Merry Christmas and thank you!
We've had another wonderfully creative and productive year here at the studio. Thank you all so much for being part of The Magic Needle. I'm so inspired by these kids and the great ideas they come up with, and I love meeting all the families. We really have seen so much improvement in terms of skills this year. To be honest it just blows me away what these young people can do.
Term 1 2019 re-enrolments are now available online. Over the past four years I have worked to keep my fees at the same rate but unfortunately the cost of supplies has finally caught up with me and this coming year I will have to make a $10 increase. As usual, current students wishing to remain in their existing session place have first opportunity to enrol. If you would like to change your child's session time this is the time to let me know. If you have a child who would like to join term classes please let me know and I will be happy to add them to the waiting list. Some of you have been on the waiting list for some considerable time and I'd like to thank you so much for your patience and continued interest. I will keep on doing my best to find you a place!
I bet you're all looking forward to holidays and I'm pleased to say I have earmarked a few days for us to get together for some holiday sewing. This Friday 7 Dec at 6pm I will put my January course online for purchase. I don't hold places or take waiting lists for my holiday classes, so everyone has an opportunity to join in. I am offering three days at this stage. Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 January, with a choice of mornings or afternoons. Mornings will run from 8 am to 12 noon and afternoons will run from 1 pm to 5 pm. Children must be at least 7 years old and will need to bring a snack for break time.
I will continue to offer my adult sessions next year also and re-enrolment for those positions will be available online over the next few days. If you would like to join our adult classes please drop me a line and I will call you when a place becomes available. We've had many interesting discussions in our adult classes this year about the nature of creativity and the difficulty of following our muse without being held back by our inner critic. It can be hard to keep that flow going without worrying about failure or getting too serious about the outcome. We had a bit of fun with a style we coined "punk sewing" where we try not to sweat the small stuff. We let go of our usual fussiness and took risks with some amazing results. It's just the way the kids sew - with confidence and experimentation and not a care in the world, and it's so freeing! We really can learn so much from them.
I hope you all have a wonderful, refreshing holiday. I look forward to seeing you all in 2019.
Take care!
Cheers
Rebecca
We've had another wonderfully creative and productive year here at the studio. Thank you all so much for being part of The Magic Needle. I'm so inspired by these kids and the great ideas they come up with, and I love meeting all the families. We really have seen so much improvement in terms of skills this year. To be honest it just blows me away what these young people can do.
Term 1 2019 re-enrolments are now available online. Over the past four years I have worked to keep my fees at the same rate but unfortunately the cost of supplies has finally caught up with me and this coming year I will have to make a $10 increase. As usual, current students wishing to remain in their existing session place have first opportunity to enrol. If you would like to change your child's session time this is the time to let me know. If you have a child who would like to join term classes please let me know and I will be happy to add them to the waiting list. Some of you have been on the waiting list for some considerable time and I'd like to thank you so much for your patience and continued interest. I will keep on doing my best to find you a place!
I bet you're all looking forward to holidays and I'm pleased to say I have earmarked a few days for us to get together for some holiday sewing. This Friday 7 Dec at 6pm I will put my January course online for purchase. I don't hold places or take waiting lists for my holiday classes, so everyone has an opportunity to join in. I am offering three days at this stage. Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 January, with a choice of mornings or afternoons. Mornings will run from 8 am to 12 noon and afternoons will run from 1 pm to 5 pm. Children must be at least 7 years old and will need to bring a snack for break time.
I will continue to offer my adult sessions next year also and re-enrolment for those positions will be available online over the next few days. If you would like to join our adult classes please drop me a line and I will call you when a place becomes available. We've had many interesting discussions in our adult classes this year about the nature of creativity and the difficulty of following our muse without being held back by our inner critic. It can be hard to keep that flow going without worrying about failure or getting too serious about the outcome. We had a bit of fun with a style we coined "punk sewing" where we try not to sweat the small stuff. We let go of our usual fussiness and took risks with some amazing results. It's just the way the kids sew - with confidence and experimentation and not a care in the world, and it's so freeing! We really can learn so much from them.
I hope you all have a wonderful, refreshing holiday. I look forward to seeing you all in 2019.
Take care!
Cheers
Rebecca