Working on an 8"x 8" rug, you will learn all the basic skills and information necessary to start you on a life-long hooking habit. You will have the option to work from a pattern or create your own. I will bring a wide variety of wool to work with so you can choose your own color palette. You will learn to design a beginning pattern, and how to choose and cut the wool. You will also learn about different hooking techniques and how to finish your piece. You will leave with a started rug and all the materials necessary to complete your project. Your final rug will make a great wall hanging, trivet/coaster, or small pillow.

Learn the basics of basketry as you transform watercolor paper that you have painted and designed into a beautiful small twill basket.  

Locker Hooking combines the elements of rug hooking, crocheting, and those latch hooking canvases from your childhood.  It is a great way to use up your fabric stashes that never made it into those quilts you planned. Working on 4x4 inch sample coasters, I will teach you every step from preparing your materials to finishing the edges on your completed project.  I will bring a wide variety of cotton fabrics to work with so you can choose your own color palette.  You will leave with a sample coaster and all the materials necessary to complete a second one.

Learn the art of basketry as you create this beautiful sturdy basket using natural and dyed reed.  With a filled-base to catch all your small items, this basket measures 10"x14" at the base with the handle reaching 14" tall.  A variety of dyed reeds and walnut stain will be available to give you the chance to play with patterns and personalize you final creation, perfect for your shopping or holding your other projects. 

Create a cherished blanket from all your favorite old TShirts.  Made without interfacing and backed with fleece, this will be the most cozy (and economical!) TShirt quilt around.  You will learn to cut the shirts to emphasize the graphic designs and work on layout to create the most interesting visual, while paying attention to the larger story your shirts tell.  Finally, you will learn to work with knit fabric to assemble a complex pattern, and finish with simple machine zigzag "ties" to a fleece backing.  For a twin size quilt, 30 shirt graphics is ideal.  

This is the perfect gift for the high school or college graduate, runner, concert goer...

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