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FREE! Beginners Bridge Group (In-Person) June 27, 2023

Jun 27, 2023 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by…

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Tuesday Knit Night (In-Person) June 27, 2023

Jun 27, 2023 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start.  If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or…

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Herbal Remedies: A Foraging Walk (In-Person) June 24, 2023

Jun 24, 2023 11:00AM—1:00PM

Join local herbalist Heather Mashuga on a leisurely walk through the woods, noticing and admiring the multitudes of wildflowers and plants. Discover how to learn to use these plant allies to provide nourishment and healing. Herbal medicine focuses on herbs to prevent and treat illness and promote health and has been used for centuries by…

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Make a Multi-Strand Beaded Bracelet (In Person, Intergenerational) June 24, 2023

Jun 24, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

Join instructor Katherine Buenger and learn how to make an elegant bracelet. Using tin thread, a fine wire wrapped around a fiber core (4% silver) and beads, students will learn to twist the thread as they add beads to make 5 strands. The bracelet is finished with a silver-plated magnetic clasp. Your instructor will provide: Written instructions…

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Intro to Watercolor Quilting (In Person) June 24, 2023

Jun 24, 2023 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

This is an entirely new approach to creating a quilt top, where the fabric does all the work. Though only one fabric is used, the possibilities are limitless. Maxine has developed a method that is easy enough for beginners and yet challenging enough for the advanced quilter. It is a method of design. The assumption is that…

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Botanical Printing On Silk (In-Person) June 24, 2023

Jun 24, 2023 9:30AM—4:30PM

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

Botanical or eco printing is a direct contact printing technique. Dyes, pigments and tannins in leaves are transferred to paper or cloth with prolonged high heat to create prints. Flowers, bark, roots, and berries can also be used. No paints, inks or external dyes are needed to create these beautiful monoprints. One of the rewarding aspects…

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Tuesday Knit Night (In-Person) June 20, 2023

Jun 20, 2023 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start.  If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or…

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Beginning Photography for Kids Ages 9 to 14 (In-Person, Intergenerational) June 17 & 24, 2023

Jun 17, 2023 9:00AM—11:30AM

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

A picture is worth a thousand words! This class (updated and improved for 2023) will empower students to begin to capture images that express themselves in relation to the world around them. Students will be introduced to technical and aesthetic aspects of photography, providing them with the foundation for life-long enjoyment & expression. This class…

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Copper Foil Stained Glass Window (In-Person, Intergenerational) June 17, 2023

Jun 17, 2023 10:00AM—3:00PM

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

*A spot just opened up – register now! * 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…

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Free! Bluegrass Jam Session (In-Person) June 17, 2023

Jun 17, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** An essential skill of bluegrass music is the ability to take part in informal playing situations, also known as a “jam session.” Participants arrange themselves in a circle, choose a song from a common repertoire,…

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FREE! Beginners Bridge Group (In-Person) June 17, 2023

Jun 17, 2023 9:00AM—11:30AM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Join a relaxed group of bridge players to play and learn more. With bridge you never stop learning, and this group is a great place to continue the process. Cards and score pads will be provided by…

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Forest Therapy Walk (In-Person, Intergenerational) June 17, 2023

Jun 17, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

Join your guide Christine Shoemaker of Sky Meets Water Forest Therapy for a healing walk in the woods at William O’Brien State Park. Participants will explore their senses, breathing, childlike playfulness, and grounding techniques. The class will conclude with a tea ceremony.  What is Forest Therapy? Forest Therapy, or “Forest Bathing”, is a research-based framework…

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Tuesday Knit Night (In-Person) June 13, 2023

Jun 13, 2023 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start.  If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or…

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Learn Shibori with Indigo Dye (In-Person) June 10, 2023

Jun 10, 2023 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

One of the earliest written descriptions of Shibori dates to 238 CE! Shibori is an ancient Japanese technique that involves folding, twisting, or bunching cloth and then binding it to create brilliant patterns. In this class, you will learn a variety of these folding techniques. You will use wood boards, clips, rubber bands, and other…

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Make an Angel Wing Broom (In-Person) June 10, 2023

Jun 10, 2023 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

Become a Broom Squire! That is what a person who makes brooms is called.  Leave class with THREE brooms!  Yes that is right, three! Experience tying a traditional hand broom, which dates back to Colonial America. You will learn the style of tying known as an angel wing or hawk’s tail. This angel wing broom is…

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(Waitlist) Anyone Can Draw! Travel Sketching (In-Person) June 10, 2023

Jun 10, 2023 9:00AM—2:00PM

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

*This class is full, but you can sign up to be on the waitlist. If a spot opens up, we will contact you and you will have to officially register and pay at that time. There is also a class on July 22 with space.* Learn to draw and get more out of traveling! ‘Moment…

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Tuesday Knit Night (In-Person) June 6, 2023

Jun 06, 2023 6:30PM—8:00PM

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

***This event requires NO registration! However, you can enter your information if you would like us to know you’re coming. *** Come as you are and bring a knitting project — whether you’re in the middle of one, or have a project you’ve been meaning to start.  If you don’t knit, bring your crochet or…

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Basics of Yarn Dyeing (In-Person) June 3, 2023

Jun 03, 2023 10:00AM—3:00PM

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

Have you ever wanted to know how to dye but were afraid of all the potions and mixtures to make that possible?  Well if you have, this class is for you! Join Polly Hart from Trippin with Dixie Fiber Co. as she walks you through the basics of using chemical dyes to create beautiful, hand-dyed…

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Intro to Hardanger Embroidery (In-Person) June 3 and 10, 2023

Jun 03, 2023 10:00AM—4:00PM

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

Hardanger embroidery is named for the Hardanger region of Norway, where this style of embellishing clothing and home goods flourished. Students will create an embroidery design incorporating several traditional stitches and the distinctive cutwork that makes Hardanger embroidery so beautiful. Stitches will include: kloster blocks, dove’s eyes, corner dove’s eyes, cable stitch, Algerian eyelents, woven…

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Needle Felt a Goldfinch (In-Person) June 3, 2023

Jun 03, 2023 9:30AM—1:00PM

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

Welcome, Spring! We’re excited to welcome back Karen Englebretson for another needle felting class. In this fast-paced class, you will learn to needle felt a three-dimensional American goldfinch from core wool and apply lifelike characteristics using merino prefelt and merino roving. You will also learn finishing details for glass bead eyes, mounting, and hanging as…

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(Waitlist) Stained Glass Suncatchers (In-Person, Intergenerational) June 3, 2023

Jun 03, 2023 9:00AM—2:00PM

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

Have fun learning the basic steps to making a stained-glass window and go home with a new skill and a gift or two. Students will learn how to break glass with purpose, shape glass to a pattern, and reassemble it to make something beautiful. Glass will be assembled with the copper foil method, which is a thin strip…

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Create a Barn/Hex Sign (In-Person) June 3, 2023

Jun 03, 2023 9:30AM—1:30PM

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

Barn signs or ‘hex signs’ are mostly known today for their decorative purposes, but some believe they were painted by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers to ward off evil spirits or storms, or to bestow blessings and protections on the farm family. Using bright colors and often incorporating a star pattern, these beautiful designs were originally found…

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