Needle Felting
Get stabbing with Cady! This is a fun and open-ended craft where you can easily let loose. We'll make 3-D figures out of wool roving. Create your own elf and learn about a very versatile medium that can be used to embellish clothes, too. Supply fee $5ish.
Rustic figure carving
We've tried spoons, now let's see if we can do a figurine! Sophie will lead the wild whittlers on this journey. Project TBD....cat? fox? heart? This will be out at the fire circle, unless it's frigid and we move inside. Supply fee $10ish, BYO knife if possible. We have some loaners.
Mosaic
We are excited to offer a new medium--glass mosaic! This is the class for color lovers--spruce up your winter days! Denise will guide us in making a glass mosaic frame from a variety of glass and colors.
Materials cost 30.00
Alcohol Ink Jewelry
Come and try your hand at adding color to your jewelry using alcohol inks! You'll can personalize your designs by cutting out your copper pieces, filing them, drilling holes in them and preparing them for bright, bold color prior to sealing them. Make 2 pair of earrings in your own color palette! This class does involve ink that can stain clothing, so please wear clothing or an apron you don't mind making colorful. Supply fee $15 includes metal, inks and ear wires for two pair of copper earrings.
Cathedral Pillow
Let's up our quilt piecing game! This class will follow the Lincoln cushion pattern designed by Suzanne Campion from the UK. It is an easy introduction to the Cathedral window technique which creates an effective panel. Various fabric kits will be available ahead of the retreat from Leisa at Morris Textiles at $20 each. The cushion requires 6 fat 8ths, and another yard of fabric to finish if you want to create your own. A full description of the supplies will be sent ahead of the class so that you can get some fabric cut ahead and we can get started quickly. Printed copies of the pattern will also be available to keep after the class and use again at $5 each.
Sashiko Visible Mending
Barbara from Rabbit Row yarn will guide us in visible mending. BYO torn jeans, or use a fresh piece of fabric. Supply fee $30 for a sweet kit with stencils and thread and all you need to get going.
Gourd Box
We'll start with some nice thick gourds, and give them a stain and wax finish. We'll practice carving on scraps, and then you'll carve your design. There are no limits to the design! Graham will saw along the lid line, and then you'll clean the innards out, and make the insides smooth. Voilà! A sweet box to keep something fine in. There will be various sizes and shapes to work with. It's a noisy, dusty project; bring a mask, and hearing protection. Materials: $7-10, depending on the gourd.
Sewing Bags
We'll be making the Haralson belt bag from Noodlehead! Christina will guide us through pockets and linings and zippers and interfacing. You will need to bring your machine with you to FLAIR and I'd put this in the "adventurous beginner" category. Not your first time driving a sewing machine, but you don't need to have sewn your wedding dress. Supply list will be provided by the teacher prior to the workshop. Plan on cutting your fabric at home if possible to save studio time; there is quite a bit of hardware involved. Supply fee $20 to cover interfacing and all hardware and straps. Pattern is $12 and the fabric will cost about $13-15 on average. (Total cost ~$45)
Dried Flower Wreaths
The most satisfying craft! Plenty of Posies will bring us oodles of their finest dead flowers and we'll arrange those crunchy beauties into wonderful wreaths! A great way to explore color and texture combinations, and each one comes out stunning and unique! You can also go rogue and make a swag or alternative shape for your wall. $55 supply fee.
Garment Sewing: Toaster Sweatshirt
We will tackle the Sew House Seven Toaster sweater with Stephanie! You will learn techniques for working with knits including cutting out, sewing seams, and topstitching for a professional look. You must know how to use your sewing machines, how to straight stitch, backstitch, and how to follow a seam allowance. You do not need previous experience with knit fabrics. Supply fee $28, and fabric specifications will be sent by the teacher prior to the class.
Holey Gourd Buffet
Graham is back with an array of gorgeous gourds to choose from! You can make nightlights, a pendant lamp, or a globe light! This fun and noisy project involves a lot of drilling, and dust! Luckily we all own masks nowadays. Supply fee $15-30/gourd-ish. You will have time to do two night lights or one larger gourd project, most likely.
Printmaking
We will make lino-cut prints on paper and fabric. Experiment with two color prints if you like! Bring design ideas and any special papers or clothing you'd like to print upon. Brayers, cutters, ink, some paper, and linoleum blocks will be provided. Supply fee $15. We'll also have access to the FLAIRina library of blocks, so get psyched and bring extra undies!
Chip Carving
Maria from Hammerstone will guide us into this new (to us) frontier--chip carving! This decorative wood carving technique involves incising a pattern directly into wood. It's an ancient craft that has been used to carve limestone in first century Jerusalem, and is believed to have started 5000 years ago in Afghanistan or China! Supply fee: TBD
DIY button carving
Learn to make special buttons for your handmade creations! Christina from Hammerstone carpentry school will have us carving away so your clothing can truly be "me-made" when you finish it with a DIY button! Supply fee: TBD
Basketry: Bark Containers
In this class we will make containers out of pine bark. You’ll learn the basics of when and how to harvest the bark and get your fingers sticky as you fold and sew together a unique and naturally expressive vessel. Pioneers--we will expect you to make these for us during the End Times, m'kay? Supply fee: $15
Twined basket
In this class we will work with iris leave and corn husks, transforming these soft materials into a robust and beautiful basket. You’ll learn about the harvesting process, the technique of twining and a couple variations you can incorporate into your individual creation. Supply fee: $15
Get stabbing with Cady! This is a fun and open-ended craft where you can easily let loose. We'll make 3-D figures out of wool roving. Create your own elf and learn about a very versatile medium that can be used to embellish clothes, too. Supply fee $5ish.
