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Eugene Textile Center 1510 Jacobs Drive Eugene Oregon 97402 541-688-1565 www.eugenetextilecenter.com Classes for January – December 2016 Color Play on Cotton Learn some of the most popular techniques Janis Thompson for applying Procion MX dyes to cotton, linen Saturday, February 13 and silk yardage. We will dye in a zip-lock 12 – 4pm bags. Stuff glass jars. Scrunch in trays and $50 + $12 Material Fee pleat for a variety of designs on cloth for all sewing projects, quilts, wearable and surface designs. (Min 2, Max 10 students) Instant Indigo Dyeing and Shibori Dye with instant indigo crystals. Learn three Barbara Setsu Pickett Shibori techniques: a stitch resist, a clamp Saturday, March 19 or resist and a binding resist. Students will July 23 learn these basics in dyeing three Japanese 10am – 4pm wrapping cloths (furoshiki) and will come $80 + $45 Material Fee away with an extensive instruction manual to help them further to explore shibori. Lichen Dyeing Many colors can be derived from lichens Cheshire Mayrsohn including reds, purples and blues. The dye Sunday, April 10 derived from lichen is colorfast and often 11am – 4 pm requires no mordant. In the Pacific Northwest $65 + $15 Material Fee we live in a lichen rich environment, they are all around us. Each participant will get three silk scarves (premordanted) to dye. We will also dye wool yarn, both mordanted and unmordanted. (Min 4, Max 10 students) Intro to Acid Dyeing Explore the many ways to mix and apply acid Janis Thompson dyes in the studio with an experienced dye Saturday, July 9 mistress. We will address ways to apply dyes 12 – 4 pm to various fiber preparations, based on what $50 + $12 Material Fee we want the outcome to be. Materials provided. Safety, formulas and stock solutions will all be discussed.(Max 8 students) Eco Print Janis Thompson Using wildcrafted twigs, ferns, flowers & Wednesday, June 1 or various plant matter, we will bundle these Wednesday, Aug 31 or things in a silk scarf, then simmer to "print" the pigments onto the fabric. A wonderful gift! Wednesday, Dec 7 (Min 2 Max 10 Students) 5 – 8pm $50 + $15 Material Fee Ice Dyeing This innovative class explores using the ICE Janis Thompson melting as a delivery system for Acid or MX Wednesday, August 17 dyes. 5-8pm You can dye an item of clothing (cotton, wool $50 + $15 Material Fee or silk), fabric or yarn with this crazy technique. We pre-soak the goods in mordant, then scrunch, cover with Ice and sprinkle on the powdered dyes. There is almost NO WAY to predict how the melting ICE will take the path of least resistance, with gravity as it's friend, to place the dyes. Really FUN! Students need to bring an apron, gloves and a dust mask. Dyes and Fabric included in Mat fees. (Min 4, Max 8 Students) Mushroom Dyeing Blood red, sunset orange, golden yellow, olive green, Cheshire Mayrsohn mouse gray, dusky blue, chocolate brown – what do these colors have in common? They are all pigments Sunday September 25 found inside various mushrooms. Come explore the 11am - 4pm magical and ancient art of dyeing with mushrooms! $65 + $15 Material Fee Our workshop begins with learning how to properly prepare animal fibers (wool and silk) with an environmentally friendly mordant, a necessary process that will make our mushroom dyes light and colorfast. You will learn about some common and easy to identify mushrooms that grow in Oregon and are used for dyeing…and then the magic begins. We will prepare some dye baths with local mushrooms and let the color begin to flow. Each participant will have the opportunity to experiment dyeing a beautiful 100% silk satin scarf and a skein of yarn. Please wear clothing or an apron that can potentially get stained and bring rubber gloves if you have sensitive skin. Bring a pen and a notebook if you wish to take notes. Some photocopies will be provided. The materials fee covers all materials needed for the dye workshop. Intro to Natural Dyeing Learn how to dye with weld, onion skins, Janis Thompson madder, cochineal, logwood and indigo! We will Saturday, Feb 27th or learn the basics of mordanting, extracting Saturday, August 20th pigment, making a dye bath, overdyeing, as 11am – 5pm well as color shifting in an after-bath. You will $60 + $15 Material Fee be ready to explore on your own after this class. (Min 4, max 8 students) Felting Intro to Feltmaking Want to learn to make felt? From scratch? Classes are With soft merino fleece? Then this class is for 2 – 4 pm or 6 - 8 pm you. Make a flat piece of felt or turn your felt Check website for dates into a pouch or purse. This is a 2 hour class. $40 Includes Materials If you have 3 or