Take five

Francie Broadie’s Beadweaving: Lesser Known Stitches class allowed all levels to try beadweaving for the first time or to explore unfamiliar stitches, then in her Mixed Media Fiber Jewelry class, students created one-of-a-kind jewelry using fabric scraps, beads, found objects or pieces of old jewelry, upcycling and combining them in fun ways.

Five days never seems enough for Stephanie Robertson’s fabric dyeing class, so why not make it a full seven days for everyone? That’s just what we did, and this year’s class used all those days to the fullest, putting color on cloth. Direct painting, ice and incline dying, silk screening and rust dyeing were just a few ways to create personal expressions on fabric.

More dyes found their way onto fabric in the Batik class with Anne Landre. Designed for all levels but geared for beginners, students painted directly on fabric with wax or used copper stamps for designs. A multi-step process of waxing and dyeing results in the signature and universally appealing look of batik.

Lynn Schuster brings many sizes and shapes of her coiled baskets as inspiration for students, several of which are embellished with beadwork. Each of the students’ baskets had some special feature including an embellished lid, a crocheted edge finish, a two-color tweed effect and one made with handspun yarn. Good things and good memories are put into these small baskets!