Empowering Sustainability: How ‘Overdressed’ Transformed My Relationship with Sewing

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In a recent conversation with one of my after-school sewing students, a question emerged: “What’s your favorite book?” This student is an inquisitive 11-year-old reader who passionately delves into new literary worlds every week. Being someone who struggles to maintain focus while reading due to ADHD, I haven’t finished reading a ton of books so … Read more

Great Gifts to Sew for the Holidays

The holidays are right around the corner so it’s the perfect time to put your sewing lessons to the test! We’ve collected a few quick, thoughtful, and cool gifts a sewist of any level can create. Most of these gifts can be made with small amounts of fabric or you can use up some of you … Read more

What We Learned from Sewing 100 Raincoats

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Tips to Sew your own Raincoat for Rainy season in Vancouver Rainy season is here in Vancouver and with every season change comes sewing inspiration! Last Winter our youth after-school sewing students made their own raincoats. It was our first time teaching how to make raincoats in our youth class which meant it was a … Read more

7 Reasons Why Sewing is Great: Insights from the Mind Behind La Movida, Sewing Classes in Vancouver

When researching to write this blog I did a few Google searches around “The Benefits of Sewing” and “Why we should learn to sew?”. Although each article had plenty of good points; stress relief, brain growth, helps with self-esteem, it’s a marketable skill and it fights dementia, I didn’t feel any of these reasons would … Read more

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