RIP IT OFF WITH TAPE - How to copy ready-to-wear
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Do you have an outfit you would love to replicate? Traditionally you would need to rip the outfit apart and then use the pieces to create a new pattern. NOT ANYMORE! Bring in a favorite ready to wear garment that has simple lines (pants, skirt or blouse) and you will learn this fast and easy technique that leaves your garments in tact. Hurry and enroll now so you can learn the secret of how to copy any garment in your closet! Class fee: $145.00 One, 9-hr. session, breaks included. Instructor: Jean Haas

CLONE YOURSELF I - Duct Tape Dressform
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So, you really want a clone of yourself, and you’ve heard all the fantastic things about Jean’s Clone I & II classes, but you can’t commit to two days? No problemo! This one day session will allow you to get your customized dressform in a private 1 hour duct tape session in the morning, and then you can stuff your new dressform to yor proportions in the afternoon group workshop. This patented technique really re-creates your body so you can fit your patterns and garments accurately in your sewing room, and you can stick pins in them and squish them when need be. This is also ideal for those of you whose bodies have changed since your last taping. You must cancel at least 72 hours before the start of class for a full refund. Class fee: $165 plus materials. Instructor: Jean Haas.

HISTORICAL SOAP MAKING
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Learn the basics of making cold-process soap from historical recipes that include vegetable oils, lard and lye, and make a bar of soap to take home in this informational hands-on class. Explore the benefits of using essential oils, herbs, and every day household products and enjoy the aromas. Discover the historical importance of soap throughout the ages. Make soaps for gifts or your own uses. Have fun creating unique packaging or presentation elements for your soaps. One, 3-hour session. Class fee: $55 - includes supplies. Instructor: Alicia Schult

HISTORICAL CANDLE MAKING
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Throughout history there were many unique types of wax used to achieve a source of light. The candle making craft is as old as civilization itself. Yet, after so many millennia we still love their light, warmth, and beauty. This class offers anyone the ability to learn the craft and history while getting a hands-on experience preserving this old world tradition. Explore different processes, history and materials used in this art. After this class, you will have the confidence to go home and create your own candles! One, 3-hour session. Class fee: $50 - includes supplies. Instructor: Alicia Schult

SECRET LANGUAGE OF FABRICS
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“Learning how to convey secret thoughts and messages through your choices of fabric and cut in your historical garments.” Have you ever looked at an Antique garment and wondered why its previous wearer chose that fabric, or decoration? Alicia Schult explores 18th-20th century garments to reveal the meaning behind symbols, colors and cuts of garments, as well as the language of flowers and fans. You will never look at clothing the same way as you begin to think of fabrics in terms of symbolism and language. Some were mere political or status statements, while other garments professed secret desires or thoughts. One, 3-hour session. Class fee: $45. Instructor: Alicia Schult

ZIPPER WORKSHOP
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End the frustration now with this incredibly helpful workshop. Learn once and for all how to get the perfect look with your zippers. This hands-on workshop will leave you confident in your ability to insert any zipper into any outfit. One, 3-hour session. Class fee: $40.00. Instructor: Veronica Brackett

SHOE COVERING WORKSHOP
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Take an old pair of pumps and breathe new life into them! Learn the professional techniques to recover your shoes and boots for extended wear. You can even buy new shoes on sale and transform them into the perfect match for that special outfit. You will gain the confidence to apply decoration to your shoes for that true designer look. One, 3-hour session. Class fee: $40.00 Instructor: Veronica Brackett

VICTORIAN OVER-BUST CORSET CLASS
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The object of this class is to learn how to fit a corset mock-up and build a corset using the double layer construction technique. This includes applying a busk, measuring for and chooseing bones, marking and setting grommets. The class starts with a commercial patern, and you learn to adjust it to fit your body measurements, make a mock-up, and fit it with the teacher's guidence, transferring the changes to the original pattern (so you can make your next corset without a fitting partner), and finally putting the corset together. This two day workshop is fairly intense and the students rarely finish in class time, so the corset you end up with is a basic white corset that has been your learning tool - it may or may not be something you want to wear but it is an excellent reference for future corset making. This class has sold out previously. The next time you make this corset, you can use a fashion fabric on the outer layer. Class size is very limited. Class fee:$295 which includes corset materials, bones, busk, fabrics, grommets and pattern. No cancelations after August 1st. Presented by Farthingales, LA.