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June 24, 2009

Jenny Hart Embroidery Class at HomeEc in Los Angeles

Sublime Stitching founder, Jenny Hart, will be teaching a small embroidery class at Home Ec. in Los Angeles next month. One of my first embroidery learning experiences was in a similar class with Jenny a few years ago, and I left completely inspired and obsessed with stitching. It's a great opportunity to learn hand embroidery!

June 9, 2009

Summer of Making Series in Portland, Oregon

There's still a chance to grab a spot in one of the great classes going on as part of the Summer of Making at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.

Summer of Making explores the confluence of art, design and craft practices while fostering a community of makers. This summer, we bring together the PNCA mission of excellence and innovation in arts education with the flourishing Portland DIY ethos of creating and community building.

The program features a weekend quilting and fabric arts workshop with internationally known quilter, textile designer and artist Denyse Schmidt. Additionally, there are a number of four-day workshops on art and craft focusing on textile art and design and evening classes on using new media to discuss, distribute and document art.

Instructors include Susan Beal, Jess Beebe, Diane Gilleland, Kim Lakin, Brenda Mallory and Sarah Schlosser-Moon, all experts in the disciplines they teach and all are engaged with current ideas and practices in their fields.

June 1, 2009

Jill Bliss' Summer Sunday Afternoon Nature Drawing Workshops in June

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If you are in the Portland, OR area you won't want to miss the Summer Sunday Afternoon Nature Drawing Workshop with Jill Bliss. Workshop dates are June 7, 14, 21, or 28

From Jill's blog:

This intimate workshop is a hands-on opportunity to learn Jill's intuitive drawing techniques while learning how to understand, appreciate and translate the world around you through drawing. Drawing can become second nature to everyone, and everyone has the ability to draw! It just takes a positive attitude, a little understanding, and some practice.

May 1, 2009

Home Ec.'s New Web Site and Upcoming Classes

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"What happened to Andrae?" That's my best Tim Gunn impression a la Santino I can do in type. But if you really want to find out, take a trip out to Jenny Ryan's Home Ec. in Silverlake, Los Angeles and take Survival Stitches with Andrae Gonzalo next Wednesday May 6th. Also next week is a Decoupage class with Lisa Congdon on Friday May 9th. We are loving the spanking new web site complete with the calendar of classes and blog you must bookmark!

April 6, 2009

Preview of The Summer of Making Series in Portland

Another fantastic discovery from my weekend in Portland was the Summer of Making series presented by the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Summer of Making explores the confluence of art, design and craft, while fostering a community of makers. ... We bring together the PNCA mission of excellence and innovation in arts education with the flourishing Portland DIY ethos of creating and community building.

The week-long series includes a special grouping of courses designed to expose students to a variety of craft and art techniques, as well as ones focused on "using new media to discuss, distribute and document art." There will be a special weekend workshop with internationally known quilter, textile designer and artist, Denyse Schmidt, as well as a course taught by Susan Beal on bead and button jewelry. Diane Gilleland of Crafty Pod will be teaching a course on podcasting, and Sarah Schlosser-Moon of Sewer-Sewist will teach a course on artful blogging. Other courses include contemporary fiber arts and needlework and macrame. Maybe I'll be heading back to Portland sooner than I thought ....

February 20, 2009

Cathy of California Flower Loom Class at The Craft Kitchen in Santa Ana, CA on Feb 28

CRAFT's Old School columnist Cathy Callahan will be teaching a flower loom class at The Craft Kitchen in Santa Ana on Saturday Feb 28 from 11am - 2 pm. The class is $50 + $15 materials fee and you can sign up for the class online. Make a day of it and stay on for Robert Mahar's terrarium class from 3 - 6pm too! You'll also be able to watch Cathy make these flowers along with Martha Stewart on her TV show sometime in March. More details to come on that when we know more! Congrats Cathy!

