Please Note: Your school project kit will contain black silk dupioni fabric for the jacket and skirt. When photographing the black class sample suit, the details and techniques were not easily seen. The blue suit was made as an alternate sample to show details more clearly.
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Schools - February 7-10, 2008
Machine Techniques *You must bring your own sewing machine This school is taught by two of the world's leading heirloom sewing teachers, Dody Baker and Patty Smith. They have many years of experience in teaching, including smocking and French sewing by machine. Dody and Patty are regular contributors to Sew Beautiful magazine and they have taught in their local areas as well as in other areas of the country. They are dynamite teachers and bring you a wealth of knowledge. You won't believe the skills you will acquire sewing with them for four days - you won't be a beginner when you leave the Beginning School! Kathy McMakin's Beginning French Machine Sewing is a required pre-day class if you sign up for this school. (Required Pre-day class #25, #39, or #44) Heirloom Party Dress Dody Baker or Patty Smith – 3-1/2 days (Machine)
Intermediate French Sewing Techniques Dody Baker or Patty Smith – 1/2 day (Machine) By the time you get to this class, you will no longer be a beginner. You will want to learn more and more about heirloom sewing techniques. This class is one of the most requested by our students. Learn how simple and easy it is for you to make puffing from our favorite Swiss batiste, shape lace, master machine pintucks and other heirloom sewing techniques that you will add to special garments in the future. All the techniques will be combined to make a lovely heirloom pillow.
Machine Techniques *You must bring your own sewing machine Kari Mecca is the owner of Kari Me Away, a business catering to those who love embroidery designs and supplies. She is a regular contributor to Sew Beautiful magazine and she has taught at Martha's School of Art Fashion for many years. School students always love her designs and projects. Kari has designed projects that feature many of her great embellishing techniques for this school and can be made in your choice of sizes 2-8. The embellishing ideas and techniques that you will learn in this class will be valuable in many of your future sewing projects and will fill this 4-days of sewing with Kari with lots of fun and learning. Whether you are a beginning sewer or a 20-year veteran, you will take home skills and knowledge on a variety of subjects. Cotton Candy Dress Kari Mecca -2 days (Machine) Sizes: 2, 4 & 6 child
YoYo and Buttonhole Bubble Kari Mecca – 1 day (Machine)
Poppies and Plaid Jumper Kari Mecca - 1 day (Machine) Sizes: 2,4,6 child
Machine Techniques *You must bring your own sewing machine Debbie Glenn is a nationally known teacher specializing in appliqué, smocking, fine machine sewing techniques and design. She travels across the country teaching at various events as well as at the Smocking Guild of America. Debbie is the creator of the pattern line called Love & Stitches. Dainty Heirloom Diaper Set 1-Day - Fine Machine Sewing, Intermediate Knowledge of basic FMS techniques (pulling threads to gather lace, lace to flat fabric, French seams) required
La Petit Jardin Circa 1920 1 Day - Fine Machine Sewing, Intermediate Knowledge of basic FMS techniques (pulling threads to gather lace, lace to flat fabric, French seams) required
Frilly French Christening Gown & Bonnet 2 Days - Fine Machine Sewing, Intermediate-Advanced Knowledge of basic FMS techniques (pulling threads to gather lace, lace to flat fabric, French seams) required
