The Sewing Room

Start Thursday evening 20th May from 6pm to 9pm 
8 Weeks
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of of sewing in a hands-on learning environment. Students will complete Sewing Class 1 to 5 over the eight week program. Aspects of construction such as cutting, laying, fusing, yokes, pockets, waistbands, fastenings will be explored and you will create a fabulous range of item from a sling bag to a basic skirt and shirt. Students will use domestic Bernina/Bernette sewing machines and apply professional finishes to their garments.

Or do a one off class

Sewing Class 1: The Machine & Basic Functions
1 x 3 hour session
Wednesday 28 April 2010 10am to 1pm
Friday 14 May 2010 10am to 1pm
Thursday 20th May 2010 6pm to 9pm

Sewing Class 2: Sling Bag
1 x 3 hour session
Friday 23 April 2010 10am to 1pm
Wednesday 5 May 2010 10am to 1pm
Thursday 27h May 2010 6pm to 9pm 

Sewing Class 3: Zippers, Casings & Buttonholes
1 x 3 hour session
Wednesday 28 April 2010 10am to 1pm
Wednesday 12 May 2010 10am to 1pm
Thursday 3 June 6pm to 9pm

Sewing Class 4: Sewing the basic skirt
2 x 3 hour session
Monday 7 May 2010 10am to 5pm
Wednesday 26th May 2010 10am to 1pm & Wednesday 2 June 2010
Thursday 10 June 6pm to 9pm

Sewing Class 5: Sewing the basic shirt
2 x 3 hour session
Monday 21 & 28 April 2010 2pm to 5pm
Friday 28th May & 4 June 2010 10am to 1 pm
Thursday 17 June 6pm to 9pm

For more information regarding classes you can call Penelope on 0432 688 536 or email bookings@thesewingroom.com.au

　
Brook has fallen in love with our industrial overlock.

　　
Brook and Patti model their new creations, don’t they look pretty.

It was a very productive morning for everyone really. Stephanie t-shirt was gorgeous.

The Fashion and Textile Gallery has on displayed the ArtyBra collection from the 23rd April – 10th May. More then a hundred gorgeous, colourful, wonderful, fantastic works of ArtyBra have been created to raise money for Blue Mountains Cancer Help.

Come in and have a look at the truely amazing handy work that has gone on.
Fifteen of bras are on “silent” auctioned at the gallery.
On Saturday 29th May the bras will be auctioned at a Cocktail party at The Carrington from 5.30-7pm. Tickets $25.00 from hotel reception, bookings essential.

May GreenUps is being held at The Fashion & Textile Gallery. GreenUps is for people with an interest , passion or concern for the environment and sustainability. No matter what your profession. GreenUps is about creating connections across a range of different sectors. Whether you work in business, science, education, design, the media, the arts, the law, government, NGO’s, IT, you name it. We’d like to hear over a beer what you’re doing. Or what you think should be happening in Sydney or in your area of work when it comes to sustainability. update! This time round we’re drinking and thinking about what you’re wearing – with a clothing exchange and some excellent speakers on sustainable clothing and fashion.
The speakers at this Tuesday’s event are:

- Kirsten Fredericks and Suzi Edmonds from The Clothing Exchange
- Paula Rogers from the Fair Trading Co.
- Samorn Sanixay from Eastern Weft Weaving Collective
- Bronwyn Darlington from Minimal Footprint
- Penelope Leonard from The Sewing Room
With only 5 minutes each the speeches are short and snappy.
The schedule

Best to arrive between 5.30 and 6.15pm. Check in 4 items of quality clothes. You’ll receive a button for each item which will be your currency to swap for a quality garment from another GreenUpper.
Whilst our friends from The Clothing Exchange are doing the sorting, have a drink in the forecourt or sneak up and have a look at the Fashion Gallery on Level 7.
Talks are at 6.30pm. The Clothing Exchange then starts at 7pm on Level 1 in ‘The Sewing Room’.
The entry fee

It’s $10 per person.
The fee gives you the opportunity to participate in the exchange, plus a beer or wine on entry, as well as finger food through the night.
About the Clothing Exchange
What is it?
A wardrobe update that won’t burn a hole in your pockets! Bring along your quality (not grotty) oldies for someone else’s newies. T-shirts, jackets, jeans, skirts, shoes … bring ‘em along.
Not only will you breathe life into your wardrobe, you’ll be doing your little bit for the Earth by not sending your old threads to landfill.
How does it work?

