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Hand Stitching on Heirloom Fabrics with Lisa Binkley
Jan
13
to Jan 14
Class, Workshop

Hand Stitching on Heirloom Fabrics with Lisa Binkley

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Class Fee: $290/Members (with code) or $315/Non-Members

Class Description: Here’s your chance to put those beautiful, one-of-a-kind fabrics you’ve been saving to great use.  Spend two-days learning a variety of approaches to cutting, piecing, appliqueing, and in other ways combining these ‘stashed’ fabrics with hand stitching and a variety of thread types.  We’ll address design and composition issues as well as approaches to stitching on and embellishing the cherished fabrics that may be different than ways in which you’ve approached other types of fabrics.

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Chiku Chiku Bag Making with Akiko Ike
May
20
9:00 AM09:00
Class, Event, Workshop

Chiku Chiku Bag Making with Akiko Ike

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$140/$115 WMQFA Members with Code

Saturday, May 20, 2023

9:00am to 2:00pm

In this five-hour workshop, led by Akiko Ike, an internationally-recognized fiber artist and teacher from Niigata, Japan, each participant will have an opportunity to make one casual cloth bag, designed by Ike, using Japanese artisan apron. The apron is a strong canvas-like material. Akiko will teach “Chiku Chiku” stitches using special Sashiko thread dyed in Niigata, Japan. Depending on how you decide to finish the bag, there may be some sewing to be done at home outside the workshop.

“Chiku Chiku” is an onomatopoeic word Ike uses to describe the sound her needle makes as she stitches.

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