Teaching a BreyerFest Workshop

I was thrilled when Breyer posted its virtual line-up of seminars for BreyerFest 2023. I could finally talk about mine! Seeing the description of my workshop and the photo of Teacher Daughter Lisa and me was the culmination of months of planning, preparing, and in the end, filming.

I wanted to share the news with my hobby friends, but Breyer asks all presenters to wait until they have posted their list of workshops before we share the news. It was difficult at times, but I've been keeping quiet since last October.

I did need help with filming. Craig, Lisa, Curt, and Vanessa could not help me for various reasons, so I did have to tell one person that I was teaching a workshop - Barn Buddy Kelsey. She is as trustworthy as they come and she, too, has been keeping quiet. 

Kelsey came over one Saturday and spent three hours filming as I taught and sewed. She also set up my new ring light for me. (Thank you, Kelsey!)

Not only was Pepper wanting to hang around with us as we worked, but Nash did, too. More than once they snuck into my sewing room and suddenly appeared on camera!

By the time we finished, there was nearly an hour of raw video - way too long for a workshop. I went through and cut a lot of extraneous material out and got it down to a half an hour and then sent it on to Mountain Mama Jessica.

She LOVES to make videos and set them to music, but as she got into this project, there were some unexpected incompatibility issues. She ended up spending hours editing, with her husband Andrew stepping in occasionally to help or give her a break.  (Thank you both!)

The last thing to do to complete this project was to take some photos for Breyer to use to advertise the workshop. Lisa dropped by before school early one morning to help model two of the aprons I'd made for the workshop while Craig took the shots.

I sent several to Breyer and they selected this one.

This is the second virtual workshop I've done for Breyer. For BreyerFest 2022, Breyer asked me to teach in person at Kentucky Horse Park, but Breyer would've had to rent sewing machines for everyone in the workshop plus ironing boards, too. It just wasn't feasible. 

And since I am a classroom teacher (albeit retired) either virtual or live teaching are fine with me. I've done both. 

This project and volunteering for Breyer was "sew" much fun. I can't show anything else, but I do hope you will take some time to watch it during BreyerFest. And if you decide to make a show apron and need help. you know where to find me!