more people in your party we can schedule a special time for you and your friends. Intro to Needle Felting Learn to make butterflies flowers, Gnomes Janis Thompson or and other fun creatures & small sculptures. Shanna Suttner This is a great jumping off point to further Saturday explore needle felting on your own. March, 5th 5 – 8 pm $25 + $15 Material Fee Mixed Media Felted Scarf Make a SOFTLY felted scarf or two in class Janis Thompson using a combination of Merino, silk, colorful Saturday, July 23, 12-4 pm or threads and glitz. We will sandwich our fibers between two pieces of fabric, pin them Wednesday, October 5 or together and put in the WASHING MACHINE! Wednesday, December 21 (Min 2, Max 8 students) 5-8 pm This is a night class $45 + $12 Material Fee Rug Hooking Nantucket Rug Hooking - with Learn how to make small treasures using WOOL Yarn a hook and yarn in this fun ½ day class. Janis Thompson We will make a Lapel Pin in class to put Wednesday, Sept 14 on your fave coat or give as a gift. 5 - 8pm "Nantucket" hooking is specifically yarn - $50 + $15 Material Fee on linen we will explore ideas for working on rugs and larger projects. (Max 10 students) Spinning Introduction to Spindle Spinning Game to try something twisted? Learn to Beki Ries-Montgomery make yarn the old-fashioned way with a drop Saturday, April 16 spindle. No prior spinning experience is necessary. We'll learn and practice the skills Saturday, June 18 to transform wool into yarn without fear of Saturday, Aug 13 dropping the spindle. From there we'll cover Saturday, October 29 spindle plying and finishing your first skein of 1 – 5pm spindle-spun yarn. $50 + $11 Material Fee Materials Provided: Wool fiber (2 ounces multi-colored merino from ETC) and drop spindles to borrow during class. Materials to bring to class: Drop spindle, if you already own one, otherwise, none. Feast Art Yarns Learn how to spin the really Wild Art Yarn Janis Thompson that commands the Big Bucks! In color Wednesday, March 9 or teams, we will build a spinnable Feast, using Wednesday, Nov 2 a special layering technique developed by 5-8-pm Janis. Carded batts, dyed rovings, ribbon, $50 + $15 Material Fee yarns, angelina sparkles, all kinds of fluff! Min 2 Max 12 Participants We spin and ply this into a Glorious, one of a kind skein! Delicious!!! Beginning Spinning Saturday Class This is an introductory course for those who Janis Thompson or Patty Huffer wish to learn to spin their own yarn. Students Saturday, March 19 will learn the fundamental techniques of Saturday, May 7 handspinning. ETC has wheels to use during Saturday, July 16 class. Each session is a one day class. We offer Saturday, December 3 this class every other month. 10 am – 3 pm (Min 2, Max 8 students) $50 + $10 Material Fee Spinning Mohair Mohair locks are soft, lustrous and divine! Janis Thompson Learn how to spin this “Greased Lightning” Wednesday, August 12 with an experienced teacher. We will spin from 6 - 9pm handfuls of gleaming locks and roving to $50 + $15 Material Fee produce curly and loopy yarns. Get to Know Your Wheel If you have a wheel and have taken the most Janis Thompson basic class, this is the next one! Learn how to Saturday, January 30 correct over-twist, adjust your tension, Saturday, June 11 treadling, drive band and whorls. Find out Saturday, October 1 11am – 5pm how to make the WHEEL do most of the $75 + $18 Material Fee work for the yarn YOU want! (Min 2, Max 8 students) Roving Reveal Yes, you can make more than one type of yarn Janis Thompson with your roving. Learn how to spin one multi- Wednesday, February, 17 5-8 pm colored roving into four different structures; or singles, spiral, 2-ply, and Navajo. Each will Saturday “reveal” a unique yarn. Play with color in this September, 3 workshop. Students should bring spinning 1-5 pm wheel and all accessories. $50 + $12 Material Fee (Min 2, Max 8 students) Surface Design Thermofax Screen Printing Printing with the thermofax machine is Marilyn Robert rewarding and fun. Participants will find or Saturday, April 16 or Saturday, create images to print onto cloth or t-shirts, October 8 bags and napkins, and will learn what it takes 10am - 5pm to make a successful print. Students will take $75 + and individual materials fee home the screens that they make in class. With care, these screens may be stored and reused multiple times. This technique in surface design is well suited to quilt artists and others who want to “make their mark”. A supply list will be given to registrants. Serti Method for Silk Painting In this workshop you will learn the serti Ariana Schwartz method of silk painting using gutta resist and Saturday and Sunday Jacquard silk dyes.