Not always do I look back on sewing camps after a busy summer, but as I was reflecting on 2024, I thought it would be fun to share some of the moments of delight I have shared with you students.
This year we started one new camp, Sloth Camp, and brought back a few favorites like Pokémon Camp. Fittingly, the sloth camp was a quiet, peaceful camp, while some of the other camps were rather lively.
Some camps it felt like students had been friends forever, even though they just met that day. I loved watching siblings and friends come to the same camp and help each other and look out after each other for pillow camp. It was also wonderful to see at least one sibling of another student of mine – I knew her when she was three years old and now she is 12 years old, sewing her own pieces!
Harry Potter camp always brings together Harry Potter enthusiasts and we always have a blast casting sewing spells (and perhaps a few others!) on each other.
But one of the best parts of camp this year was having my granddaughter Natalie help. Over the years she has grown so much as a sewer, and she has become an incredible helper to my students! (Some of you may know her as Avocado, the name she went by for a few camps, ha!) It’s a delight sewing and teaching alongside her and I couldn’t have done it without her.
Overall, it was a great summer – great students, great projects, a great assistant, and lots of fun! I can’t wait to begin fall classes with you this week and keep on sewing.
