Farm Fiber Fun Barn is open 9am-9pm Schedule Of Classes Offered

Farm Fiber Fun
May 19-24
Diana & Arlan Engelbrecht Farm
23510 130th Ave, Eldridge, IA 52748
Barn is open 9am-9pm
Thursday
Schedule Of Classes Offered
Altered Books
Hand Painting Wool Roving/Yarn
Hand Painting Wool & Silk Fabric
Marbling Paper
10am
10am
1pm
1pm
Indigo Dying
9am-all day
Fabric manipulations and/or dyeing
Ort Container
Fabric Collage
Donna Kitchel, Mary Beat & Sally Stewart
10am-1pm
Terri Klipsch
1-4pm
Dawn Seaman
1-4pm
Jeanne Elliott
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Ombre Dying on Cotton
Reveal Day Manipulation Dying
Barn Quilts
Sculpting Faces
10am-1pm
9am-12pm
1-4pm
1-4pm
Kimberly Darling
Terre Klipsch
Sally Stewart
Sue Kirk
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Juniors
Armatures for dolls/charters
Embroidery Stitches
9am
9am-12am
1-4pm
Sue Kirk
Sue Kirk
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Creating with Tangrams
Shiva Sticks
Painting on Fabric: Backgrounds & detail
Cards
DEMO: Fun With Texture Magic
10am
10 am
1 2: 30pm-?
9am-12pm
1-4pm
Penny Percy
Terre Klipsch
Colleen Curry
Linda Klyman
Cheri Wujek
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Hand Held Affirmation Pillows
Silk Scarf Dyed w/Naturals
Painted Silk Scarf
Felted Vessels
9am-?
9am-12pm
1-4pm
1-4pm
Sheila Mesick
Kate Cavanagh
Kate Cavanagh
Abi Hutchenson
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Anytime Technique Stations
Jeanne Knape
Kimberly Darling
Kimberly Darling
Jeanne Knape
Gelli Plate Prints
Stamping
Alcohol Ink Donut Pendent
Fabric manipulations and/or dyeing
Flower Pounding
Tsuniko Inks
Anything you want to try that you have at home and haven’t had the courage to do.
There will also be sculpty clay available to play with.
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Sign up for each class. Find the teachers email with the supplies for the class. Please email promptly.
Deadline for each class is MAY 11.
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General Things to Bring For Play or Anytime Techniques
Fabric or Paper you want to use for your experimentation.
Lunch and/or supper or can go to Eldridge or Northwest Blvd area or order pizza delivery.
if you prefer to bring something to grill.
Drink: pop, water, etc.
Snacks….There will be a food/snacks table for sharing.
Drop Cords & multi plugins if using a sewing machine or other electrical appliance.
Grill available
OPTIONAL:
Any paints, dyes, etc. you may have purchased and don’t have the space or courage to play with them.
Chair if you have one you prefer. A folding chair is provided.
Lawn chair to enjoy the outdoors
Table light
Cost for Classes:
All classes will collect a free will donation in the envelope provided for each class. All of the donation goes toward that teacher for her time and to help replenish any supplies, dyes, paints, or inks they may have shared with
you if kit or supply fees did not apply. There will also be a donation envelope for the use of the facilities.
Kits or Supply Fees:
When a kit or supply fee is involved, there will still be a donation envelope for you to give something toward the
teacher’s time as well as the cost of the kit. Some classes have a supply fee or kits available for purchase. The
teacher must be notified before the class so the right number of kits or supplies can be available.
DEADLINE MAY 11: Please sign up for classes as some teachers have a size limit, kit/
supply fee, or bring from their stash to share. Contact info is in each supply list.
SUPPLIES LISTS FOR CLASSES OFFERED BY MEMBERS
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Altered Books
Thursday 10am-1pm
Jeanne Knape
563-323-4041
In this class several different ways to fold pages to create pockets will be presented.
