Cincinnati Original Creative Festival
Cincinnati, OH June 24 - 26, 2010
Londa Rohlfing is an avid seamstress and designer. After obtaining her B.S. in home economics from the University of Illinois, she worked in interior design, then managed a craft store - and along the way started to offer dressmaking as a way to sell more of the fabric she was selling from her home through Leiter's Designer Fabrics and House of Laird fabrics. That led to publishing her own line of patterns featuring heirloom sewing for women in the late 80's. From there, 1990 found Londa opening her own fabric store/sewing machine dealership in 1990. Thirteen years later, she decided to 'come home again' -- to live the normal life of a non-retail storefront owner, opting for the internet mode of retailing instead. She now offers her “cherry-picked" top quality needle art-related products worldwide through her Web site. Along the way, with fashion morphing into a very casual style, she has developed a love for creating very stylish jackets from top quality, comfy sweatshirts. Londa has published her designs and techniques in first a CD, then a DVD, printed book, and patterns. Recent years have found her traveling to sewing expos, guilds and shops to both sell and to share her “Creative Sweatshirt Jacket” techniques. Above all, Londa loves most to teach and share her designs and the techniques she has developed. She strives to do that and to offer top quality sewing products with friendly, honest, 'old-fashioned' personal service.
ORIGINAL CREATIVE FESTIVAL CLASSES:
Refined Embellishments for Creative Sewing
Lecture, 1 Hour, Thursday 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Instructor: Londa Rohlfing, Londa’s Creative Threads
Learn tasteful embellishment of clothing to make it special, yet NOT overdone. See numerous examples AND learn techniques for taking your clothing beyond what you normally expect in wearable art. Special emphasis on the myriad uses of BIAS
Class fee $10
Creative Sweatshirt Jackets
Lecture, 1 Hour, Friday 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Instructor: Londa Rohlfing, Londa’s Creative Threads
Explore Londa’s endless styling, necklines, creative closures, cuffs, hems and more PLUS learn her secrets for fitting and stabilizing edges that all combine to create jackets you’d never believe started as a sweatshirt. View numerous jacket photos that will get your creative juices over-flowing!
Class fee $10
Care & Feeding of Your Sewing Machine
Lecture, 1 Hour, Saturday 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Instructor: Londa Rohlfing, Londa’s Creative Threads
Your sewing will be less trouble-free when you understand how your machine basically works. Know how to trouble-shoot basic threading problems and realize the importance of proper thread and needle selection for every project. You’ll be absolutely AMAZED that you’ve sewn for so long without a thorough understanding of these basic, yet all-important facts.
Class fee $10
Home Teachers recent Expos Guilds Tips Links Exhibitor Info Sponsors News Contact Us
you can trust
