I went in the other week largely just to watch and get a feeling for how the camp runs. They work with preteens and young teens to create their own designs. Each week there is a different theme to the project. The frist week the girls made a dress for themselves out of a man's button down shirt. This week they are designing their own purses. It is too much fun, which keeps threatening to break out into mass chaos as the girls run around designing and building their garments, some have never sewn before. The kids are also fearless in cutting and stitching, which is such a laugh after teaching a college costume construction class that was nothing but fear.
Friday was the only day I "officially" subbed, but I did spend most of my week there working on a project the woman running the camp thought up on the spot for me. By the way she is Russian, blunt, and great. They had just converted the men's restroom into an office, I will let you make those jokes yourself, and a bench had been created where the sinks use to be and she needed a cushion for it. And I was Going to make that cushion.
So for the better part of three days I created a cover for this 74" x 34" cushion as well as getting grabbed by a girl every 10 minutes to help pin or sew. As it turns out I make a pretty sweet cushion cover.
Whala:
What you want it reversible... Done:
You may or may not be able to tell from the pictures but one side is stripped and one side is hounds tooth. I thought it turned out quite nice.
Hopefully I will get to work at the camp some more, even not I might go in and play with their expensive toys anyway, they have a very "just drop on by feeling".
Summary
Cost:
None (I GOT PAID)
Time: 4 Days
Average : $0 /hr entertainment Yippie!
Perks:
$250!
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