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* = Sewing machine required. Classes longer than four hours will have a lunch break. A few classes have a prerequisite.

Accsewsories* Make your own personalized tools of the trade! The class project will rotate, but you will make one of the following: a block carrier book, a quilter’s tidy, a mat/ruler tote, a quilt storage roll, and pincushions. Cost: $60 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: Varies, $10-20

Adinkra Appliqué Quilt* Using your own fabric design your own appliqué quilt using Adinkra symbols. The Adinkra designs will be provided.

Cost: $75 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $0

Adopted Orphans* Do you have orphan blocks, but have no idea what to do with them? Here is an opportunity to repurpose those blocks, in many creative ways.

Cost: $40 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: Varies by project

All Mixed Up 101 A survey of mixed media techniques, providing the basics: Lutradur, transparencies, metal, Tyvek, water soluble film, foil, fabric Paper/hand-made paper Angelina fibers, fabric paints, Shiva Paintstiks, beading and other embellishments.

Cost: $85 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: $20

All Mixed Up 201 - Encrusted Encounters Learn to create a one-of-a-kind mixed- media art quilt using mixed media techniques like Lutradur, transparencies, metal, Tyvek, water soluble film, foil, fabric paper/hand-made paper, Angelina fibers, fabric paints, Shiva Paintstiks, beading and other embellishments. All Mixed Up class is a prerequisite or extensive knowledge of mixed media techniques. Cost: $85 Duration: 8 hours Supply Fee: $20

Altered Lace Art Quilt Learn to create a base fabric using muslin, lace, cheesecloth, and hand embroidery onto which they will create an art quilt using various mixed media techniques. Cost: $85 Duration: 8 hours Supply Fee: $0

Batik Basic Learn three methods of making batik cloth.

Cost: $100 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: $0

Beaded Appliqué Make gorgeous beaded appliqués to add to your quilts, accessories and wearables. Cost: $65 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $0

Burn Baby Burn Learn to create wonderful textured fabrics by burning and distressing natural and synthetic fabrics, Tyvek, Kunin felt, Lutradur, etc. Students can then embellish these new fabrics with beads, Shiva Paintstiks, fabric paints, puff paint, embossing powders and more. Machine and hand sewing skills required. These fabrics can then be used as base fabrics for any new project. Cost: $65 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $15

Creative Explorations One-on-one assistance, critique and demonstration with instructor. Instructor will provide individual guidance in teaching student about a mixed media or dyeing technique that they are interested in studying in depth.

Cost: Varies by project Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: Varies by project

Delightful Devoré Learn to make devoré (burnout) fabric. We will design our own devoré pattern, then apply it to silk velvet. Students can choose to make a devoré bag, scarf or shawl .Cost: $50 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: Varies by project ($10-30)

Dye Happy Monthly open dyeing session. Basic dyeing ingredients, equipment provided; PFD available for sale, and general assistance is available. Dyeing experience or Dyeing 101 required. Cost: $60 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: $0

Dyeing 101: The Basics Basic understanding of the dyeing process, terms, and ingredients. Low water immersion techniques, multi hue dyeing, simple resist techniques Cost: $125 Duration: 7 hours Supply Fee: $0

Dyeing 201: Layered Design Cloth Advanced dyeing techniques: solids, gradations, overdyeing; salt techniques. Dyeing 101 or basic dyeing experience required.

Cost: $125 Duration: 7 hours Supply Fee: $0

Dyeing 301: More Layered Design Cloth Resist techniques, including pattern folds, bound resists, starch and arashi shibori; basic discharge methods. Dyeing 201 or advanced dyeing experienced required. Cost: $125 Duration: 7 hours Supply Fee: $0

Dyeing 401: The Silk Experience Silk dyes beautifully and easily. We will use both dye paints and dye baths of various types to color variety of silk cloth, using resists (both folded and applied) to create unique designs. Cost: $125 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: $0

Fabulous Fiber Scarf* Make a beautiful 10” x 60” scarf from the fibers of your choice.

Cost: $30 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $15

Fabric Collage Quilt* Create a beautiful quilt using ethnic images. Students will learn how to make an art quilt using fabric collage techniques in combination with ethnic fabrics and images. Students will learn how to transfer images/photos onto cloth, paper, Lutradur, Tyvek, transparencies, and metal to create a collage quilt using ethnic fabrics. Instructor will also provide some images as well as discuss where to obtain images for personal use.

Cost: $85 Duration: 8 hours Supply Fee: $20

Finishing Techniques* Learn to miter corners, make continuous bias binding, lumpless finish binding, and the best way to bind your quilts by machine.

