sandalmaking. stay tuned! I should have a follow-up email on its way to you before the end of the month.
great news from our special events department: there are still a few spots in author/designer megan nicolay's tee party friday may 16 (7-9pm.) she'll be demonstrating her trademark punk rock techniques for reconstructing old unloved t-shirts into wearable works of art with a pair of scissors, needle and thread in a combo workshop/book signing/social. note: all ages are welcome!
now onto this month's NEW classes and special appearances:
deborah stein of bonbonoiseau
fame will be showing us how to make gorgeous necklaces
and bracelets (5/14) and earrings
(6/4). her work is de trop! definitely check out her site if you love
jewelry (and who doesn't, right?) we also have laura mehlinger of lola
haze hosting our first-ever panty-making
workshops (thu 5/29, wed 6/25). how cool is that?
I've also added last-minute sessions in intro to sewing machine, zipper 101, simple tote, embroidery and a first-time ever curtain-making workshop! yay.
recently scheduled june offerings include soapmaking, decoupage, patternmaking, skip the tailor: simple alterations, intro to needlepoint with amy holbrook of amh design and beginning crochet wtih author/designer teva durham of loop-d-loop. all in all, there's lots to look forward to in the coming weeks.
here's a complete list of everything currently scheduled in date order; click on the link for more info as well as online registration:
- additional sessions just added!:
intro to sewing machine with diana rupp
weekday evenings: mon 5/12, thu 5/22, tue 6/3, mon 6/23
OR
daytime/weekends: sat 5/17, sat 5/31, fri 6/20, sat 6/28 - sewing II: pencil skirt with diana rupp (tue 5/13)
- new! memento assemblage: necklaces and bracelets with deborah stein of bonbonoiseau (wed 5/14)
- new! skill building clinic: zipper 101 workshop with diana rupp (just added! thu 5/15, thu 6/19)
- special appearance! reconstruct t-shirts at our tee party with author megan nicolay of the best-selling "generation t" (fri 5/16)
- just added! simple tote (mon 5/19)
- new! curtains for you: basic techniques for custom window treatments (tue 5/20)
- one-night pillow making (wed 5/28 *with liza, mon 6/30 with diana rupp)
- new! lingerie making: one-night panty workshop with laura of lola haze (thu 5/29, wed 6/25)
- embroidery workshop with diana rupp (just added! thu 5/29, thu 6/26)
- sewing I: wrap skirt with diana rupp (mon 6/2)
- new! one-night workshop with deborah stein of bonbonoiseau: make earrings (wed 6/4)
- men's tie (father's day workshop thu 6/5)
- decoupage workshop with superdeluxe (lecture thu 6/5; print day sat 6/21, 1-5pm)
- soapmaking (sat 6/7)
- new! patternmaking 101 (tue 6/10)
- just added! blockprinting (wed 6/11)
- just added! skip the tailor: simple
alterations with diana rupp
(thu 6/12) - new! intro to needlepoint workshop with amy holbrook from amhdesign (wed 6/18)
- special appearance! beginning crochet with author/designer teva durham of loop-d-loop (thu 6/19)
- field trip! quilting with denyse schmidt in her bridgeport ct studio (sat 6/21)
last, but not least: I still have a practically brand-new industrial sewing machine for sale. it's perfect for sewing leather and/or a Project Runway-worthy designer, and has seriously only been used a few times, which is why I''ve finally decided to part with it. contact us and I'll send you the deets.
happy spring! we hope to see you in the make studio soon.
xoxo,
diana/make workshop