Anonymous
Post 02/13/2026 00:16     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
My 9 y.o. DS did the Sidwell Summer Sewing Camp. He was the only boy there, but he enjoyed it.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 11:37     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Sidwell has this, also Three Little Birds in Hyattsville if not too far.

There really should be more sewing programs for boys!
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 19:05     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
My DS does Traveling Players and his friend there is in their technical theatre program that involves costuming/sewing
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 08:58     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Sibley has a summer fashion design camp.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2026 08:49     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Creative Arts is a great place to start.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 20:04     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Creative Arts. But, if interested in fashion, learning yo sew is the priority.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 19:57     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Creative Arts in Bethesda will give him real
Sewing skills. But their summer camps go through age 12 so he might be too old for camp. The classes might work for him, but it could take time to get the skills to create his own patterns, work with difficult fabrics.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:52     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Costume & Make-up Design (Ages: 9-12) - Encore Stage & Studio https://share.google/zoyKX1mSSEsnfqKvv
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:49     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
MOCA Portrait drawing https://share.google/64guQRj0u0BEZdzXn

MOCA Sculpture study
https://share.google/oz7D0RXiBoAzzyNPM

MOCA Fundamentals of Drawing
https://share.google/W3z5ORvPHB9oDVLEX
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:48     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Have you checked out the classes at the workhouse in Lorton?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:47     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
IFTA in Fairfax County
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:45     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Anonymous wrote:Fashion and Machine Sewing - Summer Potomac School https://share.google/oSS1dMPu7M3lpnc7K

Youth Summer Sewing Camp — The Finishing School, VA https://share.google/pZNmCB2QjwicXIiqO

The finishing school camp seems to be very individual. Kids pick a project and have a teacher who helps them along.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:44     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Fashion and Machine Sewing - Summer Potomac School https://share.google/oSS1dMPu7M3lpnc7K

Youth Summer Sewing Camp — The Finishing School, VA https://share.google/pZNmCB2QjwicXIiqO
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:40     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
Vogue has some programs
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2026 10:17     Subject: Costuming or fashion design camp?
I have a middle-school boy who is interested in fashion design and theatrical costuming. He's interested in finding a summer camp that teaches related skills, like how to draw clothing, how to do clothing alterations, and making clothing based on a pattern.

He has basic fiber arts skills -- he can hand-sew, use a sewing machine, knit, needle-felt, crochet, and weave (on a loom) -- at the level that kids get from elementary-summer-camp week-long projects.

Ideally, there would be other boys in the class, but he can cope with all girls if he has to.

I have zero skills in this area -- I've never been taught to so much as sew a button -- so I'm completely clueless.

Any recommendations? Pretty open to location, but MoCo, Fairfax County, NWDC strongly preferred. (Arlington is probably OK.)