Fiber Art & Surface Design
Knapp's Corner and Wyoming
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Stitching on Metal with Barbara Wright
Yes, you can stitch on metal! Use embossing metal, wool felt, cording and thread to create a 3” x 3” trinket box. The assemble technique can be used to make all styles and sizes of boxes. Choose a wool felt and thread color to highlight or match your metal. Use this technique to make jewelry, picture frames or add new dimensions to your art quilts.
Skill Level: Beginner and up,
Sessions: 1,
Class Fee: $25,
Saturday, January 30, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
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Needle Felting by Hand and Machine with Phyllis Duffy
Learn the basics, starting with single needle felting and ending with the needle felting machine. We’ll also include hands-on practice time that will aid in creating a project of your choice, sending you off ready to start creating. Bring your embellisher machine or share the store model.
Suggested book: Needle Felting by Hand and Machine.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Beginner and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25
Saturday, February 6; 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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Lakeshore Fiber Artists
Looking for ways to: Be more creative? Grow artistically? Give and receive support and encouragement along the way? Then this group is for you! Meetings will be led by our own Beth Ann Williams, award-winning contemporary quilter, fiber artist, author, designer, teacher and currently Creative Director of Lakeshore Sewing. A limited number of spots are available, so please call ahead to register.
The Wyoming group meets from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.
Mondays: February 8, March 8, April 12
Class fee: $30 per year.
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Paintstiks on Fabric with Phyllis Duffy
Using Shelly Stokes’ comprehensive book of the same name as our guide, we’ll explore a variety of techniques for adding great color and visual texture to everything from commercial fabrics to finished quilts, garments and accessories. This will be a hands-on class, so come prepared to play. Bring an apron or smock or wear your old clothes. No sewing machine required.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Book: Paintstiks on Fabrics, by Shelly Stokes
Skill Level: All
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25
Saturday, February 20; 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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Landscape Finishing Class with Deb Sweemer
Calling all beginning landscape quilting students! Need extra hands on help with finishing your landscape? This class is for you! Tips for adding borders, embellishment, machine appliqué and or quilting will be covered.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Intermediate and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $15
Tuesday, February 23; 1:00-5:00 p.m.
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Introduction to Fabric Dyeing with Betsy Carlson
Do you drool over hand dyed fabrics but can't stand the prices? Learn the basics of how to make your own in this class. Dye 30 fat 1/8ths using three colors of dye. All of the non-toxic dyes are included in the kit fee.
Skill Level: All
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $20 plus $15 kit fee
Saturday, February 27, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Create a Wild Woman Pin or Original Art Pin with Phyllis Duffy
No sewing machine is necessary. You’ll leave with at least one completed pin. You’ll be shown how to make a “Wild Woman” pin or your own unique art pin. Come out for a relaxing afternoon of hand stitching, beading, creating something from nothing and having fun. These pins make wonderful gifts for family and friends. There will be a $6.00 kit fee paid to the instructor for the pewter face, hands and feet and the pin back. Lakeshore now carries some of these accessories, ready to purchase. Check ahead. Best of all, you can fit all the supplies for this class in one shoe box.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Beginner and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25 plus $6 kit fee
Friday, March 5; 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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Beginning Landscape Quilting with Deb Sweemer
Learn the raw edge appliqué method of making realistic landscapes. You will be amazed how easy it is to create your very own masterpiece. Choose a winter landscape or a fence post landscape from one of these books: Landscape Quilting or The Art of Landscape Quilting, by Natalie Sewell and Nancy Zieman. Purchase of at least one of these books prior to class.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Intermediate and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $35
Saturday, March 6; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
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Lutradur, Angelina and Paint, Oh My! Part 1 with Barbara Wright
The first class will be working on the Lutradur using paint, Angelina Fibers and embellishments items you have in your stash. This will be done with an idea of using the “fabric” you make to sew a purse in the optional second class. Just want to work with Lutradur and your embellishments? Then come for this class and use your “fabric” for your own project.
Skill Level: Beginner and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25
Saturday, March 13, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
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Texture Magic Band Purse with Barbara Wright
Want to try this new, fun embellishment? Use Texture Magic to highlight the band on this simple to make purse. Stitch it, shrink it, cut it and sew it. Use the same fabric for the band and the pouch to show the Texture Magic effect.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner and up,
Sessions: 1,
Class Fee: $25 plus pattern/kit fee of $5,
Saturday, February 13, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
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Harmonic Convergence **Just Added**
with Michelle Lyons-Russell
Play around with color using Ricky Tim’s inspiring technique for quilt construction. This is a surprising and fun wall hanging. Ricky Tims has a flair for making quilts in awe-inspiring colors. Michele will show you all the best from his techniques. The possibilities are endless!
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $30
Saturday, March 20; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
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Photo to Fabric Landscape Quilting with Deb Sweemer
Bring in your own photograph and create a raw edge appliquéd landscape uniquely yours. Must have taken the beginning landscape class with Deb, or have experience making realistic landscapes using raw edge appliqué methods.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Intermediate and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $35
Tuesday, March 23; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
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Lutradur, Angelina and Paint, Oh My! Part 2 with Barbara Wright
Now that you have your Lutradur embellished what do you do with it? How about make a simple yet elegant purse. Just add lining, strap and fastener, stitch a few seams and you have made your one of a kind Art to Wear bag. Yes, you will have to cut into your precious Lutradur fabric, but the results will be worth it.
Skill Level: Beginner and up
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25
Saturday, March 27; 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
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Introduction to Surface Design with Phyllis Duffy
Dig out your novelty fabric, any neat little buttons, what-nots, pins, and yarn you’ve been gathering and bring them along for an afternoon of fun. Learn the tips and tricks of surface design and embellishing to create your own art piece, journal cover or special project. There will be no formal rules, just an afternoon of play and experimenting. You will also be provided with instructions on how to create a journal cover, so you can utilize your newly designed piece of fabric. Your machine must be clean and in good running order, with some built in decorative stitches and the ability to sew using a free motion foot with feed dogs down.
Location: Knapp's Corner
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Sessions: 1
Class Fee: $25
Saturday, April 3, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
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