Luisa Milan has been making bespoke COVID-19 masks for the Jack Layton memorial statue on the waterfront. And people keep taking them. Milan is a Swiss-trained textile artist who has been living on the Toronto Islands since she immigrated to Toronto in 1979, contributing to the community’s Rogue Wave exhibitions. She is currently making a fourth
COVID-19 has shown us that panic buying and hoarding of supplies is a very real and dangerous thing tied in with this pandemic. Local businesses across the city have stepped up to help those in need. ZNews Videographer Sean Stante has more… See the video here.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Performers Online is hosting a Vlog featuring stories about ACTRA Toronto members helping others — stories that boost our spirits and strengthen our community ties in this difficult time. We’re calling it ACTRAToronto@Home. This first interview, hosted by David Gale, is with ACTRA Toronto member Diana Coatsworth, founder of The Sewing
An idea that started with 10 people five weeks ago on a Zoom call has morphed into an army of sewers, volunteers, and cheerleaders 3,400 strong. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, like most, Diana Coatsworth, owner of Diana Coatsworth Design in downtown Toronto, Ont. felt mixed emotions. All her biggest shows such as the One of
Len’s Mill, a go-to source for fabric, yarn, craft and home supplies in Waterloo region and southern Ontario, was built on the company’s roots in manufacturing. “Now, 50-something years later, we’ve switched gears in a matter of a week or two and we’ve gone back to it,” said Peter Menary, third generation owner, who now
George Brown College alumna Diana Coatsworth is spearheading a sewing army that has swept across Canada, providing much-needed face masks, surgical caps and hospital gowns to health-care and essential workers who need them. Coatsworth, a graduate of George Brown’s fashion program, is a fashion designer and small business owner of Diana Coatsworth Design. “I used the
It’s a performance without a script or stage for the GTA’s performing arts industries. But those in the theatre, film and fashion trades — from the props master on TV’s “Murdoch Mysteries” to costume designers and stitchers — have stepped into starring roles in the booming, grass-roots production of masks and protective equipment in the
She’s originally from Niagara Falls and now she’s coordinating a sewing army to make masks for essential workers across North America. Toronto based fashion designer Diana Coatsworth started The Sewing Army about three-weeks ago. She posted patterns and tutorials online so people could make masks from the comfort of their own homes and deliver them to
As a fashion designer, Diana Coatsworth is used to using her skills to outfit people with the latest style. But now, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, the Niagara Falls native wants to use those same skills to help keep people protect themselves against the virus, which has claimed thousands of lives around the
If Michael Garron Hospital has its way, most of the city’s east Toronto residents will soon be wearing a new accessory amid the coronavirus pandemic — a face mask. On Friday, an appeal for volunteers to sew face masks amid a shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, got the attention of hundreds of