Sew Simple, Fashion Design, June 2, 2012

June 2 Fashion Design Workshop
1:30-5:30pm
Westminster
$35 per girl
Grades: 6-12

Have you ever dreamed of being a Fashion Designer? This workshop is designed to give girls the opportunity to learn directly from a working designer about making patterns, selecting fabrics, manufacturing, and more. Each girl will make a skirt for herself during the program.

Sewing machines, to share, will be provided.

Please bring your own snack and a drink.

This is a VERY popular program with limited space so register early!

To register: Call or email Carla

Email: sewing@businessbrandings.com

Phone: (714) 914-0381

Workshop Location:

First Baptist Church Westminster

14200 Goldenwest St,

Westminster, CA 92683

Please have these forms, along with payment upon arrival:

Permission Slip & Health History Form

No refunds

Check out the sewing blog!

http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com

Send to a Friend June 2 Sew Simple Workshop 9:00am-1:00pm Westminster $35 per girl Grades: 4-5 Have you always wanted to learn to sew? Learn about buying patterns, selecting fabric and notions, cutting fabric, and simple sewing techniques. Girls will be introduced to threading a sewing machine and winding a bobbin. Make a simple skirt using a real sewing machine. Girls will have their choice of current, trendy,designer fabric to construct their skirt. Sewing machines, to share, will be provided. Please bring your own snack and a drink. To register: Call or email Carla Email: sewing@businessbrandings.com Phone: (714) 914-0381 Workshop Location: First Baptist Church Westminster 14200 Goldenwest St, Westminster, CA 92683 Please have these forms, along with payment upon arrival: Permission Slip & Health History Form No refunds Check out the sewing blog! http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com

Sew Simple and Textile Arts 3/31

Here are some images from the Sew Simple Workshop and the Textile Art Workshop, March 31, 2012.

Here is an image of girls sewing, in the Business Brandings Sew Simple Workshop. They are creating skirts, in the buddy system. Notice that one girl is ready the directions, and one girl is sewing.

This is an image of a wrap around scarf that a girl designed in the Business Brandings Textile  Arts Workshop. 

This is an image of a girl tie dying her  wrap around scarf in the Business Brandings Textile Arts Workshop.

Registration Process for Sew Simple/Fashion Design/Textile Arts Workshops/Business Brandings

Dear Leader/Adult,

I would love to have your girls at Sew Simple, Fashion Design, or Textile Arts. These are very popular programs, and they fill up very fast. The registration process is designed to be fair to all girls and troops.

To save your spot at a workshop, it is best to check this blog for available space, or, and call, or email, me first.  

To register, please send me your troop information and

the full fee ($35 per girl) for the workshop. These workshops are very popular, so, to be fair to all troops, and girls, it is first come, first serve. When the check arrives to me, I am happy to reserve your space. You can mail it, or, bring it to me in Orange. (call first!)

Please send one check made out to Business Brandings.

Send to: 

Carla Buchanan

Business Brandings

8502 E. Chapman Ave. #639

Orange, CA 92869

phone: 714-914-0381

NOTE: To be fair to all girls and troops, there are no refunds, no make ups, and no date changes, no exceptions. 

Please arrive at the workshop ontime, as we begin ontime. When you arrive at the workshop, please have the leader have a signed permission slip and a health history form for each girl that attends. Please be on time to pick up girls after the workshop is over.

Also, please have the girls bring a light snack (granola bars work very well) and a drink (bottled water is preferred) We are very busy sewing, so the snack break is short.

Also,  for troops, I ask that one female adult volunteer, that has been cleared with a GS background check (such as a leader) through GS, as a leader, stay with the girls and help during the workshop, but no sewing skills are necessary. For individual girls, it is not necessary to bring an adult leader.

No tag-a-longs. 

These are great workshops, providing the girls a chance to demonstrate leadership and learn to sew and to learn about textiles. I am delighted that you are bringing your girls. Please fell free to call with questions. (714) 914-0381.

