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Learn to Spin on a Drop Spindle
Leader: Jane BynumSaturday, August 31, 2019 – 1:30-3:30 pmMaterials fee $20 for spindle & fiberClass limited to 6Registration deadline: August 24, 2019 Learn the principles of making yarn from fiber by adding twist. Spindle spinning is an ancient technique, but still relevant for working with many kinds of fiber. Compared to wheel spinning, it is characterized as,…
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Make the Most of Your Spinning Wheel
Leader: Jane Bynum2 Saturdays: August 3, 2019 – 1:30-3:30 pm & August 17, 2019 – 1:00-3:00 pmMaterials fee $20 for fiber, material for brake bands, and drive bandsClass limited to 6Registration deadline: Thursday, July 27, 2019 Enter the technical side of spinning via the back door and learn enough to decide what you want to embrace and…
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Coiled Baskets & More With A Sewing Machine
Leader: Paula BaumannThursday, July 25, 2019, 1-3 pmMaterials fee $2 for handout & cord samplesClass limited to 10Registration deadline: Thursday, July 18, 2019 Coiling with cord on a sewing machine will be demonstrated with an opportunity for participants to try it on a sewing machine. Key how-to’s will be reviewed to enable participants to coil at home. …
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Are You Curious About Natural Dyeing?
Leader: Noelani JonesSaturday, June 15, 2019, 9 am – 1 pmMaterials fee $3 for handoutClass limited to 20Registration deadline: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Join Noelani Jones for an informative and fascinating illoomination where she will explore the mysteries of natural dye. At this forum she will demonstrate the natural dye process Following the demonstration, Noelani will have…
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Making the Most of Your Schacht Wolf Loom
Leader: Pattie LambWednesday, May 29, 2019, 1-4 pmMaterials fee $3 for handoutClass limited to 10Registration deadline: May 21, 2019 Come spend the afternoon learning the ins and outs of your Schacht loom. We will take a tour of a Baby Wolf loom, but everything we discuss will apply to a Wolf Pup or a Mighty Wolf. In…
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Introduction to Kumihimo – Japanese Braiding
Leader: Nancy Ruth FrisheSaturday, April 13, 2019, 10:00 am – 1:00 pmMaterials fees: $5.00Class size: Maximum of ten Kumihimo is a form of Japanese braiding. The word means “gathered threads.” In this Illoomination, I will demonstrate the use of a Marudai, a wooden loom for braiding, and the various foam plates used for a more portable way…
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Fabric Collage: “Painting” with Fabric
Leader: Kathi BeratanSunday, March 24, 2019, 1:00 – 4:00 pmMaterials fees: $5Class Size: 6Registration Deadline: March 15, 2019 This Iloomination will cover how to turn photos or drawings into art quilts using a fabric collage technique. Participants will learn how to prepare a design from a photo or drawing (representational or abstract) and how to create an…
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Design Your Own Fabric: Spoonflower Basics Class
Leaders: Jean Johnson and Sandy LylesSunday, February 24, 2019, 1 – 3 pmMaterials fee: $5 for handoutsClass limited to 10Registration deadline: February 19, 2019 Durham-based company Spoonflower custom prints fabric, wall paper and wrapping paper based on designs you create and upload to their website. It is a delightful way to convert your ideas to printed materials…
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Doodling and Tangling with Zentangle
Leader: Louise KoslofskyMonday, January 21, 2019, 1 – 4 pmMaterials fee – $5Class limited to 8 Are you ever sitting on the phone, doodling with pencil and paper? And then have a page of circles, or Xs, or boxes? Maria and Rick Roberts developed a structured form of doodling several years ago that they named Zentangle. It is…
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Felt Exploration
Leader: Debbie SuchoffFriday, November 16 2018, 1 pm-4 pmMaterials fee – $8 paid to instructorClass limited to 8 Discover ways to cut, stitch and needle felt. We will end up with buttons, beads, a necklace and more. Participants should bring felting needles if you already have them and also bring wool items with moth holes so you…