Rustic figure carving
We've tried spoons, now let's see if we can do a figurine! Sophie will lead the wild whittlers on this journey. Project TBD....cat? fox? heart? This will be out at the fire circle, unless it's frigid and we move inside. Supply fee $10ish, BYO knife if possible. We have some loaners.
Mosaic
We are excited to offer a new medium--glass mosaic! This is the class for color lovers--spruce up your winter days! Denise will guide us in making a glass mosaic frame from a variety of glass and colors.
Materials cost 30.00
Alcohol Ink Jewelry
Come and try your hand at adding color to your jewelry using alcohol inks! You'll can personalize your designs by cutting out your copper pieces, filing them, drilling holes in them and preparing them for bright, bold color prior to sealing them. Make 2 pair of earrings in your own color palette! This class does involve ink that can stain clothing, so please wear clothing or an apron you don't mind making colorful. Supply fee $15 includes metal, inks and ear wires for two pair of copper earrings.
Cathedral Pillow
Let's up our quilt piecing game! This class will follow the Lincoln cushion pattern designed by Suzanne Campion from the UK. It is an easy introduction to the Cathedral window technique which creates an effective panel. Various fabric kits will be available ahead of the retreat from Leisa at Morris Textiles at $20 each. The cushion requires 6 fat 8ths, and another yard of fabric to finish if you want to create your own. A full description of the supplies will be sent ahead of the class so that you can get some fabric cut ahead and we can get started quickly. Printed copies of the pattern will also be available to keep after the class and use again at $5 each.
Sashiko Visible Mending
Barbara from Rabbit Row yarn will guide us in visible mending. BYO torn jeans, or use a fresh piece of fabric. Supply fee $30 for a sweet kit with stencils and thread and all you need to get going.
Gourd Box
We'll start with some nice thick gourds, and give them a stain and wax finish. We'll practice carving on scraps, and then you'll carve your design. There are no limits to the design! Graham will saw along the lid line, and then you'll clean the innards out, and make the insides smooth. Voilà! A sweet box to keep something fine in. There will be various sizes and shapes to work with. It's a noisy, dusty project; bring a mask, and hearing protection. Materials: $7-10, depending on the gourd.
Sewing Bags
We'll be making the Haralson belt bag from Noodlehead! Christina will guide us through pockets and linings and zippers and interfacing. You will need to bring your machine with you to FLAIR and I'd put this in the "adventurous beginner" category. Not your first time driving a sewing machine, but you don't need to have sewn your wedding dress. Supply list will be provided by the teacher prior to the workshop. Plan on cutting your fabric at home if possible to save studio time; there is quite a bit of hardware involved. Supply fee $20 to cover interfacing and all hardware and straps. Pattern is $12 and the fabric will cost about $13-15 on average. (Total cost ~$45)
Dried Flower Wreaths
The most satisfying craft! Plenty of Posies will bring us oodles of their finest dead flowers and we'll arrange those crunchy beauties into wonderful wreaths! A great way to explore color and texture combinations, and each one comes out stunning and unique! You can also go rogue and make a swag or alternative shape for your wall. $55 supply fee.
Garment Sewing: Toaster Sweatshirt
We will tackle the Sew House Seven Toaster sweater with Stephanie! You will learn techniques for working with knits including cutting out, sewing seams, and topstitching for a professional look. You must know how to use your sewing machines, how to straight stitch, backstitch, and how to follow a seam allowance. You do not need previous experience with knit fabrics. Supply fee $28, and fabric specifications will be sent by the teacher prior to the class.
Holey Gourd Buffet
Graham is back with an array of gorgeous gourds to choose from! You can make nightlights, a pendant lamp, or a globe light! This fun and noisy project involves a lot of drilling, and dust! Luckily we all own masks nowadays. Supply fee $15-30/gourd-ish. You will have time to do two night lights or one larger gourd project, most likely.
Printmaking
We will make lino-cut prints on paper and fabric. Experiment with two color prints if you like! Bring design ideas and any special papers or clothing you'd like to print upon. Brayers, cutters, ink, some paper, and linoleum blocks will be provided. Supply fee $15. We'll also have access to the FLAIRina library of blocks, so get psyched and bring extra undies!
Chip Carving
Maria from Hammerstone will guide us into this new (to us) frontier--chip carving! This decorative wood carving technique involves incising a pattern directly into wood. It's an ancient craft that has been used to carve limestone in first century Jerusalem, and is believed to have started 5000 years ago in Afghanistan or China! Supply fee: TBD
DIY button carving
Learn to make special buttons for your handmade creations! Christina from Hammerstone carpentry school will have us carving away so your clothing can truly be "me-made" when you finish it with a DIY button! Supply fee: TBD
Basketry: Bark Containers
In this class we will make containers out of pine bark. You’ll learn the basics of when and how to harvest the bark and get your fingers sticky as you fold and sew together a unique and naturally expressive vessel. Pioneers--we will expect you to make these for us during the End Times, m'kay? Supply fee: $15
Twined basket
In this class we will work with iris leave and corn husks, transforming these soft materials into a robust and beautiful basket. You’ll learn about the harvesting process, the technique of twining and a couple variations you can incorporate into your individual creation. Supply fee: $15