Three weeks into our Spring Semester we have completed our first major project — a waterproof mini-messenger bag!! The students really got comfortable with the machines as they blasted through this utilitarian and unusual bag project to kick off the semester. Using a slick oil-cloth material and a thin rip-stop material we sewed these gorgeous [...]

Friday afternoon free? Join us for fun and fabulous crafts and sewing – no experience required. We’ll make clothing, accessories, fabric jewelry, and more! Come in to our garment center studio for a relaxing afternoon of creating. Mom’s are welcome to participate with their child to create one of a kind tote bags, skirts, pj [...]

With more than 30 classes in five different locations over New York City, the semester has officially begun! In the first class all students learned how to use a sewing machine and then got started on their first project — a hand-made “grocery” bag. We learned about proper pinning — how to keep those pins [...]

For our second project of the Fall semester we made these incredible Wrap-Around Pleated Skirts, made from a variety of rich colored patterns – hounds-tooth, paisleys, flowers, dots, plaids, and more! The skirt used some of the techniques the students learned while making their pleated bags at the beginning of the semester – but on [...]

The last day of our mini camp (so sad) we visited the FIT museum’s Fashion From A to Z exhibit part 2. As our taxi pulled up we saw the huge pink exhibit in the next building. To our excited surprise it was a Barbie exhibit put on by the seniors at FIT! The students [...]

This week the Manhattan Art + Design class completed their clutch project. The students made these bags entirely from scratch. First they designed their own print; We then transferred this print onto cotton fabric printer sheets.               Next we added a lining and sewed up the sides with contrasting [...]