Do you remember????

Fall has begun and we're all back to school.  We started our first after school class yesterday.  And these girls picked up their sewing skills pretty quickly after a 3 month break.  They all finished their café apron in one class!  See pictures here.

We are starting our Fashion Fridays class next Friday, Sept. 10 from 3:00 - 4:30.  We'll be teaching the two layered skirt first.  This should be a fun class because we're only doing apparel.  Sign up here.

We're also doing a collaboration with Cristina from Café Madeleine on Sunday, September 26.  We'll be sewing tea coasters and tea towels and then we'll be heading over to the café for some tea.  This class is open to kids and adults.  Sign up here.

Where do you find inspiration????  I've been thinking about boats and nautica, water, dancing, vintage tweed, children's art and illustration.  Find it everywhere and make something!

We hosted Gabby's birthday party last Sunday and had a blast.  The girls learned how to sew by hand and machine and came out with a small tote bag adorned with a felt flower and felt bird.  We had a great start in our new studio.  More pictures here.

Speaking of birthdays... home ec. studio is now offering birthday party packages!  For $36/person we will host your party up to 10 people for 2.5 hours in the studio where your party will learn how to sew, knit or crochet (anything to your liking).    Email us if you are interested in having a craft party in the studio!  We are also working on a collaboration with our neighbors, Cristina and Jerome from Café Madeleine and Vagabond for catering options!

We got the keys to our new space this week so we are busily trying to get our studio cleaned up and decorated in time for Gaby's birthday party and our summer camp next Monday, August 9.  We are getting there slowly but surely!  I really love the colors in our new space.  Apple green, hummingbird blue and orange as the accent color.  We have to give special thanks for Yvonne's beau, Daryl for putting up with our demands and getting our wallpaper hung and floors sealed.  You are awesome Daryl!

We're getting ready to move into our new studio this week.  First on the agenda, a private party for  Gaby's 6th Birthday party!  So we will be closed on August 8.

Next week:  Shark week at home ec. studio.

We are done with our last summer camp at the SD French American School!  Check out those bags!  We will continue our classes there this Fall on Mondays from 3 pm - 4:30 pm if you are interested.  Contact Valerie Asensio for more information.

We are nearing the end of our summer gig at the San Diego French American School Tour du Monde summer camp.  I highly recommend this summer camp for kids of all ages next year.  Not just because we hosted our sewing camp there but they have other fun camps such as cooking, puppet making, fencing, Lego camp, journalism camp, clay-mation camp, and Chinese!  Valerie Asensio has procured a fabulous assortment of crafts and skills together.  We heard from many kids about how much fun they had in cooking camp making their own crepes and nutella, what they made in puppet making, the engineering they learned in the LEGO building class, etc.  It is a very eclectic and different kind of camp that I've seen around town.  And it's open to the public!  So keep it on the radar for next year for something fun to do for your child.  Hopefully we will be there again too!  For more pictures from our July summer camp go here.  Pictures from our June summer camp are here.

We are officially going to be in our NEW STUDIO space this coming August.  We are so excited!  Yvonne and I will be decorating the first week of August so we will be closed August 1.  We will be hosting our first birthday craft party for Gaby's 6th Birthday on August 8 so we will also be closed then as well.  We will officially be open for our summer camps starting on August 9 for our shark plush class.  We still have some openings for this class.  We have a few more opening for our August 23 camp.  Register here.

Target date for move - August 1!!!!

In the meantime, here is our final shark design for the August 9 Summer Camp!

Thanks to everyone who came to our last Nip and Tuck dress class.  We're going to retire that one because we have a new pattern!!!!

We finally got around to posting the whimsical elephant tote for the last summer camp session at the French school!

Our first Summer Camp of the season just finished today!  We hosted two summer camps (morning and afternoon) at the San Diego French American School and we had a wonderful time.  (Valerie, merci beaucoup pour ton support! Nous t'aimons!).   The kids were a pleasure to work with and we are so happy that they enjoyed our class.  Some of them didn't even want to leave the classroom for a quick break!  We were really surprised at how fast they picked up sewing and some of them finished up early and started other projects like knitting and crochet.   There are more pictures here in our gallery.

Our next summer camp in July will be at the SDFA School from July 26 - July 30 from 9 am - 12 pm.  If that class is booked, we may open up an afternoon camp from 1 pm - 4 pm.    Please contact Valerie Asensio if you are interested in enrolling your child.  Her information is here as well.   And remember, the Tour Du Monde Summer Camps are OPEN to the public.  We had a a great mixture of kids from various schools around San Diego.

Our summer camps in our South Park studio will begin in August.  Sign up here online.

Reminder:  Our Nip and Tuck Dress class is this Sunday from 10 am - 3 pm.

The Matroyska Nesting Doll Class (morning)

The Plush Monster Class (afternoon)