Kids After School Programs (Ages 7+)

Our Youth Hand Sewing After-School Program is designed for kids ages 7 and up. This program provides a fun, safe, and inclusive environment where younger students can start their sewing journey. Our program helps kids build confidence as they develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, all while learning the basics of hand sewing.

In this hands-on program, students will learn various stitching techniques and apply them to create an exciting plush project. With easy-to-follow guidance and lots of encouragement, each student will sew their own soft, huggable plush to take home.

This program not only introduces children to the joys of sewing but also nurtures creativity, patience, and problem-solving. This is the perfect way to learn new skills, make friends, and create something special in a supportive and imaginative setting!

• Prepares younger students that are interested to machine sew in our Youth Sewing Program, but don’t quite meet our age requirement of 8+
• Classes suitable for students 7+
• Weekly classes (1.5 hour per class)
• All supplies included
• No sewing experience required
• Industry-trained instructors
• New Students are subject to a one-time $5 registration fee

Budding fashion designers can hone in their fashion illustration skills, one of the most important skill to becoming a fashion designer. Students will learn about body proportions, fabric rendering, drawing various clothing shapes and styles, working with professional illustration tools, and much more.

Students will have access to our large library of resources, such as take home worksheets for students to practice outside of class and improve their skills.

No drawing experience required!

Note: Returning students will learn more extensive and advanced skills.

Class 1: Introduction – Go over the fundamentals of illustration

Class 2: Body Proportion – Learn about drawing human proportions and how fashion illustrations play with proportions 

Class 3: Head Shape – Learn about the basic head shape and the ratio of facial proportions

Class 4: Facial Features – Learn and practice drawing facial features. 

Class 5: Hair – How to implement hair into an illustration. Learn about different hair shapes and styles

Class 6: Hands – Learn the proportions of a hand and ways of simplifying a hand in an illustration

Class 7: Clothes – Learn about shapes and styles of clothing and how to draw them onto a croquis

Class 8: Fabric Rendering – Learn about various fabric prints and textures and how to draw them

Class 9: Illustration Tools – Learn how to work with markers, and other colouring supplies

Class 10 – Last Class: Fashion Drawing – Gain confidence in adding clothing and other details to a croquis to create a fashion drawing

• Weekly classes (1.5 hour per class)
• We recommend students enroll in consecutive classes (full program) to ensure success in learning how to draw, but students do have the option to enroll only in the class(es) that cover their area of interest
• All supplies included
• No drawing experience required
• Returning students will learn more extensive and advanced skills.
• Industry-trained instructors
• Classes suitable for students 8+
• New Students are subject to a one-time $5 registration fee