Saturday Samplers
March 21, 2011

Important Schedule Change:  This week's Saturday Sampler - Printing and painting with dye is cancelled and will be rescheduled.  We apologize for any inconvenience and will announce when it is rescheduled. 

March 26th

10-12:00 PM

stamps and brushes
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Printing & Painting With Dye

In this Saturday Sampler, we'll use stamps, roller, paint brushes, sponge brushes, etc to apply  cotton print cloth with thickened Procion MX Dye (made for plant fibers such as cotton, linen, hemp, etc) to create 1-2 unique fat eighths (9"x22") for a variety of sewing/crafting uses.

April 2nd

10-1:00 PM

fabric beads
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 If you're wondering what to do with all those fabric odds and ends you have lying around, this is the project for you!
 
Bring along your fabric from Printing & Painting with Dye and get 10% of this workshop fee.
 

April 2nd

1:00-3:00 PM

 

pearls knotted
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Knotting is a traditional technique for stringing pearls and gemstones into jewelry strands. 

In this class we will be knotting with gemstones.  You will learn the basic technique and then it's practice, practice, practice to master this elegant stringing technique.

April 9th

10:00 - 12:00 PM

crochet rose
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Wire Crochet Embellishment

Ready for a little challenge.  Let's try crochet with wire.  We'll take a crochet embellishment normally created in yarn and crochet it in wire.  Students should have a basic understanding of single crochet and may learn the half double crochet and double crochet.  Students will begin the project in class and finish it on their own.

April 16th

10:00 - 12:00 PM

Linked beads

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Square Knot Beads

 

Macrame isn't just for plant hangers, friendship bracelets, or large hammocks anymore!   Using a basic knot, we'll make lovely beads that can be used in handmade jewelry.  Students will use various types of thread to knot around a wire core to create their beads.

April 30th

Two Sessions

Shibori Examples in a classroom.
  Back by popular demand! 
Shibori is an ancient Japanese dying process that uses twisting, stitching, pulling, and binding of fabric to create texture and pattern with color. 

 

10:00 - 12:00 PM

  

 

1:00 - 12:00 PM

 

Shibori Techniques