Supplies to bring:
 Discarded book–the thicker the gook the more pockets that can be created.
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Tacky Glue
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Sissors and paper punch
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Yarn, fancy thread, or thin strips of fabric
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Large eye needle
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Fabric for the book cover
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Old paint brush around 1” in size
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Bone folder if you have one
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Hand Painting Wool Roving/Yarn
Hand Painting Wool and Silk Fabrics
Thursday 10am
Thursday 1-4pm
Kimberly Darling
563-340-1016 or darlingarts@aol.com
Hand painting is the way to go when one wants a unique statement for a project. Using hand painted yarn, roving,
hankies, or fabric creates distinctive and individual projects. Hand painting is a particular method of dyeing that
is easily applied to any protein fiber, such as wool or silk. Instead of submerging the fiber in a bath to get a uniform color, one paints or applies the dye in a more controlled manner, resulting in a multi-colored end-product.
The results can be carefully managed or serendipitous.
Instructor will have dyes and fixative, vinyl/latex gloves, scale, large pails for rinsing, spin dryer, skein winder, ball winder, iron, ironing board, paper towels, scissors,
measuring and stirring spoons, kitchen timer, dipping sticks, cable ties, gallon bags,
weights, dust masks.
Students are asked to bring:
AM Roving or Yarn, see instructions below for each
Yarn or Roving: 100% wool, may be a blend of wool and nylon, in skein or hank
form. Super-wash wool is preferred but not required. Approximately 2-4
oz. will be needed.
PM Fabric or Hankies, see instructions below for each.
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Fabric: 100% wool or silk, white or pastel, hand-washed, cut into approximate
fat quarters (18” x 21”)
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Silk Hankies: If you want to dye silk hankies; ***please contact instructor as
these will need preparation the day before the class.
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Flat plastic microwaveable container, approximately 6 x 9” (never to be used
for food)
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Roll of plastic wrap, microwave safe
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2 or 3 old towels
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plastic garbage bag
Superwash wool roving, superwash sock yarn, and silk hankies, natural, are
available from instructor. Prices are as listed:
4 oz. SW roving or yarn $12; 1 oz. silk
hankies $12
***Please contact instructor by May 12th, if you want any fiber listed above.
Instructor: Kimberly Darling ph: 563-340-1016 or email: darlingarts@aol.com
Marbleizing Paper
Jeanne Knape
Thursday 1-4pm
563-323-4041
Several methods of marbleizing paper will be explored using easy to acquire art and household items.
Supplies to bring:
 2 disposable foil baking pans 9x12x3 inches or larger
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several cans of spray paint in any colors to share
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Liquid fabric starch NOT spray starch
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White paper-any type (computer paper is great)
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Acrylic paints-any colors
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Disposable gloves
 Several containers for paint mixing
Preregistration not required. No class size limit.
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Indigo Dying
Friday 9am-4pm
Donna Kitchel, Mary Beat & Sally Stewart
jstewart327@mchsi.com
The unique characteristics of indigo dyeing make it easy to create wonderful resist patterns on fabric using rubber bands,
blocks, pipes and other manipulations. Indigo dye, which comes
from a plant, is one of the oldest (thousands of years!) dyes
used for coloring fabrics and the one still used today to color
blue jeans. Results are always surprising. We supply the dye.
Students bring:
 Your own PFD (prepared for dying) materials-old shirts,
napkins, pillow cases and watch what happens.
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Rubber gloves marked with your initials
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Container or plastic bags to take your dyed project home
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Wear OLD CLOTHES and SHOES
Fabric Manipulations and Dyeing
Friday 10am-1pm
Terri Klipsch
terreklipsch@mchsi.com
I provide:
dust mask
rubber gloves
rubber bands
string, rope, or other tie ups
old panty hose
safety pins, big or little
plastic bottle with lid - 1/2 gallon
baggies, large or small
Scissors
measuring spoons and cups
blue Dawn dishwashing soap
salt - iodized or not
old towels or paper towels
Please bring the following and any of the above you may have:
 Assorted containers for dyeing, butter tubs, salad bowls, anything
that will never be used for food again, and their tops. Must be big
enough for your fabric if you are dying a large piece.
