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Jumper Hack-a-Thon

SESSION II: JUNE 8-14
SEWING
WITH LIBBY O'BRYAN

Join Libby O'Bryan in sewing a jumper and then using the same pattern to draft additional styles of your own design. 

 
Course Description

Using the Open Studio’s Bumper Jumper pattern, we will first learn how to cut and sew this garment step-by-step. Then, we will take this pattern and make other styles from it - a shirt, a dress, new necklines, etc. – you're own creative designs. Let's see how many versions we can come up with during this pattern hack-a thon! This style is a great jumping off point for beginning sewers and patternmakers. You will learn foundational patternmaking techniques and garment planning, enhancing your home sewing practice so you can develop garments that fit well and belong in your closet. During class, we will also read and discuss slow fashion topics to steep our practice in sustainable fashion culture.

 

 
Tuition & Fees
  • $1850 (including double room accommodations)
  • $2050 (including single room accommodations)
  • $1600 (off campus, no housing included)
  • For more details on tuition & fees please visit this page.

 

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Artist Biography

Libby O’Bryan is an artist based in Asheville, NC. Trained in fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, business administration at the University of San Francisco, and fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, O’Bryan melds her hybrid background into a conceptual art practice. Her work has been exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois; South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Cameron Art Museum, and the Penland School of Crafts Gallery, North Carolina; the Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; and was featured in PBS’s Craft in America series (Episode XII, May 2014) and Southern Cultures magazine (2024).

O’Bryan’s businesses, Sew Co. (founder), Rite of Passage (co-founder), and Open Studio Patterns (co-founder) are efforts to preserve the skill of sewing. As a necessary skill for survival - food, clothing, shelter - O’Bryan celebrates the craft by creating with discerning quality,  social responsibility and unconventional business concepts. She is a champion for conscious consumerism!

 

Learn more about Libby O'Bryan and her work by visiting her website libbyobryan.net and checking our her businesses on instagram @sew_co, @riteofpassageclothing, and @openstudiopatterns.

 

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