June Training

RECYCLE AND SEW: ANIMALS, VEGETABLES AND MINERALS.  SAMPLES BY FF MARGARET AND MS. COLETTE.

Friday June 16, 6:30-9:30 pm @ ILGWU 322 Elm Ave Long Beach, CA

Skill Level: Beginning, made from knit fabrics.  By Ms. Colette, New Orleans LA

 

Skill Level: Intermediate, complex pattern made from wovens fabric.  By Faux Frau Margaret.

Faux Frau Friday Training

Friday May 12, 6:30-9:30 @ ILGWU 322 Elm Ave Long Beach

We will welcome a new Faux Frau from Chicago.

Reports and Instruction from the field: Faux Frau Steven will demo make a draw string bag.

Frau will demo  how to make a Fabric Flying Disc for summer play.
http://www.wfdf.org/history-stats/history-of-flying-disc/4-history-of-the-frisbee

 

Please join in person or via skype.

 

 

Soviet Hippie May Day

This months Training will be held at Thank You For Coming, on Friday April 21, 6:30-9:30 pm.

We will learn about the history of May Day  http://www.iww.org/history/library/misc/origins_of_mayday

and how to make a WENDE MUSEUM Russian Hippie Cape Knock off. Learn how the history of the Russian Hippie, while making a simple rectangle, Patchwerk, multi-use garment, made from old military tents, and other fabric remnants.

March Training

In January at the Mend America show, Faux Frau Judith, conducted a Sock Puppet performance addressing constitutional law. That performance is the inspiration for our training this month. In preparation for April’s Sewing Rebellion, we will develop our Sock Puppet making skills, in hopes of generating moments of soft guerrilla disobedience through sock puppet public engagement.

Friday, March 10, 6:30-9:30 pm @ ILGWU 322 Elm, Ave. LB CA 90802
or email Frau Fiber to join via Skype.  Bring socks for puppet making.

Three new Faux Frau’s will take the oath, at 7 pm.  One in Boulder CO, and two in Long Beach.  New Faux Frau’s are asked to come prepared with their a slogan about Fast Fashion, Sewing, or mending.  You will be asked to create a patch, and uniform sash after your swearing in. 

 

Welcome New Faux Fraus:

Chantel (center), Long Beach

and in Boulder

Janet (right)

Mariel, The Long Beach Center Faux Frau

 

Boulder and Long Beach Training:

Faux Frau Steven animates his sock puppet, made from a sock his dog chewed up.

Faux Frau Judith animates her sock puppets: one from a sock and the other made from a fabric scrap.

Faux Frau Chantel and Laure animate their sock puppets, made from hand knitted and lonely socks.

 

 

 

February Training

In preparation for commemorating the 106th anniversary of the Triangle shirt waist fire, FF will learn how to make a shirtwaist blouse from a oversized men’s shirt.

Friday Feb. 17, 6:30-9:30 PM  hosted by Thank You For Coming and LA Faux Frau’s,  3416 Glendale Blvd, LA CA

Please join us via skype.

Triangle Shirtwaist Hack: from men’s shirt to commemorative triangle shirt waist blouse.

MARK- CUT- PLEAT – SEW

Written instructions:

1. put shirt on you or a dress form.
2. Mark the cap of your shoulder, 2” below waist, hem and sleeve length.
3. Remove collar from rise.
4. Sew up rise.
5. Remove sleeve
6. Open shoulder 2” past shoulder cap mark
7. Pleat front into back shoulder to mark
8. Sew up shoulder. Now there should be two small pleats in the shoulder
9. If needed take in side seam.
10. cut hem
11. turn and roll hem
12. Cut a casing from hem scraps or other fabric  1 1/2″
13. Sew the casing with top stitching at waist mark, all the way around, so casing opening match up at buttons.  The side with buttons gets set back about 1″ so the ties match up.
14. cut and sew a tie from remaining scraps
15. Using a safety put tie through casing
16. Put the sleeves back on, they should fit nicely, adjust as needed.Triangle Blouse is finished.

 

From the LA Training: Faux Frau Lauren Models the shirtwaist she made, with Modern Modifications, and modeling the sample.

 

Long Beach Faux Frau Lauren and Future FF Chantel joined the training from Long Beach via Skype

 

January Training

Mark your calendars trainings will be held on the 2nd Friday of each month, 6:30-9:30 pm PST, 322 Elm Ave, Long Beach CA.  You are welcome to attend via skype, google hangouts or FT.  Email FF to make arrangements.

In support of the Sewing Rebellions mission   The Faux Frau’s Friday training will prepare Faux Frau’s for next month’s Sewing Rebellion activities, as well as answer any questions you might have.

In January the Sewing Rebellion launched Good Not Goods   Looking back at the history of Labor and Protest as a model for how to be vigilant today.  January training launches Body Banners, wearable protests for everyday life: body banners and  sassy sashes for rallies, protests, and parades.  This will include a sewing element, and a stencil tutorial for quick lettering to let your voice be heard

Hope to see you there!

Yours in sewing and solidarity

Frau Fiber

Faux Frau Holiday Factories

Thank You Faux Frau’s for all of the work you do.  Let’s celebrate with by making graham cracker factories.  Friday Dec. 9, 6:30-9:30 pm, ILGWU 322 Elm Ave, Long Beach CA 90802. Outside the region are welcome to join via skype.

Each Faux Frau brings their own bag of candy, and a tray, or plate to build their factory on.

Supplies:

Graham Crackers

Candy

Royal Icing 

Photo credit:  Steven Frost Swinging Graham Cracker construction @ ILGWU 322 Elm Ave, Long Beach CA 2013

November Training

Friday Nov 11, 6:30-9:30 @ ILGWU 322 Elm Ave, Long Beach CA

Seam review: Basic, French, Flat Fell, overlocked, pinked, binding and more.

more video’s coming soon.

Halloween Costume Manifesto

Join Frau Fiber in printing and posting in your communities the Halloween Costume Manifesto halloween-costume-manifesto

October Training

Frau Frau Friday and Training

Friday Oct 14, 6:30-9:30 pm

In preparation for November Sewing Rebellion, using t-shirts as a natural resource, Faux Fraus will learn how to make kitchen Kovers for jars, bowls, and cups.  This project was inspired by covers Faux Frau Cythnia made for the Thank You for Coming CSA box in September.

If you have sewing or other textile questions, please forward them to fraufiber@gmail.com