 White or any color of fabric, silk, cotton, prepared for dyeing, etc.
Even a piece you don’t like and want to change.
 Fabric must be washed with no softner
Ice Dying
I provide same as above
Students Bring:
 Ice in your own cooler
 Rubber gloves
 Fabric: see above prep
 Dishpan or other container
 Clothespins
 Piece of tulle large enough
to cover container + 3”
per side
Collapsible Ort Container
Dawn Seaman
Friday 1-4pm
Limit 8
bsea@iowatelecom.net
Ort=small pieces of thread or fabric. This small (3 1/4” H x 3” across) garbage can is
wonderful to set beside you at any sewing or crafting retreat or sew day. Small enough to
tuck into your travel sew case and large enough to keep threads confined. You will have a
chance to finish one in class. The prework will be done for you as well as all
supplies needed to make one.
Please bring:
 your sewing kit (sharp needle, scissors, etc.)
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Collage with Fabric and Paper
Friday 1-4pm
Jeanne Elliott
lafitte_ariel@juno.com
The idea will be to create a fabric collage that could be used in an art quilt, made into a wall hanging or used to
cover a book. The process is to layer fabric (and paper if you choose) using glue and stitching to hold the piece
together. When you get home, you could also add machine stitching, if desired. Our goal will be to do the collage
part. Materials needed:
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Decide on a color scheme. Then bring fabric, trim, ephemra, old jewelry, found objects etc in that color
scheme plus some things that will make your color scheme “pop”.
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A piece of upholstery fabric, canvas, or something heavier than quilt cotton to use as the
base. A placemat also works well.
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You will need scissors, tacky glue, needle, and thread in the colors
that you are using plus some contrast like black and white or
complimentary colors.
You will need a focal point of some kind—-a flower cut from fabric,
photo printed on fabric, design, card, regular photo, quilt scrap, etc.
I will bring an assortment of the things listed above to fill in your gaps.
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Ombré or Gradient Dyeing on Cotton
Kimberly Darling
Saturday 9:30am-12pm
563-340-1016 or darlingarts@aol.com
Ombré is a French word meaning “to shade” and is often used to describe a gradient dye effect given to fabric in
which the color graduates from light to dark. The look is based on a monochromatic color scheme, with a single
hue gradient dyed from dark to light value, as in red to pink to pale pink. The result is both dramatic and sophisticated. Instructor will have dyes and fixative, vinyl/latex gloves, scale, large pails for rinsing, spin dryer, iron,
ironing board, paper towels, scissors, measuring and stirring spoons, kitchen timer,
dipping sticks, cable ties, gallon bags, weights, dust masks.
Students are asked to bring:
Fabric or Yarn to dye, see instructions below for each.
1. Fabric: 100% cotton or linen white or pastel, washed without softener, cut into
approximate fat quarters (18” x 21”)
2. Yarn: 100% cotton, must be wound into a ball.
3. Dyeing container; large plastic bowl or gallon bucket (never to be used for food again)
4. Paint stir stick or dowel approximately 14” long
5. 2 or 3 old towels
6. Plastic garbage bag
Barn Quilt
Sally Stewart
Saturday 1-4pm
Supply Kit Fee of $7
18 Student Limit
jstewart327@mchsi.com
Provided as supply kit:
1 - 16” x 16” piece of primed signboard plywood (MDO), 2 - 1” brushes, Painters Tape, and Paint
You will go home with a 16” x 16” barn quilt block to be displayed on your barn, garage, home, fence, in your studio, or other location. There will be some paint to choose from, however if special colors are desired you will
need to bring those. They must be rated for exterior use unless you intend to keep your barn quilt indoors. I buy the 8 oz. sample colors of Behr paint at Home Depot, approximately
$3.00 per color. Painters tape will be available however rolls will have to be
shared. If anyone wants to bring their own please do.
