The wait is over! Our lovely and talented sewing instructor Shelly Figueroa’s first book, Sewing for Boys, is here! (And if you haven’t yet, read my interview with her over on the Bolt Neighborhood blog.) Shelly and Karen LePage, like many of you, have special boys in her life. While yours might be sons, grandsons,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Shelly Figueroa
Kid’s Sewing Camp all Summer Long
During the long warm days of summer we are going to be filled up with totally awesome kids and teens from ages 8-18! We are super lucky to have not one, but two dedicated classroom spaces at MD, and one of them is a lovely loft. With great lighting and plenty of space for sewing… Read more »
Kids that Sew: The Next Level
Here is a post from Shelly about a few of her new upcoming kids sewing classes. These classes are designed to get kids ages 8-18 sewing and they usually complete at least a couple projects in a two or three week class. We have moved most of our regular school year classes to the weekends… Read more »
Kids Sewing Classes start this week.
This week at Modern Domestic, we are starting the first of the Kids Sewing classes for the 2010/2011 school year. Shelly Figueroa will teach students from 8-12 the ins-and-outs of cutting, seam allowance, how to pin, and working with linings. This class is a short 3 week format. After school from 4-6 pm, we will… Read more »
Fix Your Fit and other Open Studio Classes
We have a lot of people come in and take advantage of Open Sewing time here at Modern Domestic. For $8/hour you can come and sew to your hearts content. We also offer lots of crafty ways to save on the price for the same sort of fun with pre-paid punch cards, Friday Night Sewcials,… Read more »
Tee for Two
This post is by Shelly Figueroa, one of the smarties behind Patterns by Figgy’s. She has been spending her summer sewing with kids and teens here at Modern Domestic, but she also teaches all ages classes as well as classes for adults. She has a few things right around the corner, so have a look… Read more »
Summer Sewing Camp at Modern Domestic
This summer has been full of amazing classes for adults, teens, and kids. The day time hours have been mostly occupied by children and teens ages 8-17 whipping up darling projects and learning some great skills. There is nothing quite like watching Shelly Figueroa working in a full classroom of 6 young people; she easily… Read more »
If Only We All Were 11
Modern Domestic hosted an eleven year old birthday party Sunday. We had five girls and they all finished darling skirts. All the girls but one had some previous sewing experience, so they got right to it. Shelly took them through her project runway skirt class in about two hours. They were thrilled, and so were… Read more »