Machine Techniques Pfaff Machines Provided We are so excited to have the Pfaff School back with us for the February 2008 School of Art Fashion. With the combination of Shirley Schooley and Hope Yoder, students attending this school will have four fun and memorable days of learning and sewing. Shirley has appeared on Martha's Sewing Room television series for PBS and is an exceptional educational consultant with the Pfaff Company. Hope Yoder is an author, designer and sewing instructor who specializes in heirloom sewing and she loves to incorporate traditional heirloom techniques and machine embroidery into romantic ladies clothes and accessories. She has written two books entitled: "Embellished Heirloom Treasures" and "Victorian Dreams Heirloom Shirt." Hope has created a new series of machine embroidery CD's called Heirloom Embellishments which feature heirloom techniques that are re-created in the embroidery hoop. Her work has been featured on the cover of Sew News, Designs in Machine Embroidery and Clotilde's Sewing Savvy magazine. She also writes for Australian Machine Embroidery, Creative Machine Embroidery, Sew Beautiful and House of White Birches. Hope travels the country teaching hands-on-workshops helping ladies discover how to "Romance Their Wardrobe" using her special techniques. Note: Any machine embroidery designs used are for in-class use only. Teardrop Blouse Hope Yoder - 2 Days (Pfaff Machine Provided)
Vintage Baby Gown Shirley Schooley - 2 Days (Pfaff Machine Provided)
Machine Techniques *You must bring your own sewing machine (Bring embroidery attachment and accessories if you have an embroidery machine. If you do not have an embroidery machine, you will be able to use one of the classroom machines to complete the skort embroidery project.) Lezette Thomason is one of the founders of Children's Corner patterns in Nashville, Tennessee. She has taught all over the world and has written several books in the area of heirloom sewing. She has written many articles for Sew Beautiful magazine and has taught at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion for many years. Lezette is one of our much loved teachers and you will enjoy her easy style of teaching while learning everything you need to know about creating classic and fun garments for girls. Learn wonderful construction techniques and shortcuts as well as how to adjust and redraft patterns to achieve a new look and a perfect fit for your precious one. For this special anniversary school, Lezette has added a little machine embroidery to one of her projects. The design will be mailed to you in advance with instructions to use your own software or transfer device for loading the design onto your machine before coming to the school, but don't worry, if you plan on traveling to the school with a machine that does not have embroidery capabilities, you will have the option of using a classroom machine for the embroidery portion of your project. Sweet and Sassy Lezette Thomason – 2 days (Machine) Oh, so sweet is this little apron dress with three little knife pleats on one side. The sweet scalloped collar is a lovely balance for the little sleeves that are stitched in with no gathers at the armhole but feature little gathers at the bias sleeve band. Pleats in the front are balanced with knife pleats on the dress back. Pleats are embellished with sequin buttons. This precious dress is made of soft pink piqué. Let Lezette teach you how to make little bitty piping and how to make collars fit perfectly every time! This project involves drafting and construction. Choose from sizes 6 mo - 4. Dots are Hot Lezette Thomason – 2 days (Machine & Machine Embroidery) Dots are hot! And the second project is both sassy and sophisticated. Redraft a great skort pattern so we can add a band of rickrack. The bottom part of the black piqué skort will be machine embroidered with red hot dots… all sizes of dots! Little girls will love this cute adaptation. Lezette will mail the embroidery design to you in advance of the class to be loaded onto your machine for class use, and after class the design is yours to keep! Don't worry if you don't have an embroidery machine, Lezette will have a couple of classroom machines ready to go for anyone to use to complete the embroidery part of the project. Please bring a waist measurement so you can fit your skort just right. To complete the outfit, Lezette will show you how to redraft a blouse pattern to make a ready-for-summer sleeveless blouse to be paired with the skort. The white blouse will feature black piping on the collar and red hot buttons. This great outfit can be made in your choice of sizes 3-8.
