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SATURDAY ENRICHMENT - Lee Andersen

MDfin partners with Howard Community College to deliver 6-week (2 hours per week) enrichment courses offered on Saturday mornings and afternoons.

Please book these Enrichment classes through HCC.

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Sat 10 to 12 noon: Textile Identification and Manipulation  (March 7th to April 11th) - $169

Touch , unravel and burn hundred of different fabrics to learn their fiber, construction method and name. Identify the best fabrics for your purpose.

Create your own photo transfer, hand painted and dyed fabrics. 

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Sat 1 pm to 3 pm: Advanced Patternmaking (March 7th to April 11th)  - $169

(Pre-requisite Beginning Patternmaking -Measure yourself and make a tunic with sleeves). Create a basic pant pattern that fits you. Make your body mold with duct tape, stuff it. Drape fabric and go from 3D shapes to 2D flat pattern. 

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Sat 10 to 12 noon: Decorating Jeans (April 25th to June 6th) - $169

Use folk art decorative stitches, yarns and metallic threads, appliques, laces and beads on your jeans or jean jacket to create a legacy artwork. 

EVENING CRAFT CLASSES - June Piper-Brandon and Lee Andersen

Thursday 6 to 8 pm: Free Form Quilted Jacket (April 2nd to May 7th) - $169

Make a free form landscape or house and garden out of hundreds of fabrics provided or some of your own stash.

Measure yourself or child and make a jacket from your quilting. Add funky buttons, loops and pockets.  

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Friday  6 - 8 pm: Painted Linoleum Floor Mat (April 3rd to May 8th)

Select your mat size and prepare the surface.  Create a repeating pattern border through stenciling and paint an artistic inside image.

Finish the surface to make it strong enough to walk on.

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SUNDAY CURIOSITY CLASSES

Sunday  9am - 4 pm: Idea to Photoshoot - $285 (includes $80 in materials) Limit 6 students per class.

Intensive workshops are offered to youth (8-13) and young adults (14-18). Attendees have the opportunity to create a mood board and draw their own ideas. They select from our 3000 rolls of fabric, 1000 trims and 1000 buttons. Our staff, (at a ratio of one staff per two students) helps with measuring, patternmaking, cutting and sewing. Students get basic modeling training and finish with a photoshoot, all in one day. Students must have a parent or chaperone attend with them (FREE)
 

Dates Offered:

Youth (Ages 8 to 13): April 19th, May 3rd, May 17th, May 31st

Young Adults (Ages 14 to 18): April 26th, May 10th, May 21st 

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MAKERSPACE

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 to 10 pm, Makers (who are independent) use the space at $20 hour (2-hour minimum). They have a staff member present. Use of the industrial sewing machines are allowed after training. Limit of 8 Makers per evening. Priority is given to Makers who prepay for consistent days and times. 

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RUNWAY TO BUSINESS

9 to 5 pm Monday through Friday are dedicated to intensive work time for our Runway students to launch their brands. 

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