Trash Bag Garment Design
Practicing Design Decisions
or Finding Your Inner Designer
This workshop is for hand weavers who want to practice their design skills. We will create a garment using only trash bags. Trash bags of different sizes, colors, and styles are used because they are rectangles, inexpensive, and easily available.
Based on the simple format of a trash bag, we decide what to do for necks, arms, and legs. For inspiration, there will be a review of techniques used by other cultures that turn a rectangle into garment shapes. Cutting, taping, braiding, and laminating plastic bags are examples of the techniques that could be used in this exercise.
The workshop will take 1 to 3 hours with a fashion show of designs after the session. Participants pair up as designer and model to collaborate.
Fees
$450 plus lodging, meals, and travel costs.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
$40 for duct tape, and trash bags.
Dates
Hours
Six hours
Requirements
The class will require an adequate space with tables, chairs,and adequate lighting.
Weave, Cut, and Sew Your Own
To create a handwoven garment that is unique, well constructed and a reflection of the maker. This workshop is appropriate for weavers with basic sewing skills.
This is a 2 or 3-day workshop for weavers who want to cut and sew their own. This is an intense 2 or 3-day experience to design and sew with the handwoven cloth. It explores pattern layout, individual fit issues, and creative design solutions. Participants layout, cut, and sew their own custom garments with my guidance. Having their yardage is a prerequisite. They need to bring a pattern they want to use and sewing machines. The workshop would require tables and chairs for several sewing machines and tables to cut fabric.
Fees
$650 a day plus lodging, meals, and travel costs.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
$45 which includes Pellon pattern paper and fusible interfacing. For classes by Zoom, there will be a shipping fee.
Dates
Hours
Two to three days.
Requirements
The class will require an adequate space with tables, chairs, plug-ins for machines, and adequate lighting.
My Textile Workshop Adventures
in Italy
What I learned about a 6-Harness Diamantina Twill, Silk Lint, Eleonora, a 16th-century Fashion Influencer, and Jacquard looms while taking workshops in Italy.
This is an hour-plus PowerPoint presentation
Fees
$450 plus lodging, meals, and travel costs.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
Dates
Hours
One hour plus.
Requirements
Fabric Scrap Trees
This is a workshop on making trees from handwoven fabric scraps.
Details coming soon.
Fees
To be announced.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom require a $150 utility fee in addition to the workshop fee.
Materials Fee
$25 for handwoven fabric scraps and other materials.
Dates
Hours
Three hours.
Requirements
Stories behind the Work
"From Inspiration to Design" PowerPoint Presentation
This lectures introduces "The Oregon Weaver" with her unique handwoven designs from the Pacific Northwest. Work featured are garments, scarves and shawls. The talk covers her process from inspiration to design.
Fees
$450 plus lodging, mileage, and meals.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
Dates
Hours
This presentation will take 1 to 1 1/2 hours in person, or by Zoom.
Requirements
Origin Story
My journey as a weaver/designer of handwoven clothing
This is an hour-plus PowerPoint presentation that chronicles key points in my journey as a weaver.
Fees
$350.00 plus, lodging, mileage and meal expenses.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
Dates
Hours
1.5 hours presentation in person or by Zoom.
Requirements
Imagine Wearing Handwoven
Elevating "handwoven" to Style
This presentation chronicles a six-year journey of working with the style magazine Tearsheet PDX and the photos created in their studio. Tips on getting good images of handwoven garments will be discussed, as well as my explorations into creating short videos to help experience movement with the garments.
Fees
$350.00 plus, lodging, mileage and meal expenses.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
Dates
Hours
One hour
Requirements
Projects in Public Spaces
This is a 40-minute PowerPoint Presentation of projects I have been involved with that are in Public Spaces and includes some information and outcomes of the Comprehensive Educational Training Act 1974-1980. The projects are: the ongoing restoration of the textiles of the historic Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, OR, and the Sunriver Lodge restoration under the direction of Larry Kirkland in 1984.
How I came to think in terms of a hundred yard warp.
Fees
$350 plus lodging, meals, and mileage.
Zoom Classes
Classes held on Zoom have a $150 utility fee.
Materials Fee
Dates
Hours
One hour
Requirements
