Tracy Weidman from Punkrocknits came to the University of Delaware to teach the students how to knit. This group was composed to mainly non knitters and Tracy Weidman was able to teach us the basics and how to create in knit form. Tracy is a dedicated artist from Pennsylvania who has turned her hobby into a career, where she travels from show to show selling her creative and funky accessory designs. She is now currently selling in three stores and looks forward to expanding her knowledge and items in the near future. Tracy will be coming back in late November to teach us how to knit in the round!

The Garment District thanks Tracy for coming and teaching us a new trick!

The Garment District took a trip to Philly for a day on the town. We traveled to Philly to attend and enjoy the Philadelphia Designers Market which we attend annually. This time around we did not sell our teams but we did enjoy the day by seeing the sights and enjoying the culture and excitement of the city. Our next Philly outing will be durning Spring semester if you missed this one!

September 7th: Making Flower Headbands!!

The Garment District members learned how to create and ornament clothing, headbands and bags with home made fabric flowers. These flowers are a long process for the group to create a flower wall at the end of the semester. We will be creating these flowers throughout the semester and will also be visiting a flower studio in New York to get to see how the professionals work to create fabric flowers on October 22!!

September Newsletter

The Garment District this month will be involved with a lot stay tune to the blog if you are unable to attend meetings. We will be posting all of our activities right here!!

Tomorrow September 7th at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Allison Hall 311 (art room)

We will be discussing what is to come...getting memberships and starting our flower wall. Guest will also have a chance to make flower accessories as well. See you there!

On September 25th We will be helping with this event please mark your calendar and more information about the event will be posted soon.

The Garment District will be having a fundraiser at California Tortilla this month!! Information will be posted soon.

The Garment District is going to the Philadelphia Designers Market on September 18th. We will be selling tshirts and will have artist from UD come and sell artwork of there own. If you are interested in attending and selling with the garment district please contact jine@udel.edu. The deadline to join is September 13th.

Come visit us at the annual UD activities night!! This time its on the green! See you there!!!

Nova Dance Company

The Garment District Fall 2009 Nova Dance Company

The Garment District decided to help a University of Delaware alumni with her newly started dance company. The owner Sarah Kim came to the club to design and create tops for the young ballerinas. We worked with fitting the clothes on the individual dancers and worked with the movement of the body. It was a great opportunity to work in the field of costume design and learn more about that side of design.

The Garment District is helping the Delaware Breast Coalition with the opening of there new store. We are helping promote the submission of T-Shirt designs for their event on September 25th. At this event they will auction off the shirts designed by the students to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. University of Delaware students please submit your designs now!!!!