February 12, 2009

Craft Curriculum Empowers Parents, Engages Kids

When Austinites, Kathie Sever and Bernadette Noll, founded the Future Craft Collective in 2008, they sought to help kids make the connection between craft and consumption and to recognize the beauty in reusing items to make something new.

We want kids to discover ways to create a world in which the belief in handmade looms larger than the messages of the marketing machine.The time has come to infuse our children with the message of appreciation, creativity and sustainability. It is our belief that this message can instill a great feeling of self worth and save a kid from a lifetime of seeking contentment through mindless consumption.

The pair hosted several series of Future Craft Collective classes for small groups of kids, and feedback from parents and children was highly positive. More than just a sewing class, the series got parents and kids thinking about issues around reducing, reusing and recrafting. Soon, the demand for their curriculum outgrew their studio and schedules.

"The classes were filling rapidly with requests to take the curriculum out into the community," says Noll. "We really needed to scale back the amount of time and energy we were spending in the classroom. At the same time that we were needing to pull back, we were also wanting to offer more because we really and truly saw the great value in what we were offering."

Noll and Sever decided to build the Future Craft Collective curriculum into a series of monthly workbooks and are offering them for purchase and download on their web site. Noll says their goal is not only to encourage families to tackle these projects together, but to also provide the inspiration and encouragement to communities to gather and work together to form their own collaborative collectives around the projects and ideals.

"We want them to feel the connection that such projects can offer - the connection that comes from working together, learning, making, creating, talking - around these projects, around the ideas that we offer in the curriculum, and around the table," Noll says. "Basically, we want them to feel the joy we feel when we make stuff together."

The monthly Future Craft Collective Projects curriculum includes free tutorials, patterns and step-by-step instructions, dialogue prompts for discussions on crafting and consumption and parenting peaceably, thematic poetry and an opportunity to participate in a moderated Yahoo group for support, advice and resources.

"We truly see this as an idea whose time has arrived, and one aimed to arm families from all over with the tools they need to craft positive change in the world," says Sever. "And to make stuff together."

To celebrate the launch of their new online curriculum, they are offering several free tutorials on their web site, as well as a chance to win one of Kathie Sever's Ramonster kids western shirts. See their web site for details.

January 27, 2009

Home Ec. Classes at ReForm School

Just wanted to share the news that I have teamed up with CRAFT contributors BIllie Lopez and Tootie Maldonado to open a new "Home Ec. Department" within their Los Angeles gift shop ReForm School! We're kicking things off next month with a series of amazing classes from a variety of local makers (including many folks who have written for CRAFT, including Cathy Callahan and Christine Haynes). Classes include Sewing 101, Embroidery 101, Reversible Wrap Skirts, Valentine's Charm Bracelets for Kids, Power Tool Empowerment for Women, Knit a Cactus, and Papier Mache Jewelry.

We'll be launching a new website soon at HomeEcShop.com, but for now you can get the scoop on our classes via the ReForm School blog. Be sure to stop by in person as well, since we'll be bringing in a slew of amazing fabrics (including Liberty fabrics!) and supplies like handspun yarn and handcrafted porcelain buttons over the next few weeks. Hope to see you soon!

January 23, 2009

Felting Classes with Moxie in Seattle

Beadworld in Seattle is hosting some felting fundamentals classes with CRAFT friend Moxie. They're focused around bead-making with lots of variation in style, shape, and embellishment techniques. Sounds fun: Saturday, Jan 31 in Seattle, 1-4pm and Sunday, Feb 1 in Kirkland, 1-4pm. Registration is limited to six people for each, so move quickly if you're interested!

January 6, 2009

Craft Classes with Jennifer Perkins

With the new year here, it's time to learn some new skills! If you're in Austin, Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club can help you with that resolution via her classes at Craft-o-Rama.

STARTING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS - January 13th 7-8:30pm
Did you know you could have your own craft business up and running in under an hour? Signing up for Etsy is that easy. Or do you think a traditional website is the right angle for you? May take a little longer, but it is not a whole lot trickier. Once you have your business all set up the next steps are letting the world know, networking and making some sales. This 1.5 hour long class will you give the run down on getting started!