Supplies student is responsible to bring are:
1. X-acto knife
2. Soft lead sharp pencil or mechanical pencil
3. 24” minimum straight edge ruler
4. Quilt block design of choice. No more than 3 colors due to drying time
5. May want a hair dryer to speed drying
6. Feel free to bring your own brushes if desired. The ones provided will not be
premium brushes.
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Sculpting Faces
Saturday 1-4pm
Sue Kirk
suekirk21@yahoo.com or 563-505-0596
This will be the basic technique to sculpt a face or head. A flatter face could be
made into a pin or put on a gourd.
Supplies student needs to bring:
 2-3 Packages of 2 oz Sculpey in color of
choice. I use tan or flesh
 Aluminum foil
 Sculpting tools
 Hot glue gun or fast drying glue.
I will provide:
Instructions and samples
Batting
Oven to bake and fibre fill
Water color Pencils
Wax paper & extra Foil
Hot glue gun
Armature Workshop
Sunday 9am-12pm
Sue Kirk
suekirk21@yahoo.com or 563-505-0596
This will be the basic technique to make the armature for the body of a doll or character. You will then be able to
dress the art figure on your own or bring fabric and trims to try some ideas.
Supplies student needs to bring:
 Aluminum foil
I will provide:
 Hot glue gun or
Instructions and samples
fast drying glue.
Wire and cutters and other
tools
Batting
Wax paper & extra Foil
Hot glue gun
Embroidery
Sunday 1-4pm
Sue Kirk
suekirk21@yahoo.com
or 563-505-0596
If you would like to learn some stitches for embellishing your quilts & mixed media art, come join us.
We will be learning 8 to 10 stitches.
Sue will supply fabric prepared for you.
Supplies Student needs to bring:
 8 to 10 inch hoop
 several colors of embroidery thread
 Small scissors
 Embroidery needle.
Creating with Tangrams
Monday 10am-12:30pm
Penny Percy
563-357-3878
In this class you will learn about Tangrams and then will create a “picture” using a tangram within the design. The
picture can be done on any foundation (background) and then drawn or embellished with any medium.
I will provide templates of the puzzle pieces for everyone. Paper will be available if you choose that as your foundation. Pen, colored pencils, and water colors will also be available. Bring any other foundation to work on such as
fabric, felt, metal, wood, etc. The tangram figure is placed on the
foundation and then the picture is developed around it using a medium of your choice such as thread, ink, paint, string, or any fiber, etc.) You will be able
to take home a finished picture, quilt block, plaque, or collage.
Supplies students bring:
 a foundation measuring about
8x11 - 12x12 inches
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Lead pencil scissors
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Glue or tape, needle and thread, hammer
or chisel, or felting needle as appropriate
for your project
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Whatever medium and embellishments to
create you work of art.
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Paintsticks and Rubbing Plates
Terre Klipsch
Monday 10am-1pm
terreklipsch@mchsi.com
Experiment with design using Shiva oil paintsticks or creamy crayons on
fabric. Regular crayons will work but they transfer the rubbings with
more effort. These are the supplies I have to share: Shiva paint
sticks, rubbing plates, and an exacto knife. If you have any of these
and want to bring them that is great. You can purchase Shiva oil paints
sticks at Dick Blick, Dharma Traders or other online sources, in a set of
small ones or full sized sticks. Creamy Crayons can be purchased at
Michaels, Hobby Lobby or online. They are not oily but they make good
rubbings, too.
Supplies for you to bring:
 Fabric: 100% cotton, fat quarter size. No
washing needed, but should be pressed
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Rubber gloves or something to cover your hands
because the oil sticks will stain your hands.
