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Gift cards now available!
Just in time for the holiday season, Marine Mills Folk School now sells gift cards! Gift cards can be used to purchase tickets to any of our classes. You can have the gift card emailed to yourself (to print and hand out in person), or have them emailed directly to a friend. Click here to…
Read MoreLebkuchens Recipe
Here’s a family recipe for Lebkuchens, a German holiday season cookie from our Board member Cathy Wegener. She says they make their cookies over Thanksgiving weekend and then cure with apple slices until Christmas: Mix together, bring to boil and then cool: ½ cup of honey ½ cup of molasses Stir in: 1 egg 1…
Read MoreUpcoming Classes: December 2018
Upcoming Classes: December 1 Natural Dyeing Beginning Felting: Creating Wool Art December 8 Intergenerational: Learn to Knit Beginning Spinning December 11 Nutrition: Health Through the Holidays December 15 Intergenerational: Cookin’ Kids Class schedule: Click Here
Read MoreNew Marine on St. Croix folk school teaches long-lost crafts, builds community
We were recently featured in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Read about us here.
Read MoreMeet Our Instructors: Maddy Bartch
What led to your interest in fiber arts and natural dyeing? My mother did ‘tactile’ crafts such as basket weaving and ceramics, while my aunt was a seamstress. I received a sewing machine in high school and found I didn’t just want to learn about how to make garments, I wanted to learn how to make fabric…
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