Wednesday, March 27, 2013

{FREE-STAND} Madam Chino Designer "Mason Coozy" and Handmade Display

Mason Jars aren't just for canning homegrown veggies. Summertime folks on the fly twist their lids over cold coffees routinely. Hot winter perks are not too-hot-to-handle with the Madam Chino designed crochet "Mason Coozy"

The Original Madam Chino Mason Jar Coozy:
Crochet mason jar QZs
*later the non-quilted Ball Jar is used
**this design was inspired by a crochet handled open-bottom pint-glass coozy I was introduced to, if I find her name, I will certainly give due credit!

Find these at Madam Chino's LOOK NOOK and various locally supporting Milwaukee WI shops and markets throughout the year. Coming soon online. Interested local shops contact madamchino@gmail.com
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Original display design:
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xo,
mme chino

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

{MODEL/ARTIST/VENDOR CALL} 8th Annual “EARTH DAY RUNWAY with Madam Chino and Friends" at the UWM UNION CONCOURSE


Please join Madam Chino and the UWM Studio Arts and Craft Centre in association with the UWM Union in kicking off Earth Week 2013 on Monday April 22nd at High Noon and again at 12:30pm for "EARTH DAY RUNWAY with Madam Chino and Friends" Fashion Show featuring all local Milwaukee artist-made and up-cycled eco-friendly handmade wears/wares!

CALLING ALL
-Model Citizens  
-Students and Artists of the Madam Chino “No-Sweat Sewing” Class Series at the UWM Studio Arts and Crafts Center who want to show off their wears!!!!
-Local Vendors of Up-cycled/Eco-friendly/Locally artist-made items to booth!!!! 
WHO:    
          -Us!!!
          -Fabrizio Cappeli Salon
          -De La Buena Drummers
          -Stephen Anderson Digital
          -UWM Studio Art’s ‘N’ Craft Centre
          -UWM Union Programming
WHAT:  8th Annual “EARTH DAY RUNWAY” with MADAM CHINO and FRIENDS!
WHERE:  UWM UNION CONCOURSE, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, directly inside from the circle drive
WHEN:  Earth Day! Monday April 22nd, 2013!  Show starts NOON Sharp, runs consecutively again at 12:30PM.  Please see below details for backstage show schedule!
WHY:  Earth Day!!!  High Fives!!!

HOW:  Choose an Adventure: MODEL>DESIGNER>VENDOR
MODELS:
  • Confirm participation with me via fb, gmail, text, or call 414-303-1981
  • Come to the FITTING PARTY the evening of Saturday of April 13th, 7pm til late!  The party will be ongoing all weekend starting Friday night at 7pm, all day Saturday during shop hours 12pm-6pm, and taking appointments all through the evening of Sunday April 14th.   Choose outfits and a take home party accessory post show!
  • Show up at the Union on Monday Aprill 22nd no later than 11am to get did, lined up, and make up a handshake with your partner! 
  • Models can arrive as early as 9:30/10am to get hair done by Fabrizio Cappeli!  Bring your own make-up!  Other arrangements to follow for shoes and look at Fitting Party.    
DESIGNERS:
  • Confirm participation with me via fb message or gmail at madamchino@gmail.com with "Earth Day Designer" in the header, please leave your email address a pic/link/sentance about how the work is recycled and handmade 
  • Contribute 2-8 outfits/looks
  • Bring your own models, hair, make-up, photo, looks
  • The show is set up based on a partner system.  Please confirm if you have an odd number of models, we can try to match you up or artists can walk with their odd person.  Read on for set up and show info.

VENDORS:
  • Confirm participation in a facebook message or via email at madamchino@gmail.com with "Earth Day Vendor" in the header, please leave your email address a pic/link/sentance about how the work is recycled and handmade 
  • Space may be limited but if interest is greater, table space will be adjusted no less than 4x4 tabletops for accessories, rack space along the back wall 
  • Tables and chairs are provided 
  • Obtain your own licenses 
  • I will follow up with further details post confirmation. 

