Learn basic rib basket-making techniques and take home your first Ribbed Egg Basket!  Join Kirsten, a student-favorite experienced instructor who will have you laughing and learning, she’ll help you ease into basket weaving with no stress, you’ll be amazed at how fast the time goes. You will learn basic rib basket-making techniques. Thoughts on this…

Join experienced embroidery instructor Alycen Brothen for a day of traditional embroidery on flour sack towels.  This class will cover: selection of flour sack towels for embroidery, prepping towels for embroidery, transferring designs, and stitching.  Your instructor will provide the following materials: flour sack towels needle selection of embroidery threads design Students are asked to bring: embroidery hoop (3.5-5 inches in diameter)…

What is a Shirred Rug you ask?  Shirred rugs appear around 1870, but few examples survive since most relied on sewing thread to hold the rugs together. By the 1890s, elaborate examples of shirred rugs were made and specialized tools began to be marketed, but most rugs continued to be made with needle and thread…

Journaling, travel writing, sketching and photography can be used to help craft any form of poetry, prose, fiction, fantasy or memoir. Fearless writing practices silence the inner critic and help you be present for whatever needs to come to the page. Lisa will share how her decades of journaling and travel writing have been essential…

Create a woven scarf on a rigid heddle loom! In this two-session workshop, learn to warp a loom, wind a shuttle, hem stitch, weave and discuss troubleshooting, on the first day. During the second session learn several fringe options and how to wet finish. Discuss how to plan for future projects on the loom including…

*November and December classes will open to members on September 24 and non-members on September 26. Not a member? Sign up here. * Learn to needle felt a realistic three-dimensional bird from Corriedale wool roving and apply lifelike characteristics using merino wool prefelt, merino wool roving, and wool hard felt. Learn finishing details for glass…

September and October classes will open for registration on July 16th to members and on July 18th to the general public. Not a member? Sign up here. Want to be notified when registration opens? Sign up to receive our emails here. Join John Hanson, soap maker and owner of Longfellow Soap Company in Minneapolis, for…

September and October classes will open for registration on July 16th to members and on July 18th to the general public. Not a member? Sign up here. Want to be notified when registration opens? Sign up to receive our emails here. Learn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, owner of Longfellow…