2013 MLH Summer Workshops & Semionars – Register Today!
Nancy McRay Class size: 15 Level: Suitable for beginners, but it is helpful to know how to use a rigid heddle loom. Loom requirement: Rigid Heddle Nancy’s website The rigid heddle loom provides an easy, portable, accessible, and relatively inexpensive way for anyone to start weaving. Nancy has discovered it also is a vehicle for… [Continue Reading]
Robyn Spady Level: Suitable for all levels. Class limit: 24 Materials Fee: $10 Robyn’s website Creating original drafts is exciting, but confirming what your pattern will look like can be a challenge and graph paper is slow and cumbersome! In this one-day workshop, participants will be introduced to the PixeLoom weaving software and explore… [Continue Reading]
Mary Sue Fenner Level: Suitable for all. Class size: 25 Mary Sue’s Facebook Most of us use our sergers to secure and trim seam allowances. However, there are many other ways to use a serger for garment construction and embellishment. Mary Sue often uses her serger to create unique surface design. The class will show… [Continue Reading]
John Mullarkey Materials Fee: 0 Class size: 20 Level: Beginner John’s website Weave a veritable bouquet of yarn blooms to accent your next bag or scarf. Who knew woven squares on pin looms could produce such floral beauty? Learn the basics of a very portable weaving technique using pin looms such as the Weave-It… [Continue Reading]
Andrea Anderson Skill level: All Levels Class Size Limit: 20 Materials Fee: $1.00 Andrea’s website The seminar will give participants an overview about using printed cotton fabrics to weave clothing. Topics discussed will cover what materials to choose, what to look for in a clothing pattern, and how to finish and assemble garments. … [Continue Reading]
Andrea Anderson Skill Level: Everyone Class Size Limit: 20 Materials Fee: $10.00 Andrea’s website Participants in this class will learn the basics of using wire to create their own jewelry. They will have the opportunity to make two different bracelets. The first will teach the basics of weaving with wire, and the second… [Continue Reading]
Robyn Spady Level: Suitable for all levels Materials Fee: $5 Class size: 25 Robyn’s website Does incorporating more color in to your projects appeal to you, but leaves you feeling a little intimidated at the same time? Do you long to break out of a color rut? If so, you are not alone! In this… [Continue Reading]
RAM’S HORN, TWILL, DOUBLE-CARD DOUBLE-TURN DIAGONALS John Mullarkey Class size limit: 18 Skill level: Beginner—Intermediate Materials Fee: $45 John’s website This class will feature three different variations on card weaving. Each part will take about a day of class time. By the end of the course, students will have mastered card weaving! Ram’s… [Continue Reading]
Mary Hettmansperger Class size limit: 15 Students Skill Level: Open to all Materials fee: $25 Mary’s website This workshop is packed full of new ideas and directions for many disciplines in Art: Metal work, weaving techniques, and a variety of surface design applications will all be covered. Students have the option of using… [Continue Reading]
Rita Petteys Class Size Limit: 10 Students Workshop Level: Open to students at all levels Materials Fee: $75 Rita’s website This dyeing class includes instructions in three techniques (immersion dyeing, low water immersion dyeing, and hand-panting warps), discussion of color theory, dye and color mixing, analysis and comparison of the results of different techniques… [Continue Reading]
Robyn Spady Class Size Limit: 20 Students Materials fee: $20 Skill level: Intermediaate to Advanced weavers (and adventure-seeking beginners) Loom needed: Pre-warped loom with a minimum of four shafts (8-shafts recommended) Robyn’s Website Do the terms “block design” and “profile draft” bewilder you? Are you interested in developing new patterns and pushing your… [Continue Reading]
Dianne Totten Class Size Limit: 20 Skill Level: Advanced beginner and beyond Loom Needed: 4 Shaft Loom (8 shafts is even better) Materials fee: 0 Dianne’s web site This is an on-loom workshop taking fiber in a new direction by creating “crimp cloth.” Using a variation of woven shibori for both warp and weft,… [Continue Reading]
Dianne Totten Skill Level: All Levels Class Size Limit: 20 Students Loom requirement: Table or floor loom, at least 2 shafts Dianne’s web site Learn to add a unique touch to your rag project – whether it is a rug, wall hanging, table runner, or placemats. The first step is creatively piecing together fabric strips… [Continue Reading]
Mary Hettmansperger Class Size Limit: 20 Students Skill Level: All Materiais fee: $65 Mary’s website Using silver and copper sheeting and a variety of wires, students will create 2 pendants. Texture, negative space and an antiqued patina will set the stage on the silver and copper to then be accented with weaving. With… [Continue Reading]
Karen Hoekstra Class Size Limit: 12 Materials Fee: $10 Suitable for All Karen’s art might fall in the genre of embellished art quilt work, but what she creates are pieces which are unique in both technique and presentation. Participants will learn and practice some of the techniques used to create depth and design sophistication… [Continue Reading]
Terry Tarnow Class Size Limit: 15 Material Fee: $25.00 Suitable for all levels Four scarves will be completed during the one-day workshop: Project #1 – Handkerchief scarf involves painting on silk using Tinfix dyes which must be steam set, set in the microwave, or set with permanent dyeset. After painting scarves and letting them… [Continue Reading]
Marty Swank Class Size Limit: 15 Skill level: All levels Materials Fee: $5 Marty’s website Learn to make beaded edgings and fringe to add glitz and pizzazz to clothing, scarves, art quilts, and other fiber art. Using small seed beads on a sample surface, we’ll make picot edging, beaded ruffles, netting, drop fringe, branch… [Continue Reading]
John Mullarkey Class limit: 18 Skill Level: Beginner, No experience required Materials fee: $15 John’s website Learn a new way to communicate! Instead of ephemeral bytes and bits, pixels on a screen, weave a lasting message. Using an ancient and portable fiber method called card weaving, learn to produce woven text in a sturdy… [Continue Reading]
Mary Sue Fenner Class size limit: 15 Students Skill Level: Workshop participants should have basic sewing skills Facebook page This is a basic jacket sewing class for all fiber artists. Students will bring their fabric: commercial, felted, hand woven, dyed, embellished, etc. I will take them through the basic skills to make it into a… [Continue Reading]
Juliane Anderson Class Size Limit: 25 Materials fee: None Level: Suitable for all knitters, or would-be knitters Juliane’s website Do you run with scissors? Do you eat raw cookie dough? Have you ever wanted to break all the rules? Think “outside the skein” to create an original, one-of-a-kind knitted fabric. This technique will challenge… [Continue Reading]
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