The Long Night of Sewing

22 Oct, 2019, No comments

This night we go REALLY crazy. We are calling all night owls to meet at The LOFT.
We will meet to sew together until we can't keep the eyes open anymore. (Midnight)
Let's sew, drink, eat and enjoy friends and fabrics.
Please bring something to keep the body well. Pizza, cake, quiche, wine, juice ect. ... are very welcome
This is a free event to get creative together and celebrate life.

November 7th, 2019

Places are limited to 10, so please let me know in advance if you want to join and what you want to bring.

Block Printing on Fabric | Estampagem em tecidos

22 Oct, 2019, No comments

I’m super excited to announce that The Loft will be hosting the third edition of our Block Printing Workshop.
In this course, students will learn the basics of Block Printing on paper and fabric. Students will learn carving techniques for rubber blocks, materials from nature, how to print, design fundamentals, how to create a repeat and how to create multi-color prints.

November 2nd, 2019

14h00-17h30

Price: 40 EUR | all materials included

3.5 hours

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Beginner Sewing Class - Iniciação à Costura

22 Oct, 2019, No comments

Have you ever wondered how you can make your own clothes? Sustainable? Your style, color and taste?
To do this, just attend the Sewing Initiation Course.

October 26th, 2019

3.5 hours of learning and pleasure

15h00-18h30

Price: 40 € with all materials included

Limited to 6 places

Registration and additional information:

E-mail: theloft.atelier@gmail.com

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We return the amount paid when the cancelation is communicated up to 72 hours before the date scheduled for the start of the workshop.

Work experience

17 Oct, 2019, No comments

We are looking for new people. Work experience at The LOFT Atelier is typically an admin based role and can involve everything from helping out in the atelier, handling the social media accounts and feed in some amazing pictures and posts, assisting Ariane with the start-up of our online shop or working with Liva to create beautiful visual merchandising displays! We will give you some freedom to try out your own ideas and be part of our passion for sewing and crafts. We need interns to work in our Lisbon Center Atelier, typically a four day week (Tuesday-Friday 20 hour in total). So that the placement is worthwhile for both parties, we don’t take anyone on for less than a month. Our work experience placements are unpaid but we are happy to cover the cost of travel within Lisbon. As a thank you, you will be able to take our classes (if there is space) in the evenings or weekends for the duration you are with us. You can use our sew-working space and make some clothes or accessories yourself. If you are interested, please email theloft.atelier@gmail.com with a CV and your availability.

Markets in Lisbon made by us for the guidebook Fodor's Essential Portugal

3 Oct, 2019, No comments

Whether you’re a foodie looking for the freshest produce, a fashionista looking for vintage finds or a vinyl junkie digging for gold, Lisbon’s markets deliver the goods. With help from Ariane Arand – a local fabrics expert who runs shopping tours of Lisbon – Culture Trip’s guide uncovers the best places for browsing and buying.

Markets have been held in Lisbon for centuries and are still very much a part of city life. Local residents and tourists rub shoulders with top chefs at produce markets, cool kids haggle over the price of trinkets at vintage fashion fairs, while record collectors and DJs can be found crate-digging at the city’s famous flea markets.

Many of Lisbon’s biggest and best markets occupy vast historic buildings or take over entire neighbourhoods, so be sure to set aside a few hours to dig out the best bargains. There’s almost always a good range of refuelling options, with tasty traditional street snacks and cold drinks available at wallet-friendly prices.

Ariane Arand is a German fashion fan who has lived in Lisbon for 26 years. She runs shopping tours of Lisbon as well as operating a unique sewing school, co-sewing space and vintage haberdashery. Armed with her insights, we’ve cherry picked the very best of Lisbon’s colourful markets.

Keep reading here.

Weekend in ModaLisboa!

14 Mar, 2018, No comments

Alo Sister! :)

How's everything going?

This past weekend I was at ModaLisboa, watching the trends for the fall/winter of 2018.

And I have very good news! The cold will not discourage us this year because it will be full of color! Several of the stylists who presented their collections showed pieces with pink, mustard, purple, red, white and light blue. So prepare to have a bit of color in the winter wardrobe!

I also wanted to share with you a super touching moment in the Nuno Gama runway. At the end of the show, all the models came to the passerelle with the arms as an "X", and the singer Xande was singing "Homem do Leme" in a tribute to the guitarist Zé Pedro of Xutos & Pontapés.