CHARM BRACELETS - January 17th 11am - 1pm
Learn the fundamentals of jewelry making while whipping up your own one of a kind Revamped Vintage Charm Bracelet. And matching earrings. This fun and informative 2 hour class will cover the basics of jewelry making like the difference between head and eye pins, wire wrapping, and how to open and close a jump ring. Class supplies include everything you need to make your charm bracelet and earrings including a giant assortment of vintage beads and charms from the Naughty Secretary Club stash for you to choose from! You will need flat and round nosed pliers as well as wire trimmers for this class. You will be able to buy a set from the instructor on day of class as well for an additional $10.

MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS - January 20th 7-8:30pm
The success of your business is 40% what you make and 60% how you market it. Not yet signed up for Twitter? Don't have a blog? Not swapping swag with other crafters? You could be missing out on easy, crucial and often times free ways to promote your crafty business. Whether you knit booties or solder jewelry this class will help you understand the best avenues to market your small business.

REVAMPED VINTAGE NECKLACES - January 22nd 7-9pm
This two hour class will teach you all the basics you need to get started whipping up jewelry. Jen will bring all the supplies you need to string up a necklace including findings and a big stash of Naughty Secretary Club goodies for you to choose from. You will also get your own beading board to take home! After you make your perfect revamped vintage necklace we will be learning basic wire wrapping and making a matching pair of earrings. Once you have this skill down you will be able to make almost anything! Again all the findings and beads will be provided. Bring your own set of jewelry tools if you have them or Jen will have sets at $10 a pop for sale.

TAKING YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL - January 27th 7:00-8:30pm
Things are running along smoothly with your small crafty business, but you want to know what else the world has to offer. How do people get product lines, book deals and TV shows? There is no secret formula, but Jennifer Perkins has experience in all three areas and will tell you what she knows!

December 10, 2008

Enroll Now for Camp Pluckyfluff in Kansas

Yarn School will be back in session at the Harveyville Project in Kansas this February, as the folks from Camp Pluckyfluff help teach fiber fans all the ins and outs of taking their handspun yarns to the next level. Head over to the Harveyville website for full details.

December 9, 2008

Vintage Flower Loom Class in Santa Ana, CA

Our Old School columnist Cathy Callahan tips us off to the news that she'll be teaching a Vintage Flower Loom Class at The Craft Kitchen in Santa Ana, CA on Saturday, December 13th, from 11am - 2pm.

I will teach you all the basics of how to use a flower loom, you will make a few flowers and I will show you how to turn them into brooches and hair clips.

To sign up for the class please visit The Craft Kitchen.

Cathy notes:

Pictured above is an image from Flower Loom Projects from Studio Twelve, Volume III (by Margaret Weymouth, published by Studio Twelve, Costa Mesa, California, 1971) that shows just a few of the probably hundreds of craft projects you can make using a flower loom!

November 18, 2008

Online Craft Business Seminar

Here's an interesting online teleseminar coming up on November 20:

Are you looking for some ways to market your craft business - without going broke? If so, this seminar is for you. You'll learn how to market online - even if you don't have a website, find out how to get your products featured on shopping sites, learn how to promote your business through social networking, how writing a few articles can help you strengthen your sales, and more!

The Craft Business Seminar, hosted by Crissy Herron of Indie Biz Chicks, will be held on November 20 at 9pm Eastern. If you can't make the live call, don't worry. It will be recorded and everyone who registers will receive the Mp3. You'll also be able to submit your own questions in advance and have them answered live on the teleseminar!

Registration's only a dollar; might be worth checking out!

October 21, 2008

Doll Making Class in Brooklyn

Lena Corwin announced that she is teaching a doll making class with Sian Keegan in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The class will use Sian's dinosaur, pug, or lion pattern. I saw Sian's toys at the Renegade Craft Fair this summer and fell in love. The class sounds great.