Hand & Machine Techniques *You must bring your own sewing machine *You should have basic knowledge of hand embroidery stitches and techniques. Wendy is a nationally known designer, teacher, and author whose publications include "My Favorite Designer Doll Clothes," "Creating Heirlooms for Baby," and "Heirloom Embroidery for Boys." She is also the designer behind Petite Poché Patterns. Wendy's designs have been featured in Sew Beautiful, Fancywork, Creative Needle, and McCall's Needlework magazines. She serves on the faculties of the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion and the Smocking Arts Guild of America. Wendy has studied embroidery in Madeira, Portugal, and Ayr, Scotland. She has also studied at the Royal School of Needlework. Avonlea Lacey Baby Dress & Slip 2 Days - Hand & Machine
Le Bon Enfant French Baby Dress 1 Day - Hand & Machine
Baby Steps Sunsuit & Topper 1 Day - Hand & Machine
Hand & Machine Techniques *You will need to bring your own machine and you should have a basic knowledge of adult garment construction. Beverley Sheldrick is New Zealand's leading authority on heirloom sewing and embroidery and she has authored a book on the subject. She has taught silk ribbon embroidery on Martha's Sewing Room television series for PBS and has taught at the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion for many years. Her glorious designs by hand and machine work as well as her delightful accent and manner of teaching with such enthusiasm have delighted students on three continents. Last July, Beverley asked her group of students what type of projects they would like to see at the school and those same students challenged her to create a jacket and skirt that could be worn together or individually. Here is her answer to their challenge...something very different and original, especially designed for this School, yet still using all of her favorite heirloom techniques. This is an amazing outfit and one which will suit both young and young-at-heart! Creative Heirloom Jacket 2 days (Hand & Machine)
Creative Heirloom Skirt 2 days (Hand & Machine)
Machine & Embroidery Techniques As part of our international celebration in 2008, we are once again going to celebrate the exquisite embroidery designs from Hatched in Africa. Santi Nuss will be traveling from Middleburg, Mpumalanga in South Africa and bringing us absolutely delightful projects. As the main digitizer for the company, Santi is known for her special knack in splitting designs as well as the shading techniques that make her designs so unique. She is assisted in the company by her daughter, Liese, and Mari, their co-coordinator. Santi has traveled the world over and loves teaching and sharing her lovely designs and techniques. The Hatched in Africa collections include designs suitable for babies and toddlers, floral and leaves, quilt designs and animals. Those who love cutwork, heirloom and vintage designs are completely enthralled with these embroidery treats from South Africa. Evening Shawl & Purse 4 days
Machine & Embellishing Techniques Baby Lock Machines Provided Pam Mahshie and other creative Baby Lock educators will team up together to share the LOVE of sewing, the Baby Lock Embellisher and the Ellegante™ sewing/embroidery machine with you. Pam is the Director of Education for Baby Lock USA and is also a Martha Pullen Licensed Teacher. Missy Billingsley is a Baby Lock educator and Martha Pullen Licensed Teacher. These fabulous teachers have appeared as guests on the "Martha's Sewing Room" television show and have taught at the School of Art Fashion in the past. Hope Yoder is an author, designer and sewing instructor who specializes in heirloom sewing and loves to incorporate traditional heirloom techniques and machine embroidery into romantic ladies clothes and accessories. She has written two books entitled: "Embellished Heirloom Treasures" and "Victorian Dreams Heirloom Shirt." Hope has created a new series of machine embroidery CD's called Heirloom Embellishments which feature heirloom techniques that are re-created in the embroidery hoop. Her work has been featured on the cover of Sew News, Designs in Machine Embroidery and Clotilde's Sewing Savvy magazine. She also writes for Australian Machine Embroidery, Creative Machine Embroidery, Sew Beautiful and House of White Birches. Hope travels the country teaching hands-on-workshops helping ladies discover how to "Romance Their Wardrobe" using her special techniques. Note: Any machine embroidery designs used are for in class use only. Crazy Patch Memory Pillow Pam Mahshie -1 day Baby Lock Machine Provided
Embellished Pashmina Shawl Pam Mahshie - Baby Lock Director of Education - 1 day Baby Lock Machine & Embellisher Provided
The Teardrop Blouse Hope Yoder - 2 Day Baby Lock Machine Provided
