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Needle Felting: Chickens
with Maureen Andrew
Create a charming, handcrafted chicken from wool. Using basic felting techniques, we’ll transform soft wool fibers into colorful, detailed birds. The class covers shaping, sculpting, and adding details to bring your fluffy chicken to life. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this class offers step-by-step guidance, creating an adorable chicken to take home. Perfect for those looking to explore a relaxing, creative craft while having fun with fellow participants!
Silk Scarves
with Sandi Cirillo
Join us for a fun, hands-on workshop where you'll learn to embellish silk scarves using everyday household products! Explore creative techniques such as tie-dye, painting with dyes, and printing with materials like shaving cream, tissue paper and ice. No prior experience is needed—just bring your imagination! You'll leave with a beautiful, one-of-a-kind silk scarf, and the skills to continue experimenting at home. Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop is a great way to unwind while discovering the art of textile embellishment in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Students should bring a $6 materials fee payable to the instructor.
Felted Books
with Sandi Cirillo
Using felt making techniques you will create a unique, textured design for the front cover of a book. Fancy embellished paper will be used for the pages inside, and you will learn how to bind the paper to the front cover. Please bring a story or poem or any favorite photos to class for inclusion in your finished book. These books make great photo journals. Students should bring a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor.
Messages and Masterpieces - Paint & Sip with a Twist! Tree of Life
with Angie Butler Welch
No experience needed for this fun step by step painting class. But there IS a twist! I'm a psychic medium, so I also offer a brief intuitive message to each person based on their painting! I'm always amazed at the messages that come through just from the paintings! All supplies are included, plus a brief message from the painting.
Basket Weaving: Garden Basket
with Gin Randolph
Create this very functional basket to carry your garden tools, harvested vegetables or other items The garden basket measures approximately 13L x 13W x 12.5H. All materials are provided. All levels ofexperience are welcome to join.
Gourd Bowl with Pine Needle Rim and Introduction to Birch Bark Baskets
with Jessica Steele
Two classes in one!
Make a gourd basket. Perfect for a gift or to keep for yourself. Gourds will be pre-cut. Students will need to clean gourds, sand, and drill holes. Then we will sew white pine needles to the rim. We will be able to pick from a number of stains to finish the gourds. Gourds are around 4-5” in diameter. During this class, we will also go over the basics of making pine needle baskets. This is another great class to learn a skill for life.
Also learn how to make your own birch bark basket. We will head into the woods to identify trees, learn how to collect the bark from down trees, how to process the bark, and finally how to make a basket.
Small Accordion Book
with Sandi Cirillo
Create your own small accordion book using simple materials like paper, glue, and thread. Students will learn the technique of folding paper into a continuous accordion structure and explore creative ways to decorate and personalize their books, experimenting with various designs, colors, and embellishments. By the end of the class, everyone will have a unique, compact book to display or fill with sketches, stories, or photographs. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crafters alike, this workshop fosters creativity and introduces a timeless bookbinding technique. Students should bring a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor.
Nature Journaling
with Sandi Cirillo
Nature journaling is a creative and reflective practice that involves observing the natural world and recording your experiences through writing, drawing, and sketching. In this class, students will be introduced to watercolor journaling, capturing nature on paper using pen and ink and watercolors. We’ll first spend some time honing our drawing skills and learn about the properties of watercolor painting. Then we’ll work in our watercolor journals sketching and painting the natural world around us. Students should bring a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor.