Rosebud
Rosebud is a certified Connie Crawford instructor with extensive industrial sewing experience in the ready-to-wear industry. Co-author of the Easy Zippers DVD, she owns a custom sewing business.
Restyling, Reusing & Recycling T-Shirts (75) All Levels
Reduce waste and look fabulous by quickly and easily restyling your favourite tees into a stylish ruffled T-top, cardigan or halter top. Re-purpose T-tops into flirty skirts for all ages, deconstruct and reconstruct into T-necklaces and T-flowers for trimming. Create a vintage look with a little lace, vintage hankies or an 80’s T-shirt dress.
1.5 Hour Seminar
Skirt Styling: Quick & Easy (75) All Levels
Skirts are fast, fun and easy to make. Learn the checkpoints for correctly fitting skirts, waistline shape and balanced seams. Follow along as Rosebud shows you quick and easy methods to add pleats, godets, yokes, ruffles and flounces. Plus, how to make quick wrap skirts and sarongs, a kick pleat with a zipper and hide a waistline zipper… more that’s quick and easy!
1.5 Hour Seminar
Fitting Custom Skirts (75) All Levels
Rosebud demonstrates 3 skirt slopers to give you the starting point to develop fast, fun and creative skirt designs or copy designer ready-to-wear. Fitting a skirt is one of the easiest ways to learn the keys to understanding skirt ease, waistline shape, waistline fit and balanced seams. Follow along as Rosebud drafts a skirt for an individual in class. Learn how to create pencil skirts, wrap skirts, A-line fitted and flared gore or trumpet skirts. Add flounces, pleats, designer yokes, even asymmetrical stylelines.
3 Hour Seminar
Class registration will begin in late July 2012. Watch for updates on our blog for when brochure details become available and registration begins. www.creativfestival.ca