Here is a link to the Girl Scout of Orange County dates for spring, 2012.
http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com/2012/02/sewing-workshops-datesspring-2012.html

SEWING Workshops dates_Spring 2012, Orange County CA

Here are the dates and times for the Girl Scout of Orange County sewing workshops, Spring, 2012. To register for the classes, just email me at sewing@businessbrandings.com to insure that there are spaces left in the class and to learn about the registration process. The registration process is detailed in this blog as well. Here is the link that helps explain the registration process.
 http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com/2012/02/registration-process-for-girl-scouts-of.html

April 28 Fashion Design (space available, for troops and individual girls,  as of April 5,  5 pm)
1:30pm-5:30pm
Westminster
$35 per girl
Grades: 6-12

Have you ever dreamed of being a Fashion Designer? This workshop is designed to give girls the opportunity to learn directly from a working designer about making patterns, selecting fabrics, manufacturing, and more. Each girl will make a skirt for herself during the program.

Sewing machines, to share, will be provided.

Please bring your own snack and a drink.

This is a VERY popular program with limited space so register early!

To register: Call or email Carla

sewing@businessbrandings.com
Phone: (714) 914-0381

Workshop Location:

First Baptist Church Westminster

14200 Goldenwest St,

Westminster, CA 92683

Please have these forms, along with payment upon arrival:

Permission Slip & Health History Form

No refunds

Check out the sewing blog!

http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com/

April 28 Textile Arts(space available, for troops and individual girls,  as of April 5,  5 pm) 
9:00am-1:00pm
Westminster
$35 per girl
Grades: 6-12

Ever wonder what your clothes are made from? At this workshop, girls will mix science with fashion while learning what makes up different kinds of fabrics and how to use a sewing machine. Girls will learn from a working fashion designer how to test and dye fabrics and find out the process that goes into manufacturing a garment. Get crafty as you use stamps to personalize fabric and create your own wrap around garment to take home that day!

Please bring your own snack and a drink.

To register: Call or email Carla

Email: sewing@businessbrandings.com

Phone: (714) 914-0381

Workshop Location:

First Baptist Church Westminster

14200 Goldenwest St,

Westminster, CA 92683

Please have these forms, along with payment upon arrival:

Permission Slip & Health History Form

No refunds

Check out the sewing blog!

http://sewbusinessbrandings.blogspot.com/

Sew Simple and Fashion Design Class by Carla Buchanan/Business Brandings

Sewing Classes in Orange County, CA

These classes are truly amazing (everyone says so!) The participants make a skirt, start to finish, in 4 hours. 

Participants select their own fabric, from a large selection of designer fabric, learn about pattern fitting and are fitted for a pattern, cut the fabric out, and sew the cutest skirt ever!

Classes are added often, email me, Carla Buchanan, for more information: carla@sewing.com.

Textile Art Class, by Carla Buchanan, Business Brandings

Business Brandings-Textile Art Class

by Carla Buchanan, carla@sewing.com

These are images from our Textile Arts class.  The girls sewed a wrap around on the sewing machine. They then stamped it and tie dyed it. Then each give was assigned a "job" in an apparel manufacturing company. The day ended with a textile lab where the girls made fabric selection sheets, burned fabric to test for fabric content, and preformed a bleach test.
There are more sewing classes for the Girl Scout Council of Orange County coming up.
http://www.gscoc.org/calendar, keep checking back for more classes, as they are added often. Or, you can email me, Carla Buchanan, Business Brandings, carla@sewing.com.
The fee for the class is only $35, and it includes all materials.

Learn to Use a Sewing Machine/Step 1

Learn to Use a Sewing Machine/Step 1

Step 1: Turn on the machine
This sounds funny, but you wouldn't believe the number of times I sat down at my machine and wondered, "why isn't the machine working?" The other issue is if you get into the habit of turning off your machine every time you leave it, you will always keep the small light, attached to the machine, off when you are not using it. Therefore, when you sit down to sew, you need to remember to turn the machine on. The on and off switch is different with every machine.