Fiber Arts WORKSHOP
 
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Fiber Play Days: Create Your Own Wearable Art!
Instructor: Jeanne Weymouth
 

On these Fiber Play Days, we'll explore the endlessly inventive world of creating wearable art.   Whether you transform an old sweater by reshaping it with a few snips of the scissors; or you rework a coat with original applique designs;  or you use bleach to create new patterns on t-shirts; or embellish with anything from old laces, ripped silks, freeform crochet or fabric paints ... you will surprise yourself with the countless fiber art techniques you can incorporate into the creation of one-of-a-kind wearable art !  Besides expressing your own creativity and personality in a piece (or pieces) of wearable art; you'll also do the planet a favor with your  "Upcycling" effort. 

From needle-felting, to crochet, couching, applique, simple stitching, embroidery and embellishment with an eclectic mix of interesting beads, buttons and more ... we'll have fun learning, practicing, and creating some wildly unique wearable clothing. And of course we can simply cut interesting elements from one garment to stitch onto another garment -- which opens up even more options for creating your own wearable art!

Using recycled felted wool sweaters, cotton sweaters, old coats, t-shirts, jackets or blazers, you will leave with a pocketful of new skills and a head full of ideas!  This workshop is designed to be great fun and it will help those with any fear of tackling fibers to realize that mistakes often turn into masterpieces.

 
 
 
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  Studio & Material Fee:
 

Material fee covers:

  • Felting needles
  • Felting pads
  • Felted wool and cotton sweaters
  • Crochet hooks
  • Tapestry needles
  • Wool roving
  • Yarns, threads
  • Fabrics: silks, old hankies, laces, other fabric bits
  • Assorted embellishments including Angelina Fibers
  • Dyna-Flo fabric dye
  • Bleach
  • Fiber crayons
  • Fabric pastel sticks
  • Miscellaneous studio supplies
 
  Student Supplies:
  Students should bring the following supplies:
  • Several sweaters (felted wool or any cotton sweater will be fine)
  • Scissors, needles, thread, crochet hooks in several sizes: fine to thick
  • Variety of pieces of fabrics or old clothes that can be ripped up; laces; hankies, scarves, buttons, beads and other embellishments
  • Yarns
 
  Optional Supplies:
  Sewing machine.
   
 
 
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
 




   
 
   

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Program Details
 
 
Date: 2/20/2010 to
2/21/2010
Time: 9:30 AM-
4:30 PM
Level: All Levels
Min/Max: 8/15
 
  Fees
 
 
Registration Fee $250.00
Studio & Material Fee $40.00
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about the instructor
 

Confident she was born under a lucky star, Jeanne injects optimism, whimsy and a dollop of gratitude into most of her creations. After her Norwegian mother gave her a tiny sewing machine at age seven, Jeanne has not let up in her pursuit of creativity and productivity. Though she managed to earn several college degrees, she has always returned to her first degree - Textiles and Design. It's the one that knitted up her passions for fiber, texture, color and imagination. Jeanne has taught numerous fiber classes including weaving, altered clothing, 3-d soft sculpture, free-form crochet and funky abstract purse creating. She is featured in various shops, shows, and galleries around Wisconsin and Illinois, and frequently gives talks and demonstrations about the artful delight of rescuing and redesigning yesterday's clothing.

Jeanne works happily in her sunny and messy studio in Central Wisconsin along the dreamy Wisconsin River and she takes frequent breaks for coffee, dog-walking/chasing, and meditating (aka "napping.") She relies on her good-natured husband for his humorous feedback and advice on her creations, and she knows for sure that the luckiest of all stars in her life is her son Alexander, 28, who makes his momma oh-so-proud.


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