COMING WORKSHOPS for 2027

JANUARY 26, 2027

6-7pm

Helen Hiebert

will be leading us through

MAKING A PAPER LANTERN

this will be a one hour evening zoom class

Cost: Member $10 Non-Member $18

You won't want to miss out on this fun event

to help bring a little light to the long dark winter days



Registration opens December 1,2026

Registration opens January 1,2027

Saturday, February 27, 2027

Beginning Wet Felting - Flower Brooch and Glow-In-The-Dark Jellyfish

We had so much fun with instructor Kathleen Dodge-DeHaven in a past workshop, that we've invited her back again to share new skills in Beginning Wet Felting. She'll teach us how to make beautiful flower brooch in the morning and in the afternoon she'll provide instruction on how to create a jellyfish with glow-in-the-dark tentacles.

The registration fee is $75 for members and $88 for non-members. This fee will include all materials.

Students are requested to bring four hand or kitchen towels and their own lunch.

Morning: 9:00–12:30

Wet-felted brooch: learning to make a ruffly flower, leaves, and stamens—all wet-felted. They learn to stitch everything together and to add the brooch clasp on the back. This is a lengthy project, so we start with this.

Lunch 12:30–1:15

Afternoon:  1:15–4:15

Wet-felted jellyfish: learning to create a nice round jellyfish bell, then add glow-in-the-dark and other yarns and threads to create the tentacles. A hanging string is added to the finished jellyfish. This is a fun afternoon project to finish out the class.

Register by going to the Calendar Tab and clicking on this event.

SAVE THE DATE

WOOL DRYING BASKET

WITH

JANET BAILEY

APRIL 10, 2027

EQUIPMENT TO BRING TO CLASS:* cloth measuring tape;

small screwdriver; spray water bottle; basin or pail for water;

towel; plastic mat; scissors (kitchen}; wire clippers or small pruner;

small metal clips or spring clothes pins; ice pick or awl; fine grain sandpaper;

reed shaver or coarse sandpaper; small bottle with lid for walnut stain small brush (cheap pastry).

*The Dollar Store is a good source to get equipment

All reed, rim material sea grass, handles, stain and printed instructions will be supplied for class.**

Materials cost is $90 payable to Janet Bailey

Class cost is $25 for members and $38 for non-members

Registration opens February 1, 2027

AT LONG LAST

We are having a

RIGID HEDDLE CLASS

Coming Thursday May 6, 2027

Heidi Bennett will be here to teach

A RIGID HEDDLE COLOR AND WEAVE GAMP



This is an all-day class with a two-hour Zoom introduction 2 weeks prior to assist with threading.

Cost: $150 members

$168 non members

limited to 8 students

Registration will open March 1, 2027 for Members

and April 1, 2027 for Non-members

https://www.heidibacreations.com/color-weave

Eco printing Paper Workshop

Presented by Wanda Johanson and Wendy Pare

May 18, 2027, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm

There is a $20 materials fee payable to Wanda or Wendy

Cost for the Workshop is

Members: $40.00

Non members: $48.00

Eco printing is botanical contact printing where color from plant material is transferred to paper or fabric using heat and, most often, a modifier/mordant such as alum or iron.

With many examples to help participants envision end results, this hands-on workshop will focus on eco printing on paper using several different types of paper and 2 different methods: steamed paper bundles and submersed rusty can wrap. Observations and insights of results will be discussed and celebrated once bundles are unwrapped.

Ways in which eco printed papers can be used and transformed into artistic expressions will be shown. Using provided botanical printed paper participants will have the opportunity to fold a paper lantern to demonstrate one fun use for botanical prints.

All materials will be provided, including a detailed handout to guide participants in continuing eco printing after the workshop.

Registration opens March 15,2027 for Members

April 15, 2027 for Non members

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