Event Archive
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Runway 2018: Diverge
San Francisco State University students of Apparel Design & Merchandising presented Runway 2018: Diverge. Apparel Design & Merchandising major students created the show, from program to marketing to the floor set. The Junior and Senior Apparel Design students created over 120 looks and lines. The show was well designed and executed; exciting, innovative, creative and…
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Dream big & eat pie
Sweet Dreams is rocking this Christmas eve with even more actions. Last Saturday we partnered with Mission Pie to set up a pop up sale at their store. Mission Pie is the example of a thriving for-profit business model that contributes to its community’s health through action and example. They serve the most amazingly delicious food…
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Sweet Dreams in Action!
We participate in SFMade Holiday Fair at CCA, the only holiday gift fair with all local manufacturers and artisans who make their products in San Francisco. SFMade presented its 7th Annual Holiday Gift Fair, held at California College of the Arts’ San Francisco campus. The shopping extravaganza featured locally made gift items from over 70…
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Wendy Gu
16 years old My friend, Jiaqi brought me to this program. I’ve learned machine sewing, hand sewing and how to make Sweet Dreams products. I keep coming back to the program because I like to sell Sweet Dreams products. I also enjoy being part of this lively community. In the future I’d like to have…
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Nancy Maldonado
27 years old, San Franciscan Resident I am a 27 year-old San Francisco native with roots in Guanajuato, Mexico. I became a teen mother at 19 years old and upon my daughter’s birth, my interest in sewing grew. A counselor at Horizons Unlimited linked me up with Turning Heads to explore economic empowerment through Sweet…
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Samantha Sherman
25 years old, San Franciscan Hey all, I was part of Turning Heads/Sweet Dreams for four years, and had a great growth process. Sweet Dreams gave me skills I didn’t know I had, and created an avenue for me to express my creativity. I am from a disadvantaged background, the resources available to me were…
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Shirley Xu
19 years old Sweet Dreams was recommended to me by a good friend Carrie, who knew I had interest in learning to sew and make my own products. I never knew Id take away such great skills while attending the program, such as operation management and COGS. Working alongside awesome new peers has to be…
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Jiaqi Ma
16 years old The first time I heard about Sweet Dreams was when I met Dee at Thurgood Marshall High School Club fair. Dee was offering an after school sewing program, which caught my attention because i really wanted to learn how to sew beforehand, so i joined. I learned the necessary steps to process…
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Cammy Choi
18 years old When I first learned about Sweet Dreams as a freshman in my first year of high school, I found the program to be so unique that I decided to join. During the weekly meet ups at the studio, I have learned to operate a sewing machine and have become an avid hand…
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Orisa Fonseca
24 years old, Native San Franciscan I currently attend SFSU for fashion merchandising and I attribute my career goal to Sweet Dreams Co-op. I first took note of Sweet Dreams when I was in high school. I quickly realized the program really emphasized positively building young women and giving them the tools to be successful…