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Roll blue 1 inch painters tape.
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Stencils and all sizes of stencil brushes
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If you have them, oil paint sticks or creamy crayons.
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If you have something that will allow an impression to be made on the fabric as a rubbing plate
that you wish to experiment with, bring it along to
play, or if you have rubbing plates.
PAINTING ON FABRIC - BACKGROUNDS AND DETAIL
Monday 12:30-?
Colleen Curry
cocu@csteldridge.com or 563-285-1305
Kit Fee $5
A kit fee of $5.00 which includes the use of my Seta Color fabric paints
and other supplies for creating effects on the painted fabric.
Supplies to bring:
 Cotton fabric, other fabrics if you want to experiment
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Water soluble marking pen
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Fabric paint*see below
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Fabric medium
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Small paint pan
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#6 or #8 round paint brush
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1" or 2" cheap bristle paint brush from the paint store
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Old muffin pan
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Container to rinse brushes
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Rags for wipe up
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Paper towels
If you wish to purchase your own paint I will list my preferences in order:
1 Seta Color by Pebo available from: Dick Blick, Pro-Chem, or Dahrma Trading
2 Jacquard, these will not be used for backgrounds
3 a VERY distant 3rd place, fabric paint from the craft store
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Greeting Cards
Linda Klyman
Monday 9am-12pm
Kit for 6 cards $8
Limit of 10
lindaklyman@mchsi.com
You can make your own greeting cards with personalized heartfelt messages
that receivers will enjoy and appreciate! Don’t waste time searching at the
store for that special card you can’t find. In this class we will cover the basics
to get you started making your own cards, plus you will go home with 6 different cards completed. The kit includes everything you need for each card.
Supplies you bring:
 Paper scissors
 Glue stick.
 Double sided runner tape, optional
DEMO: Fun With Texture Magic
Monday 1-4pm
Cheri Wujek
Fun ways to use Texture Magic using various fabrics and stitches including cotton, wool, floral, silk, cheese cloth. The
resulting textured pieces could be used in embellishing, applique, etc.
Hand Held Affirmation Pillows
Shelia Mesick
Tuesday 9-?
SheilaMesick55@hotmail.com
Sheila will guide participants through an affirmation awareness activity. Each person will take their written
affirmations and insert them into a small stitched/embellished pillow that they will create. This piece will be a
daily reminder of the creative spirit and inspiration that invokes creativity in each person. Materials will be
provided. Participants should bring special embellishments they want to use.
Supplies you can bring:
 9x12 swatches of felt
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needle, thread, scissors
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pencil, paper, lids for templates
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embellishments (ribbon,lace,buttons,beads, embroidery thread)
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polyester fiberfill
Garden Silks
Kate Cavanagh
Tuesday 9am-12pm
Kit cost $10
pkcavanagh@mchsi.com or 309-523-2979
Dye a beautiful scarf using natural materials, This is experimental. Wander through the pantry, kitchen, grocery store, backyard or any place. Avocado pits are fun. Red cabbage is great. The kit includes a silk scarf,
steel or copper wire, pennies, plastic baggies, and vinegar.
Things for you to bring:
 Herbs, plants, flowers
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Dirt
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Fruit and berries
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Herb teas
 Spices from your kitchen
The sky is the limit.
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Painted Silk Flower Scarf
Kate Cavanagh
Tuesday 1-4pm
Kit $15
pkcavanagh@mchsi.com or 309-523-2979
Paint these beautiful floral silk scarves. The kit will include: everything you need for your project
You may want to bring your own hair dryer.
Felted Vessels
Sunday 1-4pm
Supply Fee $5
Abi Hutchison
abispins@gmail.com
Material Fee: $5 for everything except the 3 things listed.
We will be making a vessel using roving and water.
Students bring to class:
 Baking sheet with 4 raised sides to contain water
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A bath towel
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Small bar of soap
Anytime Technique Stations
Tsuniko Inks
Inks, shaving cream and aloe gel provided.
