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make it workshops owner 'Joey' started sewing at 9 years old! After many failed attempts at getting her crafty
and talented mother of five to show her how to sew summer clothes-she decided to just do it herself...and she did! After 15
years of home creations and altered thrift store finds, she packed up and moved from north carolina to los Angeles to attend
the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising and graduated with a degree in fashion design. During school she worked
in a high end fabric store and also as a wardrobe asst. on many low budget and well funded films. Making, dying and altering
many garments along the way. She worked in the Los Angeles garment industry for 10 years..from
design assistant in Jr. sportswear and menswear to designing and selling her own Womens Contemporary line 'Halo'
to Nordstroms as well many other department store and boutiques across the country.
Having kids changed all that! After
her first daughter was born Joey decided to open a retail boutique named ga ga which specialized in mommy and baby gifts.
Which turned into an emphasis on gift baskets marketed successfully to many studios and celebrity clients. Joey made many of the items that were sold at ga ga. A line of dresses, blankets, bibs, burps, embellished
onesies, hats etc. And still does! Items can be found at her other business site gagagifts.com In
2006 the whole family moved to Seattle where Joey has decided to teach you some favorite
stitches and tricks of the trade and simply have fun creating at make it workshop! Ondine Toler-Scott is
a free-lance patternmaker and sample sewer who has been an instructor in the Apparel Design Program at Seattle Central Community
College for 10 years. She has done pattern development for Bella Materna (a local maternity, nursing lingerie co.)
for 5 years, and recently completed a new uniform for the Socket Wenches, a Rat City Roller Girl team.
Talese Heckler
is a professional teacher,
artist, and designer. She has been teaching in the Seattle area since 1996 both privately and and for the Alki Community Center,
The Nature Consortium, Alki Bathhouse Art Studios and Seattle Parks and recreation. In her early teens she attended pre-college design
studies at Otis Parsons School of the Arts in Los Angeles, CA. In 1986, she graduated from The Fashion Institute of
Design and Merchandising with a degree in fashion design. She
has designed for local and national companies. Her fashion work has been seen in 'Details' magazine, 'Seventeen' magazine, Urban
Outfitters, Zebra Club, The Bon Macy's, Nordsroms, and Fred Segal. Her proffessional art work has been shown at Pratt Fine Arts, Starbucks, Macrina Bakery,Circa Neighborhood Grill,
Hot Wire Coffee,Ola Hair Salon, C&P Coffee, The Latona Pub, Dinabeans,Gary Manuel Salon, Normandy Park Art Festival and
Seattle Town Hall. Talese will be teaching Fashion workshops
..plus the summer Fashion summer camps along with Joey.
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