{DAY OF THE SHOW!}

PARKING:  come early, get dropped off, bike/walk or bring a friend who can help if you are bringing a lot of stuff, it IS hard to park, lot gets full around 9:30 maybe.
  • Doors open early!  Feel free to come as early as you want to get situated.  I will be on site by 9am at the latest to commence arrangements!
PARTICIPANTS:
-VENDORS: Grab a table and seats the audience’s right
-FABRIZIO SALON and MODELS: Same room for set up as last year, just left of the stage left!
-DESIGNERS with MODELS:  The UWM Union has a large ground floor lobby area in the restroom and extra rooms in the UWM Studio Arts and Craft Centre for a full preparatory stationing for getting your models ready.  Easy set-up, great facility.  Bring your own hair/make-up person if desired and, an extra photographer for back-stage photos. 
  •        BACKSTAGE SCHEDULE:
-9:00am: Early arrival and set up
-9:30am: Earliest models, Hair and make-up starts
-10:00am: Latest Sellers and Artists arrive
-10:45am: Sellers Booth set-up
-11:00am: Latest models, props
-11:15am: Roll call, Handshakes
-11:45am: Line up 1
-11: 59am: Drum roll
-HIGH NOON: Show 1
-12:15pm: Group picture outside/quick break
-12:25pm: Line up 2
-12:30pm: Show 2
-12:45pm: Show 
-1:00pm: Break-down
-2:00pm: Post-show GET-ALONG at BBC!

**Everyone who replies will receive secondary contact with further details, please try to leave phone and email contact.  
***FOR QUICK REPLY please direct all correspondence via email or text with interest-area confirmations, inquiries, questions, or concerns at any point to madamchino@gmail.com or 414-303-1981 or on facebook in a message with your phone and email.

*****I look forward to working with ANY and ALL OF YOUUUU!!!  

CONTACT:  
Vanessa Devaki Andrew
414-303-1981
madamchino@gmail.com

THIS SHOW IS ONLINE!!!!  Sharing is caring!
PRESS RELEASE ONLINE: http://bit.ly/16HUqpb
FACEBOOK EVENT ONLINE: http://on.fb.me/Ztksbw
FLYER ONLINE:  http://bit.ly/15Z5T2C

VISIT MADAM CHINO AND LAST YEARS SHOW ONLINE!!!!
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/7P8-2eYJ8fQ
SLIDESHOW: http://youtu.be/Ev8S_8v9aEU
PHOTOS: http://bit.ly/12ZdtMF 

-- 
Madam Chino
I'm online!

www.madamchino.blogspot.com


Monday, March 18, 2013

PRESS RELEASE: 8th Annual “EARTH DAY RUNWAY” with MADAM CHINO and Friends at the UWM UNION CONCOURSE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8th Annual “EARTH DAY RUNWAY” with MADAM CHINO and FRIENDS at the UWM UNION CONCOURSE

Contact: Vanessa Devaki Andrew, dba MADAM CHINO: Designer, Seamstress, Educator

Address: UWM Union Concourse
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd
Milwaukee WI 53201
Phone: 414-303-1981
Email: madamchino@yahoo.com
URL: www.madamchino.blogspot.com
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Spring symbolizes not just the industry of creation, but of re-creation: the cycle of renewal that consumes and updates past elements. This close-loop metaphor of spring is ever-present in those whose work considers the environment. Madam Chino applies a perpetual-spring ideology to clothing year round, with a fitting release of the newest collection on Earth Day.

Kicking off the UWM Earth Week Festivities on Earth Day, Monday April 22th 2013, UWM will sponsor the 8th Annual “EARTH DAY RUNWAY with Madam Chino and Friends,” a fashion show held twice consecutively at high noon and again at 12:30 pm in the UWM Union Concourse. The high energy spring fashion event showcases The Madam Chino Eco-Friendly Men and Women's Spring 2013 Collection by veteran local eco-designer/seamstress Vanessa Devaki Andrew, and the students of her “No-Sweat Sewing” classes held tri-annually at the UWM Studio Arts and Craft Centre. Music presented by the Drummers of the UWM Dance Department in association with De La Buena. Hair and make-up by Fabrizio Cappeli Salon. Enjoy the show on a full runway, with chair seating, balcony standing, and shop fair-market booths with local artists selling up-cycled wares.

Madam Chino has been creating eco-conscious wearables for men and women of rescued t-shirts, flannels, and vintage fabrics for over ten years in Milwaukee. Madam Chino’s LOOK NOOK is the official showroom open each Saturday from noon-six pm at 100A E. Pleasant Street on the 3rd floor of the Milwaukee Fortress building 53212. View the work by visiting the following links!

