Take your collage to a new level with needle and thread. Thread can embellish or secure your collage pieces together, adding additional depth or texture. Students can bring completed works they want to enhance or start from scratching during the class. Some materials will be provided such as embroidery thread and ephemera, but bring anything additional that you might want to work with.

Jessica Sundstrom

Sun (1-day) 3/8 12-4pm

Studio 4 $85 / Members:  $65

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The season is changing. It’s time to get something light and summery on your needles whether it's a shawl, sweater, socks, or other item of interest. Where do you start? Join us for this workshop to learn about the style that is right for you including the correct fit, type of material, how to use Ravelry effectively, how to read a pattern correctly, and so much more. Together we will knit a swatch to check our gauge and get started so you can wear your item as the weather warms up. Please bring your knitting supplies such as yarn and needles if you have them.

Joann Gadbaw

Sat (1-day) 4/26 10am-1pm

Meader Fine Arts Library $70 / Members: $50

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Create your own textile art supplies for an abstract fabric collage. In the first session, students will dye a palette of fabric and threads using fiber reactive dyes. In the second session, these personalized sets of colorful materials will inspire a layered, stitched collage.

Rita Petteys

Sat & Sun (2-day)      4/26-4/27   Sat 1-5pm, Sun 12-4pm

Studio 4 $135 / Members: $115

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Shifu is the term used for weaving with a spun paper weft. In this two day workshop, we will practice the art of spinning paper, from cutting the strips and preparing them for spinning, to the actual practice of spinning into thread. We will talk about historical and contemporary practice of shifu, the types of paper that can be used, and how it can be woven into cloth.

Gretchen Huggett

Sat & Sun (2-day) 5/3-5/4 1-4pm

Studio 4   $110 / Members: $90

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Create an interesting visual texture with corespun yarn and silk hankies! Students will learn the basics of how to spin fibers around a commercial yarn as a core. The resulting corespun singles will then undergo experimental plying with silk hankies to yield a bubbly textured yarn.  

Emily Wohlscheid

Wed (1-day) 5/21 6-9pm

Weaving Studio $80 / Members: $60

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