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Intro to Punch Needle Rug Hooking – Saturday, January 4, 2025

Jan 04, 2025 9:00AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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If you want to try your hand at the art of punch needle rug hooking, this is the class for you.  Starting with a small kit you will make a small punch needle hooked project.  Skills covered will include: Positioning base fabric in the hoop Threading a punch needle and types of punch needles Suitable…

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Stamped Slab Mugs – January 4, 2025

Jan 04, 2025 9:30AM—12:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047

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Join Peg Medcraft, a crafty pottery instructor with 30+ years of experience, and craft your own unique hand built mug masterpiece! Choose from various stamps and enjoy hands-on guidance in a supportive environment. We’ll make handles and you can choose your glaze color!  *Details*  Perfect for beginners and seasoned potters Hands-on -guided instruction  Various stamp…

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Copper Foil Stained Glass Window (Ages 12+) – Saturday, January 18

Jan 18, 2025 10:00AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Learn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, owner of Longfellow Soap Company, who has been designing, making, repairing, and restoring antique stained glass windows for 23 years. All tools and materials will be provided and each student will take home a small window.  You will learn how to make, cut, and…

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Scandinavian Mittens – January 18th & 25th, 2025

Jan 18, 2025 9:30AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Knit your first Scandinavian-style mittens! Traditional Scandinavian mittens require a boatload of techniques including stranded colorwork, corrugated rib, Latvian braid, picked-up thumbs, and symmetrical decreases. You’ll learn it all in this class, though it’s highly recommended that you have experience with stranded colorwork. This pattern makes use of such a simple colorwork pattern, that while…

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Beeswax Basics: From Bees to Candles – January 25, 2025

Jan 25, 2025 1:00PM—3:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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During this workshop, we will work with 100% pure beeswax, a natural, renewable resource. You will learn how to melt and clean beeswax to make candles that emit a bright, healthful light within the same spectrum as the sun. Beeswax burns longer, drips less, and naturally smells wonderful.  Through demonstration, students will learn: The wonderful…

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Watercolor Batiks: Playing with Patterns – Saturday, February 1, 2025

Feb 01, 2025 10:00AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on Saint Croix, MN 55047

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Try your hand at watercolor batik, a modern twist on the ancient Javanese art of batik. You do not need to know watercolor technique or even how to draw — you will work from an image traced onto rice paper and then use melted wax and watercolor to create a final work of art. In…

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Leather Market Tote – Saturday, February 1, 2025

Feb 01, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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In this class, we will learn the basic skills of leather working while sewing a classic 100% leather tote bag. Learn about cutting leather, preparing it for stitching, saddle-stitching, and riveting handles. Leave with a beautiful market tote of your very own and the skills to do countless leather-working projects for a lifetime! The tote…

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Intro to Clogging (Intergenerational) – Saturday, February 1, 2025 (Session 2 of 4)

Feb 01, 2025 9:30AM—10:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School,
550 Pine Street,
Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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This is Session 2 of a 4 Session series. Registration for the entire series is available (if space permits) under the January 25th session listing. Clogging is a fun activity for the whole family and provides great exercise! Learn the basic steps of clogging, along with at least three routines. Modern clogging shows similarities to…

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Potato Basket Making – Saturday & Sunday, February 8 & 9, 2025

Feb 08, 2025 9:30AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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What about making a Potato Basket?  Potato Baskets have been around for many, many years.  You will make a ribbed potato basket, practicing those ribbed basket skills but without a handle.  Just something a bit different. Join Kirsten, a long-time instructor who will have you laughing and learning, she’ll help you ease into basket weaving…

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Intro to Clogging (Intergenerational) – Saturday, February 8, 2025 (Session 3 of 4)

Feb 08, 2025 9:30AM—10:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School,
550 Pine Street,
Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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This is Session 3 of a 4 Session series. Registration for the entire series is available (if space permits) under the January 25th session listing. Clogging is a fun activity for the whole family and provides great exercise! Learn the basic steps of clogging, along with at least three routines. Modern clogging shows similarities to…

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Family Day at MMFS – Saturday, February 15, 2025

Feb 15, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on Saint Croix, MN 55047

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We invite you and the young people in your life to come to the second Marine Mills Folk School Family Day 2025! Experience folk school education via hands-on traditional arts and crafts and exposure to new skills and ideas. In what we hope will become an annual event, we are offering mini-classes and demonstrations of…

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Intro to Clogging (Intergenerational) – Saturday, February 15, 2025 (Session 4 of 4)

Feb 15, 2025 9:30AM—10:30AM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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This is Session 4 of a 4 Session series. Registration for the entire series is available (if space permits) under the January 25th session listing. Clogging is a fun activity for the whole family and provides great exercise! Learn the basic steps of clogging, along with at least three routines. Modern clogging shows similarities to…

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Copper Foil Stained Glass Window (Ages 12+) – Saturday, February 22, 2025

Feb 22, 2025 10:00AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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Learn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, owner of Longfellow Soap Company, who has been designing, making, repairing, and restoring antique stained glass windows for 23 years. All tools and materials will be provided and each student will take home a small window.  You will learn how to make, cut, and…

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Pysanky-Ukrainian Egg Decoration (Ages 12+) – Saturday, February 22, 2025

Feb 22, 2025 9:00AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

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It is time to learn the art of making Pysanky – Ukrainian decorated eggs! Using beeswax and dyes applied in layers, students will create amazing, beautiful eggs, perfect for special gifts or ornaments. Just think how happy your friends and family will be to receive this handmade gift! The term ‘pysanky’ is of Eastern European-Slavic…

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Past | Archive

Copper Foil Stained Glass Window (Ages 12+) – Saturday, December 14, 2024

Dec 14, 2024 10:00AM—3:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

Weave Kitchen Towels on a Rigid Heddle Loom (Ages 16+) – Saturday, December 7 & 14, 2024

Dec 07, 2024 10:00AM—4:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

Fused Glass Jewelry Workshop – November 23, 2024

Nov 23, 2024 12:30PM—3:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

Make Ugly Christmas Sweater Ornaments with Peg Medcraft!

Nov 23, 2024 10:00AM—12:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine Street, Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

Holiday Wreath Making – (Ages 12+) – 10:30 a.m. – Saturday, November 16, 2024 (FULL)

Nov 16, 2024 10:30AM—1:00PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047

Holiday Wreath Making – (Ages 12+) – 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2024

Nov 16, 2024 2:00PM—4:30PM

Marine Mills Folk School, 550 Pine St., Marine on St Croix, MN 55047