Please bring: Fabric and/or paper and small brushes
Marbled fabric pictured. Marbling can be done with more than 1 color.
Brush painted picture unavailable
Flower Pounding
Provided: Flat, smooth board
Flat headed hammer
Paper
 Fresh blooms—I should have some spring blooms—You never know how the color will turn out. Bring some
from your flowerbeds in case mine are not blooming.
 Fabric and/or paper
Alcohol Ink Donut Pendent or Tiles
Provided: washers, gourds, gourd pieces and alcohol inks
Please bring:
Photo paper, Yupo Paper, or
CDs, Ceramic tiles, any other surface you would like to try
Alcohol inks if you have them
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Gelli Plate Prints
Gelli plate printing is a type of mono printing using a gelatin based sheet to make your designs with paints or inks.
Place your fabric on a painted Gelli plate, rub to transfer the paint and pull your print. It's as simple as
that!
The following items are provided:
Homemade gelli plate
Fabric Paints
Cardstock
Stencils to use for a resist
Any items you can find that would make an unusual mark such as end of a spool, unique paper clips, foam stamps,
paper punched out with punches used in scrapbooking, bubble wrap, end of a medicine box for a square
or rectangle….. Use your imagination.
You bring:
Fabric that has been washed without softener or prepared for dye fabric—can be a fabric you don’t like and want
to make into a new piece or one you just want to add something to.
OR Paper
Optionals:
After they have dried you can use your stamps and stazon stamping ink to add another layer, doodle on it, add
another layer of color with another gelli print, bead, etc.
If you would like to have your own gelli plate here is the recipe: 1 box (4 packetts) Knox original gelatine
Unflavored stirred into 1 cup cold water until dissolved. Add 1 cup hot water continueing to stir until all
gelatine is dissolved. Pour into 8x8 pan lined with suran wrap and remove any air bubbles that have come
to the top. Place in refrigerator a minimum of 30 minutes. Double for a 9x13 pan.
A store bought permanent gelli plate
Stamping
Provided: stamps, acrylic paints and fabric medium, homemade stamp pads
Please bring:
Fabric, paper, clothes, shoes,
purses, anything to stamp on.
Veggies to make stamps from.
Any questions please call Diana Engelbrecht at
563/370-4239 or email dipraisinhim@aol.com with
FFF in subject line. Thank you.
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Juniors
Sunday 9am-?
Sign up contact
dipraisinhim@aol.com
The Juniors are children age 8-18. Any mom can bring her child or grandmother can bring her grandchild. There
will be 4 stations set up and everyone will rotate from one to the next so they will go home with 4 completed
projects.
Arm Knitting
Sandie Cockerill
Use your arms like knitting needles to knit an infinity scarf.
Altered Altoids Tins Dawn Seaman
Decorate an altoids tin or other small tin to use for jewelry, a little
sewing kit, photos, or any little things you want to keep in a small container.
Accidental Landscape Nancy Boyer
Make an accidental landscape using paper cut in angles and curves
the Karen Eckmeier way to give you the feel of close and farther away. You can embellish if wanted.
Take this one as a pattern and make an other one from fabric later.
Canvas Mosaic
Diana Engelbrecht
Make a mosaic from paper or fabric cuts on a canvas board.
Embellish with floss, glitter, buttons, beads, etc. You can bring your own pattern or use one of ours.
Arm Knit Infinity Scarves
Accidental Landscape
Students bring:
Altered Altoids Tins
Mosaic w/ 2 close up pictures: you choose a pattern
Or draw an original
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1 skein of yarn
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altoids tin or other small tin
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Canvas board or stretched canvas suggested size of 8x10 or 12x12 inch
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Optional: Anything you might have to embellish your tin, landscape or mosaic. We will provide embellishments,
but you might have an idea of something you might want to bring.
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