The purpose of the program is to develop design skills, hand skills and jobs in the community. Sharbot Lake is located in the land O' Lakes tourist region with a seasonal population that arrives to enjoy lakes, watersports, cottages, hunting, fishing and family holidays.
The limestone District school board is very supportive of this program of design and make skills for students who flourish in a kinesthetic learning environment. Special thanks to Dave Gervais for innitiating the quest for an answer to a need, and to all the administrative staff who helped the proposal receive funding.
Anything fabric is a title that is exactly what it says. The room , which is recently renovated from floor to ceiling offers every possible sewing machine type for textiles from the lightweight domestic machines suitable for traditional garment fabrication to the commercial/industrial twin needle walking foot machines suitable for heavyweight canvas work.
Students are encouraged to communicate ideas through computer and hand drawings as well as through models and prototypes.
We are pleased to say that the program is currently full of students with others waiting for an opening to get in.
SLHS is a small school that is able to respond well to individual student needs and has the flexibility to combine facilities such as the wood and metal shops together with the fabric studio for mixed media endeavours. Currently, while some students are making prom dresses or oven mitts, others are involved in building a camper trailer using steel, plastics, wood, foam, textiles and premanufactured articles required syuch as the axle, tires, wheels and electrical hardware. We look forward to seeing this project evolve.
Participating students work in well equipped shops to make customized covers.
They can make a prom dress for you or for your skidoo, sew a tool belt or a mascot costume.
They work with cloth, plastic, leather and wood to create unique functional pieces.
If you are a student with talented hands and a creative mind check out the program.
If you are an entrepreneur needing specialized items challenge us with an order.
If you are an employer contact us, we make graduates with skills.
To be precise there are mostly woven textiles used in the program, but there are also fabrics like leather and plastics that don't qualify as textiles. Fabric in "Anything Fabric" is intended to refer to all materials that may be used.