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COURSE OUTLINES & SCHEDULES
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DO WHAT YOU LOVE
LOVE WHAT YOU DO!
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For those of you who are new to the studio, all machines and equipment, as well as most materials needed for the projects, are provided to students. The only additional expense is purchasing your garment project pattern and fabric. You will be informed as to what pattern and type of fabric will be needed for your class when you register. It is suggested that each student bring a notebook and pencil.
All classes include discussions and demonstrations on appropriate fabrics, stitching techniques, proper measurements and creative options to add personality to the garment. Pattern adjustments are made as needed for each student to insure a well fitting garment.
Advanced registration is required for all classes.
LEARN TO SEW WITH A PRO
Classes available for both adults and teens!
This hands-on, interactive program is designed to either build a solid foundation of sewing skills and confidence for beginners or build on that foundation for more experienced sewers. Beginners will be assigned projects appropriate to their skill levels after practicing some basics. Experienced sewers are encouraged to bring their own current apparel or home dec project or are welcomed to work on a class assigned project.
Each lesson will begin with a short informative demo on a single technique or topic and handouts reinforce each concept. Creativity is encouraged at every step as a way to personalize each garment.
Since we are all busy juggling a million different commitments, this class has been formatted to be as flexible as possible for students. With an ongoing registration process, students can join the class at any time and choose which 4 weeks work for their schedules, so the 4 weeks don’t have to be consecutive. If a class is missed the student will pick up where she left off. Students have the option of purchasing as many 4 week blocks of class time as they need.
Adults: Saturdays 10am - noon
Teens (13-18) Saturdays 1- 3 pm
Tuition: $275 for each 4 week block and includes all materials except garment projects
Bring a friend to register with you and get a 10% discount on your tuition!
PRIVATE LESSONS
If you can’t fit a regularly scheduled class into your calendar or have a specific skill you’d like to learn, a Private Lesson may be just what you need.
Private Lessons are scheduled at our mutual convenience either during the week, including evenings, or on weekends. Some private students just take one lesson, others take several, it’s entirely up to you.
There is a minimum of one hour for private lessons and after each first hour, we will go in 15 minute increments. You get to choose the topic, the pace and the amount of time and you have my undivided attention during your lesson.
First Hour: $55
15 Minute Increments: $13.75
"Learn to Sew With a Pro" Disclaimer about Cancellatuion
"Learn to Sew With a Pro's" class schedule is designed to be flexible for you. In order to make it flexible for me, because life happens, I reserve the right to cancel a Saturday class at any time. I will always give you as much notice as possible. Thank you for understanding the demands of life and family. We will post any cancellation dates here as soon as possible for your benefit.
Marilyn Johnson
Inclement Weather Policy
When both the Howard County and Prince George¹s County schools are closed (not delayed), all classes and appointments scheduled for that day will be cancelled. Appointments will be rescheduled and classes will continue starting with the next scheduled date.
Marilyn Johnson
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LIFELONG LEARNING SEWING RETREATS
This is an immersion program for those who love to learn! Five days of fabric and sewing, no dishes or laundry! Hotel accommodations available for those from out of town. The program is designed with sections for two levels of sewers, those who have always wanted to learn to sew and now have the time and those who know the basics and want to move to the next level. No need to haul your machine unless you want to, all the machines and equipment are here and waiting for you!
Minimum enrollment 3 students, maximum 6 students for each class.
Section 1:
For Beginners, this will be a week of learning all the basics from patterns to fabrics to techniques with a fabric shopping trip included. Students will leave with a techniques binder they have created themselves supplemented with handouts and notes as well as a wonderful unlined jacket to show off to those back home. Forty hours of instruction time!
Dates: Monday to Friday, July 20 to 24, 2009 (9 to 5 each day)
Tuition: $600.00 includes all materials except garment project, lunch each day and one dinner
Hotel fees and garment pattern and fabrics additional. Breakfast is included in hotel fees; dinners on
your own in Historic Laurel with one crock pot dinner at the Studio.
