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Join Linda Lee and The Sewing Workshop Team in Topeka, Kansas. In this workshop, you'll dive into a set of skills centering around the art of modern garment sewing with an artistic edge. The event will take place at the NOTO Artspace in the arts-hub of North Topeka, paired with trunk shows & shopping at The Sewing Workshop Studio in downtown Topeka.

Using the Chicago Jacket pattern or the London Shirt pattern, you will learn how to alter one of these patterns in order to create your own unique fractured jacket. The idea for a fractured jacket involves looking at each pattern piece as a canvas for “fracturing”, or re-creating the lines through embellishment of the garment. These patterns offer a blank canvas with open and uncluttered spaces for design and fabric manipulation. You will choose to make a jacket in one of the following embellishment techniques: Appliqué, reverse appliqué and strip appliqué.

Linda and the team will walk you through the process of artfully designing your own fractured jacket. Students will gain the tools and techniques in order to masterfully create a personalized and beautiful garment. Each workshop will begin in the studio where you will work through the design and construction elements to your jacket. The day will include a lunch break, followed by more time in the sewing studio, with a couple of afternoons featuring artist showcases in silk painting and other wearable art inspirations.

Along with ample sewing time, The Sewing Workshop is hosting you in Topeka, Kansas like never before. This workshop also provides inspirational experiences in Topeka that are designed to encourage and infuse your sewing and creative process.

A special room rate at The Cyrus Hotel is being secured. See below for more details on the hotel.

When: August 11th - August 16th, 2024
Where: Topeka, Kansas | NOTO Artspace & The Sewing Workshop Studio
Total Cost: $1500 (non-refundable $400 deposit due at registration)
Registration: Pay your non-refundable deposit at the link below.

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This is a bring-your-own sewing machine workshop, however, sewing machine rentals are available for an additional fee of $100, rented through The Sewing Workshop (limited availability).
Students are strongly encouraged to purchase Fractured Jacket fabric and materials that will be available to purchase at a later time through The Sewing Workshop.

*Pictured are samples of finished staff and participant garments with various embellishment techniques used, including appliqué, reverse appliqué and strip appliqué

What you will learn in the workshop:

How to achieve the perfect design & fit for a jacket
How to stitch multiple layers of fabrics together to achieve your fractured look
How to achieve fun & decorative treatments for jacket embellishment including appliqué, reverse appliqué and strip appliqué
How to gain confidence in garment construction skills, including inserting a collar, mastering buttons and buttonholes, and perfecting hems

Itinerary:

*Itinerary subject to change

Sunday

5:00 pm Welcome Reception & shopping at The Sewing Workshop Studio

Monday

9:00 am Workshop begins
Preparing patterns & construction basics
12:00 pm Lunch Break
Cutting out fabrics & construction basics
4:00 pm Workshop ends

Tuesday

9:00 am Workshop begins
Cutting out fabrics & technique basics
12:00 pm Lunch Break
Prepping & Constructing Jackets
3:30 pm Workshop ends
4:00 pm Pieced Garment Showcase with Jenny Atwood TBD

Wednesday

9:00 am Workshop begins
Prepping & Constructing Jackets
12:00 pm Lunch Break
Prepping & Constructing Jackets
3:00 pm Silk Painting Showcase with Diane Lawrence

Thursday

9:00 am Workshop begins
12:00 pm Lunch Break
4:00 pm Workshop Ends
6:00 pm Farewell Dinner

Friday

9:00 am Final Workshop
12:00 pm Farewell / Check Out

Price:

Total Workshop Cost: $1500
Non-refundable Deposit: $400 (due at time of registration)
The remaining balance will be due 60 days on or before June 12th, 2024
Non-Participant Fee: $600

Non-Participant Fee includes: Welcome Reception, Farewell dinner, lunches, showcase participation

Included:

Teaching; Monday - Friday
Admission & showcase participation
Lunches - Monday through Thursday
Welcome Reception - Sunday
Dinner - Thursday

Not Included:

Hotel accommodations
Round trip airfare
Breakfast
Sewing machine (unless requested to rent through The Sewing Workshop for an additional fee of $100)
Patterns
Fractured Jacket fabric & materials (optional but strongly encouraged purchase)

Hotel: