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Wednesday After School: Make Your Own Tote Bag!

January 8, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

$175

Date: Wednesdays, January 8 – 29, 2025
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
This class meets weekly for 4 weeks
Instructor: Claire Carlomagno
Location: Room 110
Ages: 7 – 11
Skill Level: All Levels
Registration Fee: $160 per child
Materials Fee: $15 per child

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About the class

Make your very own tote bag! This will be a 4-week fiber arts class in which the children will take the time to complete a project from start to finish that they can then use in the real world. Each child will leave this class with a handmade tote bag that they will sew, naturally dye, and embellish as they like!

Week 1: Learn hand sewing techniques (how to embroider and sew basic stitches)
Week 2: Use a sewing machine and make tote bags
Week 3: Use natural dye to dye the tote bags
Week 4: Block printing and embellishments on the bags

Drop off at 4:00 PM and pick up at 6:00 PM The Center is working on a consistent place for drop off and pick up. Until then, you will be notified where to drop off and pick up your child each week.

We also offer a free pick-up service for your kids if you are unable to drop them off after school. Please contact Melissa Agocs, the Youth Program Director, for more information. You can contact her at melissa@sonomacommunitycenter.org.

The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.

About the instructor

Claire Carlomagno

Instructor / Artist

Claire went to art school at the Academy of Art San Francisco and specializes in textile arts, and quilting. She is a clinical herbalist, massage therapist, and worked as a studio assistant for Kala Stein where she produced a line of botanical pottery for Chateau Sonoma. Claire also teaches for the Youth Programs at the Sonoma Community Center as well as for the Queer Art Club.

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    Questions and Answers

    • All Levels
    • Welcomes participants from beginning through advanced. Instructor provides a balanced and flexible curriculum suitable for participants with any level of experience.
    • Beginning
    • Participant has little to no experience with this medium and needs or expects guidance at every step during the class. Participant wants to learn about materials, techniques, and vocabulary of the medium.
    • Intermediate
    • Participant is comfortable with the medium and expects both guidance and time to work alone with the medium.
    • Advanced
    • Participant is very confident with all aspects of the medium. Participant is self-motivated; ready to experiment and develop their artistic voice.

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    We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class. 

    Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee, or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.

    Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org to request a late addition.

    We are always looking for new instructors. You can find more information about the process here, or fill out the form directly here.

    You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.

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