Classes

Knitting

The Knitters drop in continues through the winter. Meeting times are 2:30 at the shop. The dates for the coming months are December 7, January 4, 18, February 8, 22, and March 1 and 15.

Felting

Felted Vessel – Rachel Hughes    March 15, 2010    10:00 – 3:30
Take felting to the next level and make a three dimensional felted vessel. Instruction will cover how to create a dimensional shape using traditional felting methods, needle felting and various embellishment techniques.
Materials: If you have felting needles or tools, or any embellishments you would like to incorporate into your project, bring them along. Bring a snack as there will be a half hour break.
Class Fee $40.00 + tax     Kit Fee: $20.00 + taxes                                                                               

Class Registration Policies for Scheduled classes:

Please note that payment is required to guarantee a spot in a class. If you must withdraw from a class, you may transfer the fee payment to another, provided that a minimum of seven days notice is given. We reserve the right to cancel a class due to insufficient registration up to seven days before the start date

Retreats

Planning a visit to Salt Spring Island & interested in the new fibre art products? Organize a group of interested students and we can provide the following classes at a time convenient for you. Pricing is based on $50.00 per hour (split between the students) with a maximum of 6 students. We can accommodate larger groups as well. Please contact us to discuss pricing options for larger groups.
We are please to have Susan Paynter as part of the Stitches team. Susan spent her career as a textile arts teacher and for the past ten years has explored the area of fiber arts. She has developed the following fibre art classes for us:

Shine and Shimmer

  Practice using foils, metals, copper and other interesting products that give shine and shimmer to your art quilt. Metallic paints, glass beads, foil, metals, embossing powders, Angelina products and shiva paintstiks will be explored.

  Materials: Sewing machine & free motion foot, basic sewing kit including pins, scissors, various colors of thread and an old ballpoint pen or stylus.

Course length: 5 hours of instruction
Kit fee $30.00 + taxes

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       Bark Branches and Organics

 Study the texture of bark and practice making the textures  by heat distressing some of the quilt art products such as Lutradur, tyvek and felt. Learn to use painted fusibles, cheese cloth and glass beads. Create interesting and lifelike branches and organic textures using water soluble stabilizers and thread.

 Materials: Sewing machine & free motion foot, basic sewing kit including pins, scissors, various colors of thread in greens and browns, thin embroidery hoop, 2 styrofoam meat trays.

 Course length: 5 hours of instruction
  Kit fee $30.00 + taxes

 View more images on our blog