Instructors: Bios are followed by a list of the instructor's upcoming classes. Class dates link to full details.
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Lynda Albiero Joyful observation of texture, light and shadow and the changing seasons upon Lynda's garden landscape have nourished her unique style. As nature weaves colors and texture in an unexpected and outrageous way that surprises and delights one's often tired senses, Lynda's passionate commitment to each student is to rekindle the sense of a child. Her very relaxed classes are a journey into the alchemy of beauty. Join Lynda in Venice, Italy, to visit artisans, museums, savor the cuisine of the Veneto and to experience of belonging to an ancient past. View her website: www.LyndaAlbiero.com
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 Jean Williams Cacicedo Jean Williams Cacicedo is a nationally renowned fabric artist and a prime innovator in the wearable art movement. Her exquisite and extraordinary coats have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and internationally. Jean won a National Endowment for the Arts crafts fellowship and was named Artist of the Year by the Oakland Museum in 1985. She maintains her studio in Berkeley where she continues to create forward-thinking pieces and teach her unusual techniques.
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 Bill Jones Bill Jones has retired from the Faculty of San Francisco State University where he was a Professor of Theatre Design. His specialties are costume design, make up, and theatre crafts. Bill has taught master classes and workshops all over all over the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, and Germany. For more than eighteen years, Bill was the costumer for Beach Blanket Babylon, and his costumes were exhibited at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. He was the Art Director for KQED TV for ten years. He has designed for many of the local theatre companies and has been a principal make up artist for San Francisco Opera for more than thirty years. His work has appeared in Time Magazine, Life Magazine, House Beautiful, House & Garden, and many, many other publications. He wrote the cover article for the Fall issue of Notions magazine. Bill is currently doing free-lance costume design and making period costumes for sixteen-inch fashion dolls, experimenting with machine embroidery and fabric ornamentation in small scale.
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 Susan Khalje Susan Khalje is a Contributing Editor of Threads Magazine, and is the host of HGTV/DIY's sewing program, "Sew Much More". She received her professional sewing training at the New York couture salon Chez Cez et Bez, and has concentrated on couture sewing for the past 25 years, developing an appreciative clientele for her one-of-a-kind wedding gowns and evening wear. She established the Couture Sewing School in 1993 and teaches couture sewing techniques throughout the country. She is the author of Bridal Couture and Linen and Cotton, and in 2005, she received The Professional Association of Custom Clothiers' Lifetime Achievement Award. She is currently working on a line of DVD's, and she regularly takes groups of couture enthusiasts to Paris and New York.
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Candace Kling Candace Kling’s years of enthusiastic research in ribbon and fabric embellishment have led her to explore museum costume and textile collections across the country, teaching as she goes. In addition to her wealth of knowledge from years of research, Candace brings to class her ribbonwork sample boards, ribbon catalogs, and books from her collection to share. Her book, The Artful Ribbon, is still a favorite among ribbon fans. Candace’s richly detailed textile sculptures have been exhibited nationally and internationally over the last two decades and are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, as well as the Oakland Museum of California and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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 Karine Langan Karine became fascinated with fabric and color while watching her mother and grandmother sew. She made many doll clothes with their left over scraps and became a real sewer at age 8 when she joined 4-H. She had her own home decorating business, Langan Interiors, for several years before joining The Sewing Workshop. Karine still loves to decorate and has spent many hours working on her Victorian home. Gardening, painting and reading are her hobbies.
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Lynda Maynard Lynda received her B.A. in Home Economics from SJSU in 1975 and went on to give sewing and fitting lessons to private students. She then studied millinery with Ruth Stockley and created custom hats for seven years. She co-produced a locally-aired cable TV show, "Sew Savvy," and produced her own show, "A Passion For Fashion." Having taught sewing and fitting locally for eighteen years, Lynda is a welcomed addition to the TSW regiment of talented instructors. Lynda's passion remains fitting and creating beautiful garments for a private clientele, which she's been practicing for eight years.
