26253 Designing A Garment Using “Color & Weave” As Well As Pieced Patterns
Class | Available
Registration Deadline: 6/8
This class is classroom style with no studio exercises. We will discuss the design process from the beginning from choosing materials and patterns all the way through the type of weaving to be used, to making a pattern and putting all the pieces together. We’ll cover calculating yardage, fabric content and placement of patterns. Sewing tips and finishing will also be covered. Students may bring handwoven fabric to discuss the best way to use it.
AGE: 14 and up
**This Class has a special tuition rate for children. At the top of the page, select Youth Discount. At checkout, a child's tuition will be discounted to $20. The student must be registered as a child in your account profile to receive the discount
- STUDENT SUPPLIES: Notebook, pattern or fashion photos for inspiration, handwoven fabric if you have it
Val DeVries
I’ve been involved with fiber and textiles all my life from the first time I played with milkweed silk at age five. Since then I’ve expanded from sewing my own clothing to handspinning in my teens, followed by weaving in college and natural dyes when my husband and I began gardening in our first home. There were lots of interruptions along the way – children, work and other interests – but fiber has remained an enduring love and always will.
I’ve been fortunate to study with some truly excellent textile teachers and artists: Don Bujnowski at RIT, Madelyn Van Der Hoogt and Chad Alice Hagen, among many others at EGLFC, and too many others to list here.
It’s been a wonderful journey learning to take a raw fiber and create something lasting and beautiful that also has meaning for people around me. I currently sell my own work, teach at the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center and do my best to continue the journey by learning something new every day. Fiber On!