{BLOG} www.madamchino.blogspot.com
{PHOTOS} www.flickr.com/photos/madamchino
{ETSY} www.madamchino.etsy.com
{LAST YEARS SHOW}
video: http://youtu.be/7P8-2eYJ8fQ,
slideshow: http://youtu.be/Ev8S_8v9aEU
photos: http://bit.ly/12ZdtMF

EARTHDAYrunway2013


--
Madam Chino
I'm online!

www.madamchino.blogspot.com
www.madamchino.etsy.com
www.madamchino.com



Saturday, March 2, 2013

{HEMMING-WAY} A YOU-torial on Flipping Hems and Sewing Thin Strips

These techniques are funnest to impart because of the simplicity and clear-cut avoidance of their incredible headache alternative. Both techniques are performed to answer one simple question which is: How to flip a narrow strip inside out.

As in all great questions, better reasons motivate smarter resolutions. Why narrow strips? Yarn, necklaces, drawstrings, tank straps, belts, woven articles, and the plethora of options arising from the darling mother of invention herself: necessity, of tying loose ends.

Join Madam Chino in her NO-SWEAT Sewing Classes at the Craft Centre beginning next week Monday March 11, 2013 for 5 weeks from 6pm-8:30pm culminating to the Earth Day Runway Fashion Show on Earth Day Monday April 22nd at High Noon in the UWM Union Concourse. Sign up by calling the UWM Studio Arts and Crafts Centre at 414-229-5535 or by stopping in at their ground level location in the UWM Union suite WG30 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee WI. They are open til 10pm on weeknights!
and check out their great SCHEDULE OF CLASSES and BLOG or like them on FACEBOOK plus+ see photos from previous classes HERE


LESSON ONE: FLIP A HEM:
Materials:
pre-existing hems
dowel (long and narrow)
tiny eye-screw
drill and tiny drill bit
fabric scissors
sewing thread
sewing needle

These hems which are so frequent in the world, are already sewn shut. What once seemed so uselessly jagged once removed from the article, is actually a pre-posed "thin strip". One could easily run a safety through a ribbon, slide it through the hem and stitch along the top, proceeding as shown below in lesson 2. However, this method is less tedious on fingers and requires only a tiny bit of hand-sewing.

{MADAM CHINO} Studio Tour

start with an eyelet screw in the end of a skinny dowel, and a hem from a t'shirt
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enter the dowel all the way through the interior of the hem:
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pull the fabric over the eyelet, and stitch a secure knot with thread or floss
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reverse the hem backward over the knot, starting at the eyelet.
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Inverting the cord is the most difficult part,
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but once it is free, the fabric is easy to pull through, creating a small cord perfect for drawstrings or necklaces
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A fully inverted hem still attached to the dowel:
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#flip #hems

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coming soon!!! Craftime Cinema with Madam Chino!
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Please check out my post on other awesome uses for the best and most versatile tools in all the world: Dowels

LESSON TWO: STARTING FROM SCRATCH
MATERIALS:
fabric of length
fabric scissors/rotary cutting station
threaded machine
pins
ribbon

In order to flip a narrow strip with out using an obnoxious let alone poingy and dangerous untwisted coat-hanger, which may, at any point, loose its grip and thieve an hour or more of your time.

-Double the width of the final strap and add 1/4" on each side. Fold it like a hotdog (the long way) and stick a narrow piece of ribbon or yarn longer than the total strip length into the fold.

-Sew one of the short sides closed with the ribbon in the seam, then pivot the strip under the foot.

-Sew closed along the length-side within your seam allowance, using your finger to keep the ribbon tucked away in the tube.

-Trim the top of the stiched corner on a 45 degree angle on the seam allowance. This will allow it to turn inside-out on itself easier!

Now for the fun with hand positions correct:
-With your dominant hand, hold the ribbon.
-With your non-dominant hand in a cup formation around the tube an inch from the edge of the sewn corner.

-Pull the ribbon, and slide the tube inside of itself, drawing back inch-per-inch, over itself until completely right-side-out.

-Clip the excess ribbon away and tuck the open side in with a scissor-tip before top-stitching.

Follow the following YOU-Torial from my Basic Sewing Zine:
thinstraps



Thank You for paying attention!

See you soon!

Best,
Madam Chino