Section 2:
Experienced sewers will learn additional skills to take their work to the next level. Creativity and developing a personal signature to garments will be a focus during this week. Bring a pattern that requires a skill you want to learn and we will shop for the fabrics after reviewing and deciding together how to "make it your own." Forty hours of instruction time!
Dates: Monday to Friday, July 27 to 31, 2009 (9 to 5 each day)
Tuition: $600.00 includes all materials, lunch each day and one dinner
Hotel fees and garment pattern and fabrics additional. Breakfast is included in hotel fees; dinners on
your own in Historic Laurel with one crock pot dinner at the Studio
Everybody loves a field trip and so do I! Several day trips are planned for New York City and all that FABRIC!! We will meet at the bus pick up location, enjoy a relaxed drive to NYC, be dropped off in the heart of Manhattan, see the sights as we walk to the Garment District and roam thru wonderful and delightful shops full of every fabric imaginable. Then there's trims, beads and more! There will be an opportunity for some museum exhibits during the day to give inspiration. For those who can't survive just on eye candy in the shops, lunch will be on your own.
Click on the above photos from our previous NYC trip to see them larger and more of them.
***Please wear your most comfortable shoes since there will be Lots of Walking.***
Our Next Trips Will Be
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Fee: $135 includes bus ticket, maps and lists
Starting In November (2007) on the Third Sunday from 1 to 4 pm
Additional Open Studio Times To Be Determined
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The Sewing Lounge is for anyone who loves to sew and socialize! Bring whatever project you are working on and need help, advice, or new skills to finish. Everyone learns from everyone else's problems and nothing is too small or silly....those things happen to everyone.
You will have access to all of my professional equipment, large work tables and sewing machines. If you need notions to finish a project, you will be able to purchase from my supplies if needed and of course, the Sewing School Store is open to everyone.
The Sewing Lounge is more a social sewing event rather than a lesson so there is no advanced registration required, you just come when you can.
Fees are $10/hour (one hour minimum) paid at the door.
Pre-Pay $150 for 12 hours of Studio time and save $10….one hour free!
Package Deal! $75 for a one hour private lesson and three hours of Studio time….a free hour of Studio Time!!!
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Part of the fun of knitting and crocheting is chatting with friends whose hands are also busy going "yo." So with that in mind, the Studio is starting a knitting circle! No instructor, just everyone helping everyone else in a social setting.
If you already know the basics, bring your current project and learn new stitches or perfect the old ones.
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If you've never held a needle or hook before, plan to purchase a "beginner's kit" for $8 and learn to cast on. I have several books, tons of patterns, yarn catalogs and more at the Studio.
The Knitting Circle will meet at the Studio on the Second Sunday of the month from 1 to 3 pm beginning in November (2007)
Fee: $5/meeting to cover the lights and coffee
As the group develops we will select projects to work on, such as the felted hats that were so popular last year or working with some of the novelty yarns that look and feel so yummy.
This is a one day workshop where students will learn the basics of silk painting and 4 techniques used by the pros. After mastering the basics, each student will paint a silk scarf using the techniques learned in the morning. Then we will learn how to set the dyes. Each student will leave with a completed scarf to give or keep.
Tuition: $100.00 includes all materials Advanced Registration Required (bring a friend and get $10 off your tuition!)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 from 10am to 4 pm (please bring your lunch)
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KID'S CORNER
CLASSES FOR TEENS
Advanced registration required
Minimum enrollment 3 students, maximum 6 students
Everyone has scheduling conflicts so the “Block of 4” class option is available for kids and teens, too. With a Block of 4 card, your child has three months to receive 8 hours of instruction time. All of the equipment and materials your child needs will be provided although I do suggest they bring a notebook and pencil.
I have found the ‘one room school-house” format works well so that anyone can join the class at any time at any skill level. Every student joining the class will learn the basics of operating a sewing machine, how to “read” a pattern, how to cut and transfer pattern markings and construct the item. Creativity will be encouraged at every step.
The class meets every Saturday** from 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Tuition: $275 for “Block of 4” includes all materials except garment project
Bring a friend to register with you and get 10% off your tuition!
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