Cost: $55 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $0

Fulled Bag* Beginning with a wool sweater, we create a lovely lined handbag.

Cost: $65 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: $15

Fulled Scarf* Use wet felted roving to make a 10 x 60 wool scarf to warm you all winter.

Cost: $30 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $20

Funky Fiber Books* This two-day class is for those who want to create their own unique fabric book using mixed media techniques. The first class will be devoted to creating book pages using mixed media: fabric paint, beads, paper, Lutradur, Tyvek, mica, transparencies, photo transfers, rubber stamps, stencils, etc. and will incorporate scrapbook collage techniques. The second class will be devoted to putting the actual book together using water soluble film. The class is designed for all those who have basic sewing machine skills.

Cost: $120 Duration: 8 hrs (Day 1); 4 hrs (Day 2) Supply Fee: $20

Goddess of the Sea* Create a beautiful mermaid quilt. This class uses felting, painting, beading, and hand embellishment techniques.

Cost: $85 Duration: 8 hours Supply Fee: $15

Indigo Inspirations Learn a quick method for indigo on cotton for batik and shibori-type dyeing. Cost: $75 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: $0

Kwanzaa Quillow* A holiday quillow featuring quick strip piecing, stenciled Adinkra symbols and a kinara appliqué on fleece. Cost: $ 75 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $0

Making Personal Shrines Learn to create your own personal shrine to honor a person close to you, a special date, a religious figure, etc. Students will use Peltex/Timtex, fabrics, photo transfer, beads, charms, text, and mixed-media techniques to create a meaningful, symbolic piece of art. Cost: $85 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: $0

Memory Quilts* Learn photo transfer and photo embellishment techniques for fabric, which we will then use to make a Memory Quilt celebrating a special person or event.

Cost: $75 Duration: 8 hours Supply Fee:$20

Mixed Media Madness Monthly mixed media session, with some supplies provided, and general assistance from the instructor. Basic knowledge of mixed media techniques, or All Mixed Up is required. Cost: $45 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $0

Needle Felting Learn to use a needle felting machine to create your own fabric. Limited to four people. Cost: $45 Duration: 2 hours Supply Fee: $10

Pajama Party* Using dye and embellishments, create your own nightshirt, quilted eye mask and slippers. Cost: $60 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: $30

Scrappin’ Happy* This class focuses on using up scraps of fabric so you can buy more! You will be given cutting instructions beforehand, with the assembly/sewing instructions distributed in class. Cost: $60 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee: Various

Silk Screening Basic silk screening techniques using Thermofax and organic, individual screens. We will screen with inks, thickened dyes, and paints. You will screen both t-shirts and fabric. Cost: $75 Duration: 6 Hours Supply Fee: $20

Silk Fusion Create your own, personalized felted silk. This silk can then be used in a quilt, wearable or accessory, including jewelry. Cost: $40 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $15

Sun Prints Learn to make sun printed fabric and wearables indoors.

Cost: $45 Duration: 4 Hours Supply Fee: $15

Tabula Rasa Tabula rasa means ‘blank slate’ in Latin. Our blank slate will be a yard of solid fabric…it could be white, black or another color. What will you do with our ‘slate’? That will be up to you! All we can guarantee is that you will have fun creating a beautiful piece of cloth. Cost: $60 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $0

Taino Appliqué Quilt* Using your own fabric design your own appliqué quilt using Taino symbols. The Taino designs will be provided.

Cost: $75 Duration: 3 hours Supply Fee: $0

The Word Sometimes, some text is desired to enhance the message on your art quilt. Incorporate text on your quilts using a variety of techniques, including screening, stenciling, using a silk pen, and appliqué Cost: $75 Duration: 6 hours Supply Fee:$20

Time to Quilt* Create beautiful, ‘timely’ fabric clocks with lots of options.

Cost: $35 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee: $15

T-Shirt Quilt* You or your favorite teenager probably have more t-shirts than you need. Using a foolproof method, learn how to design a quilt using t-shirts as the base fabric.

Cost: $60 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee: $20

Va-Va-Va Velvet Velvet is a sumptuous sexy fabric. Learn techniques to enhance and embellish velvet, making a set of cosmetic bags and a velvet scarf.

Cost: $65 Duration: 5 hours Supply Fee:$20

Wrap & Bag It* Learn to make a bag using fabric wrapped cotton cord.

Cost: $65 Duration: 4 hours Supply Fee:$ Included