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 Ann Nutting Ann Nutting has been associated with The Sewing Workshop as a student and teacher for more than a decade. An expert sewer, she also participates in the creation of The Sewing Workshop Pattern Collection. She has taught at the University of San Francisco and the Louise Salinger Academy of Fashion. In addition to her love of sewing and teaching, Ann brings to her beginning sewing class boundless patience and a wide variety of sewing interests to inspire and inform new enthusiasts.
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Nancy Shriber Nancy Shriber is a nationally recognized fiber artist, teacher, lecturer, and writer. She originated and operates "Under Myrtle's Influence," her custom design studio where she designs and constructs a wide variety of one-of-a-kind garments. Nancy is a designer and featured writer for Traditional Quilter, Patchwork Crafts, and Quick and Easy Patchwork magazines. In addition to an extensive portfolio of seminars, lectures and classes, she has performed a variety of trunk, runway, and one-woman shows. She has participated in many juried shows, including the most recent East Coast Quilters Alliance and the Mid-Atlantic Wearable Arts Festival, where she won the prestigious Viewer's Choice award.
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 Cheryl Swanson Cheryl Swanson has taught a number of fine handwork classes throughout the Bay Area, specializing in embroidery, ribbonwork, along with a number of projects of her own design. Sumptious flowers constructed of fabric and evening bags are her forte. She recently designed a Christmas pattern for Simplicity. She is also currently serving as president of the San Francisco Embroiderers' Guild. Having sewn all of her life, she knows many forms of handwork and loves to share that knowledge.
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Wayne Wichern Wayne Wichern's reputation as an excellent millinery designer and teacher evolved out of his experience as a classical ballet dancer and interest in costume design and fashion. He studied millinery design with John Eaton, a well-known Northwest millinery designer, and inherited his generosity for mentorship. Wayne has designed and crafted hats for theater productions of the The San Francisco Ballet, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theater, Seattle Repertory Theater, and Empty Space Theater. His millinery designs have been sold in past years in such fine stores as Barney's NY, Nordstrom, and I. Magnin. They are currently available at Fino Fino in Menlo Park, CA and other fine stores in Seattle, Atlanta, New Hampshire, and Louisiana. For more information, see www.waynewichernmillinery.com.
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 Debi Cournale Debi Cournale originally from the Massachusetts has been involved in the design business for the last 27 years. She moved to San Francisco in 1979 and opened a tailor shop specializing in alterations and custom designs. In 1985 Debi moved to New York to further her education at FIT and worked for North Beach leather as their in house pattern maker. Missing San Francisco, she returned and established Bridal Options, a couture bridal business for eighteen years. Debi is presently focusing on teaching and consulting clients interested in manufacturing their own lines.
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 Susan Vorbeck A career in Sewing over many years taking in almost every aspect, from Dressmaking and Bridal Gowns to anything you might want for your home made out of fabric.
My current Business offering is High-end Custom Home Interior Design and Fabrication. I like to work with clients who have an eye for their own particular sense of beauty at home and help them make it a reality.
I am particularly interested in sharing the bounty of knowledge I have gathered over the years with others who are interested in this exciting creative study.
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Jarred Garza Jarred Garza has been scouring thrift shops for 10 years. Finding forgotten treasures and making new and improved garments and selling them to independent boutiques and a shop he owned for two years in Pasadena. Formally trained at the Fashion Institute in Los Angeles and since graduation has worked for various designers like Jeremy Scott and costume houses in Los Angeles and San Francisco. He continues to sell garments from his wholesale line Ric Rac and one of a kind items to small boutiques and online shops. Occasionally lending a helping hand to Teatro Zinzanni's making and fitting costumes. He imparts his new approach to pattern making, tailoring and re-construction with three new classes at The Sewing Workshop.
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Margot Silk Forrest Author of "Sassy Feet: How to Paint, Bead, Bedeck, and Embellish Your Shoes" and founder of Sassy Feet! and Silk Forrest Bridal. She teaches at wearable art groups, quilting guilds, and costuming conferences. Her work appears frequently in Altered Couture magazine, and three pairs of her shoes were chosen for the acclaimed international wearable art show, Wearable Expressions 2008.
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