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Three at a time

August 14, 2021 By Carolyn Foss

We’re back on schedule now with this post which covers three classes held in early August; Beading: Composing Components with Francie Broadie, the Beadwork Alumni Studio and Finding Our Way: A Dyeing Journey with Stephanie Lewis Robertson. We were very happy to welcome Francie and this new class to our 2021 schedule. Francie first came to Sievers in 2009 as a student in a Diane Fitzgerald beadwork class and has gone on to take many more beadwork as well as several fabric printing and dyeing classes here. She taught a workshop at the Sievers Gathering in 2018 and was scheduled to offer Composing Components in 2020. This was another new class that was long overdue! Students worked on creating rings, […]

Filed Under: Sievers School Tagged With: Beadwork, Dyeing, Fabric printing, Francie Broadie, Stephanie Robertson

1000 Words

August 16, 2019 By Carolyn Foss

The adage, “a picture is worth 1000 words” is the theme for this post featuring photos from our early August companion classes, Diane Fitzgerald’s “Beading: Inspiration from Everywhere” and Stephanie Lewis Robertson’s “Making Your Mark: A Fabric Journey”. As it turns out, one thousand words equals about two full pages of writing. We will forego all those words and share photos from the classes instead. First, just a bit about each class. The beaders had selected a theme that appealed to them personally, researched it, then developed a concept and based on that, created beadwork in class. In Making Your Mark, students used simple silk screening, direct painting on fabric, dyeing, block printing and more to create designs on cloth. […]

Filed Under: Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Surface Design Tagged With: Beadwork, Diane Fitzgerald, Fabric printing, Stephanie Lewis Robertson

Without Boundaries

August 11, 2018 By Carolyn Foss

After learning the basics, there’s no boundaries to what you can create.  Experimenting builds new opportunities and that was definitely part of our last two classes. We start by continuing with a few more fabrics; direct painted, dyed, printed and screened from Stephanie Robertson’s Making Your Mark class.    A family tree branched out on one piece, and after preparing the first stage of this mountain scene, it was definitely time to sit back and admire it with feet up!     An idea proposed by one of Stephanie’s students and carried out in class this year was to hand-dye cotton that could be used in the Washington Island-made Quilts of Valor.  Each student participated to create this array of fabrics for these meaningful quilts.   […]

Filed Under: Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Sievers School, Surface Design Tagged With: Beadwork, Diane Fitzgerald, Fabric printing, Stephanie Lewis Robertson

The Sievers Gathering – September 27, 28 & 29, 2018

July 27, 2018 By Carolyn Foss

The Sievers Gathering is set for September 27-29!  This is a great way to keep in touch with each other, meet Sievers instructors and it’s also an opportunity to return to Washington Island and share of sample of what happens at Sievers School with a friend.  All visitors are welcome and all events are open to the public.  Here’s what’s waiting for you… Workshops – Two workshops are scheduled during the Gathering.  These one and one-half day sessions begin on Thursday, September 27 at 2 pm and end on Friday, September 28 at 4 pm.  They are: Bead Embroidery Basics with a Side of Weaving taught by Francie Broadie and Beginning Splint-Woven Basketry taught by Geri Rock.  There are limited […]

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Sievers Gathering Workshops

April 2, 2018 By Carolyn Foss

We are looking forward to the Sievers Gathering, Thursday, September 27 – Saturday, September 29 and are excited to share information on our two workshops!           #1 Bead Embroidery Basics with a Side of Weaving – Francie Broadie, Instructor Learn the basics of bead embroidery!  If you can thread a needle and sew a straight-ish line, you have what you need to succeed. Students will make a small bead embroidered pendant, then learn kumihimo, a Japanese braiding technique, to create a unique cord to display your pendant.   This will be a fun class with room for personalization of the project.  For all levels. Workshop Fee $200       1  1/2-Day Class        September 27 – 28 (2pm Thursday – 4pm Friday)  Workshop fee […]

Filed Under: Basketry/Furnishings, Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Sievers School Tagged With: Basketry, Beadwork, Sievers Gathering

Making their mark

August 9, 2016 By Carolyn Foss

For the first week of August, Stephanie Robertson’s class made their marks on fabric by screen printing, indigo dyeing, ice dyeing, direct painting, foiling, experimenting and discovering each day.    Each time we walked into the studio the pieces changed as step one led to step two, three, four…and more.      The indigo works it’s magic on the odd, but carefully planned combinations of clips and folds and ties.       Bright and colorful, with jellyfish or without, the fabrics tell stories and leave their mark within the walls of the Walter Studio.       A sneak peek into the overlapping class, Diane Fitzgerald’s Anything Goes…With Beads shows one of their first points of focus: zippers.  We can’t wait to share more in the next post!       

Filed Under: Beading/Stitchery/Wearables, Surface Design Tagged With: Beadwork, Diane Fitzgerald, Screen Printing, Stephanie Robertson

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