It was intense and memorable. But an image can be worth a thousand words, so I share a photo of that moment taken by Steffi Rossdeutscher:

I also want to thank to all the people who went with me: Allison and Stas, Barbara and Nina, Hedéne and Elisa, Patricia, Steffi and Marta. For a change, It was good to have a moment outside of The Loft! :)

Allison, Hedéne and me looking amazing!

The conclusion I draw from this weekend is that the best accessory we can have is a smile. :)

Until next post! Beijinhos,

Ariane

After Slow Talk

8 Mar, 2018, No comments

Hello Sister!

I hope everyone is ready for this new week!

I'm full of energy, after Saturday! Super inspired! The Loft was pleased to hold it´s first Slow Talk. Slow Talks are events where I invite people out of fashion world and sewing to an informal conversation of sharing experiences and knowledge.

Saturday's guests were Jana, Rita, and Sara from the RTP 1 TV show "Cosido a mão" . It was so fun and interesting to hear their stories and the stories of others present. For those who couldn't be present, no problem, there is a video available:

I want to thank all the people who came, even though it was a terrible time in Lisbon. The truth is that in this cozy corner, he did not even notice the storm outside. I sincerely hope you enjoyed it too. I, at least, can not wait to get together again.

pictures by @Steffi Rossdeutscher

If you have any suggestions as to who should be guest for the next edition of Slow Talk, do not hesitate to share. All feedback is welcome! :)

Leaving a little off topic, but equally important, I share here the cocktail recipe Hugo, the Berlin Long drink which Kasper was preparing during the event:

* Fill a wine glass with ice cubes

* Add finger high Elderberry sirup

* 2 part sparkling water

* 6 parts of sparkling wine

* Garnish with some mint leaves

I also leave here the Guacamole recipe we had at the appetizer table.

Mix in a beaker:

* 8 crushed avocados

* Juice of 2 lemons

* 3 cloves garlic

* A small chopped onion

* Salt and pepper

* A chopped fresh chilli (for those who like spicy more)

* A chopped coriander sauce, to taste

Now I'm getting ready for this weekend, as the 50th edition of ModaLisboa is almost under way. How exciting! For those who do not have an invitation, I am organizing a Great Giveaway from The Loft, so 2 people can come with me.

Keep the needles sharp, Sisters!

Hello Sister!

1 Mar, 2018, No comments

So good to have you here, in my first blog and in my first post. As if I did not have enough projects, I had to create a blog too, right? :)

I think my creative and hyperactive brain never realises I already have too much in my hands. The truth is, I have so much to share! There's so much I want to write about, so many things to show you! And there is never a perfect timing to start something, you just have to do it!

The blog is about sewing, of course, but it would be strange if I just started it by talking only about machines, fabrics and patterns, even though they are things I enjoy so much. So I decided to start the blog with a post about myself, so you can know me a little bit better.

The people who already know me, can skip through this part, or maybe leave a question about me. For those who do not know me, I am Ariane. I am German, but I have been living in Portugal for 25 years.

Now I live in Lisbon, but it was in the Azores that I rediscovered my passion for sewing. Being the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of seamstresses, I always had the sewing bug, but for a while it was hibernating. :) In Lisbon, I took several courses at Modatex, having a diploma for pattern making, and I became a certified trainer. I was also an intern at Kolovrat's atelier.

However, there was a time when I felt the need to create a community of seamstresses, so i began the Sew Sisters. First, we met every month. Then, every week and after a while, my living room wasn't big enough. And that's when The Loft was born.

I have always enjoyed teaching, since I was a little girl, and now The Loft allows me to teach what I like the most: sewing. This space allows me to share everything I know, just like this blog. Here I can give you the wonderful and colourful world of sewing and fashion. I hope you enjoy it and feel as enthusiastic as I do!

So, even if you can't come to The Loft, you can go along this trip with me through the blog. :)

But I hope to see you this Saturday in the first Slow Talk with Jana, Rita and Sara from the show Cosido à Mão. They will talk about their experiences and it will be great moment to share ideas, inspire and motivate ourselves. There will also be food and drinks, of course. :)

Until Saturday! Keep the needles sharp!

Ariane

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