Summer Sessions 2020
We'll run two types of sessions this year: weekly crafting + three weeks of fashion design classes. Read descriptions below to see what looks like the most fun. Or just sign up for everything.
We have 2 sessions per day: AM (9-12 noon) & PM (1-4pm) with 10 children per class.
For our youngest crafters, we have (3) sessions of "Summer Crafting" for children Pre-K -1st grade. Our other sessions are divided by age group & we have classes for kids in 2nd-10th!
Week One: Celebrate Summer (6/22-6/26) $375
Craft all the items you need to kick off summer: a terrific tote bag, custom flip-flops, hair scrunchies, summer journal, pom-pom lights and more.
Week Two: Crafting through England (6/29-7/3) $375
No passport needed for this adventure: Learn about Liberty prints, Saville Row, Harris Tweeds, Shetland wool, and Fair Isle Sweaters. You’ll make terrific crafts out of each of these textiles/patterns as well as make your own traditional English bunting. Yes, yes – we may even host a royal garden party.
Week Three:
Summer Crafting (7/6-7/10) $375 * Pre-K -1st
This class will include a variety of daily craft projects where students will explore weaving techniques, learn some paper crafts skills and even try hand sewing. In addition to the crafts they complete each day, they'll work on a week long project they are certain to be proud of!
Summer Chic: Machine Sewing (7/6-7/10) $450
Learn how operate a sewing machine while creating clothes you can wear! Need a new skirt or top, a fancy purse? We will make these and more, students will be well dressed for any outdoor summer party. By the end of class, you’ll be sewing independently! (Each student will work on their own machine & no experience is necessary.
Week Four: Fashion Design - To the Beach! (7/13-7/17) $450
Designers will make a splash in their custom designed pom-pom swim cover-ups, beach towels as a bag, summer jewelry and more!
Week Five:
All Across Asia (7/20-7/24) $375
Some of the very best design right now is coming out of Japan! Learn about kimonos and stitch from pieces of antique Japanese clothing. You’ll do some Shashiko, Saori weaving, dirt dying and work with Japanese denim. Then we’ll move to China to use your own photo and create a terrific embellished textile.
Summer Crafting (7/20-7/24) $375 *Pre-K-1st
This class will include a variety of daily craft projects where students will explore weaving techniques, learn some paper crafts skills and even try hand sewing. In addition to the crafts they complete each day, they'll work on a week long project they are certain to be proud of!
Week Six: Fashion Design – Reach for the Runway (7/27-7/31) $450
Dreaming of being a fashion designer? Learn to sketch & sew a shift dress – choose your fabric, make some amazing accessories, and share your designs at our end of week fashion show!
Week Seven: Crafting through Scandinavia (8/3-8/7) $375
You don’t even have to catch a flight! experience different cultures through their best handcrafts, felt gnomes and the Northern Lights, create your own narwhale, create a custom sketch journal, and there might even be an appearance by those singing sisters from Arondale.
Summer Crafting (8/3-8/7) $375 * Pre-K-1st
This class will include a variety of daily craft projects where students will explore weaving techniques, learn some paper crafts skills and even try hand sewing. In addition to the crafts they complete each day, they'll work on a week long project they are certain to be proud of!
Week Eight: Discover Amazing Women Artists (8/10-8/14) $375
Make a flower headband influenced by Frida Kahlo, build a polka dot playhouse influenced by Yayoi Kusama, Weave Impressionist fibers inspired by Mary Cassatt, stitch flowers by Georgia O’Keefe and more.
Week Nine: Fashion Design– Sleep in Style! (8/17-8/21) $450
Become a bedtime fashionista in custom designed PJ’s! Complete your sleepover look with travel bag, a sleep mask, slippers + more!