The Sewing/Fashion design program and the intergenerational program will provide entrepreneurial and job readiness experience that includes skills in leadership, personal presence, interview, communication, customer/client relationships, product display, budgeting and math.
Description
This includes projects created by youth participating in the Sewing/Fashion design program and the intergenerational program will provide entrepreneurial and job readiness experience that includes skills in leadership, personal presence, interview, communication, customer/client relationships, product display, budgeting and math.
About
Roberta Townsel, founder and President, has over twenty five years experience in fashion design and sewing. She has been teaching sewing, fashion design and dance to young women from ages 4-18 on an independent basis for the past several years. Currently she is teaching fashion design, sewing and dance at her shop. She is the sole proprietor of Roberta's Alterations.
"Roberta Townsel taught at St. Richard's Episcopal School, for the last three years, has successfully conducted extremely well-organized, educational, and a fun sewing class for our students...is a wonderful instructor who can teach at several levels simultaneously, and she is very well liked by the students. She has a gift for involving the novice sewers in rewarding and interesting projects which challenged them". Cathy Ridley, Dir. of Childcare and Summer Camps at St. Richard's Episcopal School.
I have youth waiting to begin our programs. I was recently approved by Wayne Township School system to conduct an after school program. This one school system has over seven thousand children. Policies are in place, job descriptions written, and instructors identified. The next step is securing financial support.
I currently run the program on the west side of Indianapolis, IN the area known as Haughville. I am looking to expand and grow and would love to reach out to children and youth in high risk areas on each side of town. I look forward to this program being a model that can be utilized in other cities and states as I strive to get our children off the streets and on to leading positive productive lives. I am asking all that can and will help us to make a difference one child at a time.
Learn the basics of how to sew in Beginners Sewing Classes getting familiar with the parts of the machine and its function to Threading the machine to focusing  on the seam guidelines, eye-hand-foot coordination to making the project of the month along with a pin cushion.
Looking for a sewing project that is eco friendly, stylish, and practical? Join us for a tote bag sewing workshop! During this project-based workshop, we’ll talk a bit about design and planning before diving in to making our own tote bags.
We offer a wide range of classes for painted canvas and counted canvas. We welcome National Teachers and offer classes with our resident teachers, Nancy Yeldell and Charli Hendrickson.
Start with the basic machine knitting techniques and stitches including cast-on, cast-off, stripe, increasing, decreasing, ribbing, and cables. You will put together a binder of knit swatches. No need to own your own machine, PFI provides the machines and tools for this class.
We teach two beginning knitting workshops. Just the Basics (101) will teach you the knit and purl stitch and you will create a scarf. In Beyond the Basics (102) you will expand on your knowledge of the knit and purl stitch and learn how to cast on, bind off, yarn over, I-cord and seaming as you ...
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