Design Camp is Over Here!

Hey there, Michelle from Designcamppdx here. Truth be told, I kinda forgot I had this blog, so please come visit me over where I hang out more often:

Designcamppdx.weebly.com

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Design Camp 11!

Hi All!
I am thinking about dates for design camp and was wondering if there was any interest in a Spring Break camp? I am planning to post summer sessions sometime mid Feb., so leave comments if you have any requests!

Get your Pop-up on!

Get your Pop-up on!

Modern Spool Web Site

We are moving to a new home on the web! Please come visit Design Camp at
Modern Spool
You will be able to register for camps and classes online! We will be fully up and running on February 1st, and Design Camp Summer Schedule will be posted on Febuary 14th.
We look forward to visiting with you soon!

Become a Fan of Design Camp!

Hello out there! Check out Design Camp on Facebook and become a fan! We are putting together a new schedule for classes and camps and we want you to be the first to know!
Click Here to become a fan

VOTE for Fractions!

My design made it into the Spoonflower Fabric of the Week FINAL ROUND!!! I am excited to have made finals three contests in a row! It is fun to be in this competition with so many cool designs and designers!
IF you like mine best (which you do, right?) vote for it here:
VOTE

Also, you can now buy my fabrics directly from Spoonflower. I have the three finalist designs, plus two of my personal favorites for sale. You can buy yardage here:
BUY

Spoonflower Numbers Semifinal Round

I am number 24 in the group of 40 designers competing in the semifinal round this week at Spoonflower. My design is called Fractions. I used Helvetica to create the original numbers for this design and then broke it into lots of pieces so you could only see indications of the original numbers. I try to imaging yardage when I design: what this print would look like on specific pieces - and I imagined this on an active wear piece like a yoga top.
There are lots of great submissions, so as always, I truely appreciate your vote!
VOTE HERE!

Juna Studio!

I feel like I can announce this now because I finally knuckled down and sent my first collection to my new print reps in NY Juna Studio! I signed on with them at the beginning of September, but I have been so crazy busy that I only just got my first designs out to them. I did a group of women's dress prints and now I am working on some youth designs. It has been great and I am excited and full of ideas to draw.
I will be able to post sneak-peeks of my designs soon.

Vote for Lovin' Spoonful!

My design made the final round in the Spoonflower contest and now you can VOTE again for me! There are some great designs in the competition, so I really appreciate you vote. Mine is the crazy orange one in the middle - but you all ready knew that, didn't you!
VOTE HERE
Next week there are two contests: numbers and doll panels. I am not sure which one I will enter: I have a ton of designing to do this weekend for Juna studio - my new reps in NYC. I'll post more on that soon, I promise!

Vote for Lovin' Spoonful!

Thank you to everyone who voted for my fabric last week! I got over 100 votes which was amazing! I was really thrilled! The fabric I linked to in my earlier post designed by Cate Aneveski WON!!! Yay Cate! I am so gonna buy some on the Spoonflower Etsy page! I am in the semi finals this week for the Spoons and Flowers contest. My submission is #45 Lovin' Spoonful. If you like it VOTE NOW for it! There are lots of great ones to chose from!

Vote for Haunted!

My fabric design made it into the Spoonflower Fabric of the Week Contest! Yay! Now I need your votes. Please vote for me! Click on this link VOTE. My fabric is #16 Haunted. There are so many great ones, I really really appreciate your vote. Now go Vote!!! (Thanks!)

Design Camp at the 100th Monkey this Sept!

Design Camp at the 100th Monkey Studio in September!

Make and Mend for Victory
Bring your pants to hem, buttons to sew on, and rips to repair. A perfect class for beginning sewers. You will learn techniques to fix-up and re-purpose that wardrobe.
For ages 8 and older
Sunday, September 27th from 2-5pm
Cost: $40

Saturday Sewing Club
Saturdays from 2-5pm
Sat. September 12th: Make a handbag out of jeans and a shirt
Sat. September 19th: Make magnetic fabric covered cork boards
For ages 8 and older
Cost: $40 per class

to sign up visit the 100th Monkey Studio website

Haunted

It feels like October today which inspired me to enter Spoonflower's Halloween Theme fabric design contest. While I drew this print I was thinking of the haunted houses that are in my memories - Disneyland with my cousins when I was too little and really scared, the Enchanted Forest with my daughter when she was too little and too scared...I wanted to capture a feeling of an old damask fabric without being to literal. I hope I make it to the voting stage!

Click here to see a print from Portland designer Cate Anevski that I saw while I was browsing - I really love it and am excited about the possibility of being in this competition with her.

Back to School with Design Camp!

The studio has been quiet since the last camp ended a week ago, but I have been busy putting together a fall workshop schedule that I am super excited about. Stay tuned for posts about that in the next week or two. There are lots of exciting ideas brewing.

Maide Sale Tomorrow!

Check out our fresh batch of Womptas! These are all made by kids ages 11-12 in our One Week Boutique Design Camp this week. Pretty impressive if you ask me! These will be for sale for $12 each at our sale tomorrow



Come early - items will sell out!
Noon-3pm
1801 NW Upshur, Suite 260 in sunny Portland Oregon

Maide Sale Preview!

Here is a preview of some of the amazing designers and their products that will be for sale in our Maide Boutique this Friday

Maide! One Week Boutique Sale

Design Camp One Week Boutique presents:

Maide
Unique handmade gifts made by kids
One Day Only!
the Friday, August 28th, 2009
Noon - 3pm
@
the Design Camp Studio
1801 NW Upshur Suite 260| Portland OR |97209

Handbags, walletts, jewelry, softies, cards, accessories, and beyond!
Most materials used are re-purposed, re-cycled, and re-made!

Cash only
Get there early, items will sell out!

check our blog for product preview photos!
michellefreedman.blogspot.com

in partnership with
the 100th Monkey Studio
www.the100thmonkeystudio.com

Design Camp 09!

New Hanna Andersson Designs!

I checked the site this morning and all the designs I did for Hanna Andersson Boys Graphic Ts are available now! I am so excited! The other two from my previous post are also still available.

Spring Break + Summer Camps Registration Now Open!

Registration is Now Open!
We have Partnered with the 100th Monkey Studio for our camps and classes.
All camp registration is through the 100th Monkey Studio: All camps will be held at my studio in NW.
Click Here for information
We are super excited about our camps this year and look forward to hanging out with you!