Drop off your clothes and receive a button – this is your currency in the land of The Exchange.
The Exchange team then check out the clothes. (Poor quality isn’t accepted, so you’re better off relegating unwearable items to a Vinnies run or the rags basket.) Go get yourself a drink while the clothes are being sorted.
Then … you enter the Exchange abyss; with racks full of wonderful vintage gems, perfect pair of jeans, dresses, t-shirts and more. Sift through, pick the ones you like and ‘purchase’ them for a button and a smile – bargain!
Why it’s good

Australians spend billions of dollars on clothes each year. Is a lot of it wasted? Ah, yep, could be. The Clothing Exchange is a form of environmental activism that’s lively, fun and gets people going through the simple act of sharing.

We refashion all sorts of things at this class, students brought with them everything from skirts, dresses, a pair of jeans to a denim jacket. Armed with a pair of scissors and loads of confidence we cut inches of fabric off hems, made garments smaller, shortened straps, unpicked waisted bands and even used the cheese grater to make the denim look woren on the demin jacket.

Astell sewing her way to a whole new level of chic.

Prue made this Jigsaw dress shorter and smaller , doesn’t she look fantastic!

Tessa cut about 10cm of this demin jacket and frayed the edge with a comb. Then cheese grated the sleeves and back to give a more lived in look to her denim jacket, before appliqueing these gorgeous little birds on the back and sewing on beads for their eyes.

As you can see we are very relaxed at The Sewing Room and it is lots of fun.

This simple and fun project had everyone creating their very own soft toy companion in no time at all. We provided everything the children needed to make a weird or whimsical creature at the holiday program at the Sewing Room this week. The Sewing Room has created an exciting range of felt softies to sewing by hand. It is such a great way to introduce children to design, by creating their own unique creature. We use brightly coloured materials that enhance the enjoyment of working with them.

 

Milly looks absolutely beautiful with her newly created Penny Wren bag, as you can see Milly also came to our owl T-shirt class. She is looking very coordinated wearing her owl t-shirt and sporting her new bag. I was so impressed with Milly’s sewing skill very stitch was perfectly formed.

Annie is concentrating very hard and doing a beautiful job.

Friends Annie and Molly (only 6 years old) made matching bags at the Sewing room on Friday morning. Don’t they look gorgeous!

　　　

Even the boys go into the act with the fun felties this week.　

 It was a pleasure having Grace at the Sewing Room. This was the first time Grace picked up a neeble and thread, and she was fatastic.

The three wise owls (Andrew, Jemilah & Lolu) made beautiful owls.

As you can see we make such beautful things at The Sewing Room and it is lots of fun.

Awards founder and organiser Liz Foster has helped hundreds of budding designers through the competition. As a woolgrower Mrs Foster also wanted to encourage and educate younger people about the natural fibre so important to many country areas.

“Merino wool makes such beautiful fabric and it is great to see what these young minds are capable of doing with the new wool textiles available today. To see these country students come to the city and be involved in this way continues to be amazing for me,”

Based at Armidale on the fine wool growing New England Tablelands in NSW, the awards have evolved into one of Australia’s most enduring and challenging fashion competitions with hundreds of entries across many categories.

Over 300 invited guests, entrants, industry leaders and VIPs packed the Fashion & Style Pavilion at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Wednesday evening to celebrate the latest innovations in Australian Merino Wool, with the showing of The Australian Wool Fashion Awards collection.

100 finalist entries in eleven categories including Secondary School Student, Tertiary Student, Knitwear, Woven, Women’s Ready To Wear, Recycled Wool, Childrens wear, Wearable Art, Evening and Bridal Wear in front a large media contingent.

We are awarded three medalloins.

Lucy’s attention to detail was fantastic and her Japanese inspired bag was simply beautiful.