Creative Sewing
In the Loop – CreativFestival Catwalk 2013
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The challenge is issued to contestants one week prior to the event, during which only conceptual and design work can be prepared. The challenge is officially announced at the CreativFestival on the Friday at 11:00 on the Fashion Runway.
Work is performed in show floor studios equipped by Bernina Canada, Husqvarna Viking, Janome Canada Ltd., Pfaff, Singer and Rowenta.
$200 shopping dollars are given to each team to buy their materials only from the show floor.
Models strut their designs on the runway on Sunday at 3:45pm and the winner is announced!
Contestants compete for over $18,000 in prizes and the competition is featured in A Needle Pulling Thread magazine.
Prize sponsors: Baby Lock Canada, Bernina Canada, Coats & Clark Canada, Creativ Festival, Fiskars Brands Canada, H. A. Kidd and Company Limited, Husqvarna Viking, Janome Canada Ltd., Michaels, A Needle Pulling Thread, Pfaff, Rowenta, Sulky, Swarovski, Singer, Westcott and WonferFil Threads.
Teams were matched up with Sewing Machine sponsors as follows:
- Academy of Design at RCC Institute – Husqvarna Viking
- George Brown College – Singer
- Georgian College – Janome Canada Ltd.
- Seneca College – Pfaff
- Coco Fashion Design Institute – Bernina
Read more in our Winter 2014 issue.
Article by Rita Gramsch
President and Founder
www.creativfestival.ca