Machine Techniques *Husqvarna/Viking Machines Provided Peggy Dilbone and Connie Palmer are two of the leading Husqvarna/Viking designers in the world and both are Martha Pullen Husqvarna/Viking Licensed teachers. Peggy and Connie have appeared on Martha's Sewing Room television series for PBS and have taught at Martha Pullen Schools "from sea to shining sea." Peggy has even taught at a Martha Pullen series of classes in England and Sweden. Pauline Palmer is a U.K. Freelance Educator for Husqvarna Viking, a Martha Pullen/Husqvarna Viking Licensed Teacher and a Professional U.K. Educationalist who graduated from London University with Distinction. She is a former acting Principal of a large Secondary School in England and has lectured in all aspects of textiles in Schools, College and University. Her current passion revolves around perpetuating our 'rich' heritage in fine sewing and heirloom embellishment techniques using today's technology. She travels widely (including traveling to Las Vegas to teach at the International Convention in 2006), and has a reputation of being "THE most qualified Tutor of heirloom techniques in the U.K. She has her own distinctive style and imparts her vast knowledge in a calm and tranquil manner." With these wonderful teachers and the top-of-the-line Viking machine you are sure to have an unforgettable week! Note: Any machine embroidery designs used are for in-class use only. Dainty Designs Connie Palmer - 1 Day Join Connie and create a sweet little dress using the Martha Pullen "Dainty Designs" dress pattern. Connie has taken the basic little dress and added the Madeira technique as a major accent along with beautiful French laces. Using the wonderful features of the Viking machine, learn the Madeira technique and learn how to add a very classic detail to an otherwise simple garment. The dress can be made in sizes of 6 month to 3T. Ladies' Shell Peggy Dilbone - 2 Days Everyone knows that white blouses are a fashion basic and you can never have too many of them. Peggy has created a short sleeve pullover shell that will quickly become one of your wardrobe favorites. Made from batiste and lined, the white shell is a beautiful mix of Victorian insertions and edgings that have been combined with some of our favorite heirloom construction details and decorative machine stitches. With all of the white Victorian-trimmed garments that we are seeing in fashion magazines right now, you will be stepping out of class in fine style. Carrickmacross Lace Tablemat Pauline Palmer - 1 Day If you enjoy learning and applying new fine sewing and heirloom techniques, this class is perfect for you! The recreation of traditional hand-made Carrickmacross lace (an Irish lace) by machine will introduce you to picots, pops and fillings in an imaginative design. Working with a medley of luxury fabrics from Switzerland (cotton organdy), England (cotton netting) and France (edging lace) gives this project a true European flavor. Princess Diana displayed her love of antique handmade Carrickmacross lace by using it for the deep frills at the base of her wedding dress sleeves. At the end of the day Pauline is sure that you will wish to give your machine made Carrickmacross lace tablemat pride of place in your home, and be eager to incorporate this completely new technique into your dressmaking projects, quilts, household items and gifts.
Machine Techniques Lynne Holyoake will travel all the way from Australia to bring you her heirloom sewing expertise. Lynne is a wonderful teacher who has received international recognition as an heirloom sewing and embroidery teacher, designer and author. She is also known for her "Rail Carriage Studio," a converted collection of train cars where she teaches classes near her home in Australia. Her effervescent and charming personality and professional teaching skills are a treasure and you are in for a treat as you enjoy Lynne's inspirational creativity and ideas. At the request of many students, we have asked Lynne to develop basic heirloom projects that are just beyond the Beginning School but offer new challenges and include intermediate heirloom sewing. It is sure to be four days that you will never forget! Baby's First Dress 2 Days - Fine Machine Sewing The occasion of a "first dress" needs to be oh-so-special and this lovely garment certainly lives up to that lofty requirement. You will have a choice of white or pink Swiss Nelona that will be combined with beautiful lace, lots of pintucks and embellished with hand embroidery, including shadow work, grub roses, eyelets and daisies. And to show it off when completed, the project also includes a beautiful coat hanger to match. Baby Wrap 1 Day - Fine Machine Sewing Precious baby will be so cozy in this soft flannel blanket. Students will learn how to miter corners and how to "shape a bow" into one of the corners. Delicate hand embroidery gives it that special sought-after heirloom touch. Silk Embroidered Booties 1 Day - Fine Machine Sewing Just because baby isn't born with a silver spoon in its mouth doesn't mean that it can't leave the hospital royally attired in beautiful silk booties made by you. As you sew you will be imagining those precious and tiny five toes being slipped into each bootie.
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