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October 19, 2008

You Bazaar! SF - Workshops Announced

You Bazaar! 2008 is coming to San Francisco, Sunday November 2nd from 10am to 5pm at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. You Bazaar! will feature 30 select craft vendors selling quality handmade wares and a series of rotating workshops throughout the day with some of your favorite plush designers. While we would like to use this event to promote plush art we welcome all crafters to apply for a vendor space. This will be a fun family friendly event to kick off the Plush You SF Show, opening Friday, November 7th 2008.

At You Bazaar is a trio of workshops by your favorite crafters. Learn how to make a DIY plush fortune cookie with Heidi Kenney, have fun with personalizing your plush with Missy Balance, and learn the art of 3D needle felting with Made by Moxie. All workshops are free to attend with a purchase of a kit.

October 7, 2008

Folk Art Quilting with Andrea Zuill

We've mentioned the amazing talents of textile artist Andrea Zuill here on the blog before, and there's good news: she'll be passing on some of those skills in a new quilt class she's teaching at The Crafter's Studio in Santa Cruz on October 25 and 26. Here's the class description:

Folk Art Quilt for the Imperfect Quilter - Two Day Workshop In this two day workshop, you'll be working with our special guest instructor, Andrea Zuill! You'll be learning easy hand applique techniques and basic embroidery to begin creating your own folk art quilt. This is a great workshop for beginners as well as anyone who wants to create textile art with little to no help from a sewing machine. Imperfections only intensify the heart and soul of these quilts.

If you're anywhere near Santa Cruz, you should definitely check this out!

September 15, 2008

Yarn School and Felt School at the Harveyville Project

This is your last week to sign up for Yarn School and Felt School at the Harveyville Project in Harveyville, Kansas. The school is founded by Nikol Lohr of The Thrifty Knitter blog and author of Naughty Needles.

Yarn School only: September 25 - 28
Fiber School (Yarn School + Felt School): September 25 - October 1

CRAFT readers can register with the secret password "latebird" and you'll get a bonus fiber surprise when you check in.

Nikol writes:

Yarn School will be taught by Adrian Bizilia of Hello Yarn and Fiddlehead Mittens fame and Jennifer Schermerhorn of Whirled Yarn and Settlers Farm (and a wee bit by me). It's $475 ($425 in the a hostel/group room) for 4 days, including room, 3 meals + snacks, all classes, equipment use & supplies, 2# fiber to dye, and a sweet goodie bag. Sept 25-28.

Yarn School also coincides with our tiny (pop. 267) town's annual fair, so there will be a small-town parade, hot dog eating contest, chainsaw sculpting, funnel cake, etc., just a few blocks away!

Felt School is taught by Shannon Okey of the Knitgrrl books, Felt Frenzy, Spin to Knit, Alt Fiber, etc. It's $325 ($295 in the a hostel/group room) for 2 days including room, 3 meals + snacks, all classes, equipment use & supplies, needle felting tools to keep, and a another awesome goodie bag. Sept 30-Oct 1.

Students who do both and stay for the full week get a free bonus day, plus a free 4-hour session in the Dye Lab.

September 12, 2008

Bead Simple Workshop @ Crafty Wonderland

Be sure and stop by Crafty Wonderland in Portland, OR this weekend, where you can not only shop for fun handmade goods by over 40 vendors, you can also learn to make earrings at the hands-on workshop led by Bead Simple author Susan Beal!

More:
Bead Simple How-To Videos

September 8, 2008

Jennifer Perkins Class @ Make in Dallas

Jennifer Perkins from Naughty Secretary Club will be teaching a jewelry-making class @ Make Shop & Studio in Dallas, TX on Saturday, September 20--the class is at 1pm, and will be followed up with a book signing at 3. Fun times!

August 29, 2008

Mexican Sugar Skull Decorating Classes @ DIY Lounge

Cathy Pitters from Bossa Nova Baby and Crafty Wonderland will be teaching a Mexican Sugar Skull Decorating class this October at DIY Lounge in Portland. Sign up online now, before the classes fill up!

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