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Botanical Covers Bookbinding Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL

Step into the centuries-old craft of bookbinding and learn essential techniques that have been passed down through generations. Explore paper grain, stitching, and construction while customizing your own cover, spine color, and paper style. Create three unique booklets to take home, featuring handmade covers incorporating botanicals from the Garden. All skill levels are welcome and supplies are included.

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Nov 14th

1–3:30pm CT

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Free Hand Fabric Painting

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL

Unleash your creativity in this hands-on fabric painting workshop. Learn essential techniques, explore different brushstrokes and styles, and experiment on fabric samples before creating your own personalized tote bag. Your practice pieces can even be repurposed for future sewing projects, making this a fun and practical way to develop your artistic skills. All supplies are included.

(148) All levels 18 and older

Nov 15th

10am–1pm CT

$107

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Water Marbling

Mosaic Art Studio @ 1240 Iroquois Ave, Naperville, IL

Ebru, the traditional Turkish art of water marbling, creates patterns of breathtaking fluidity and symmetry that have captivated artists for centuries. In this guided workshop, you will learn the foundational techniques of Ebru. Each piece you create is entirely unique, a product of the medium's beautiful unpredictability. No experience is necessary; just come ready to explore and create.

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1–2:30pm CT

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Bookbinding Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden

4.4 148 reviews

Discover the art of bookbinding in this hands-on workshop series designed for beginners and creative makers alike. Learn foundational techniques including accordion folds, long and link stitches, one-page books, and Japanese stab bindings while creating seven to eight unique handmade books. With all supplies included, you'll gain the skills and confidence to continue crafting your own books, notebooks, and zines at home.

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1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
17 hours & 30 minutes over 7 sessions

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Dreaming of making your own homemade books, zines, or notebooks? Get a crash course in bookbinding with a focus on sewing and flexible paper binding styles including accordions, the long and link stitch, one-page books, and Japanese stab bindings. Throughout the class series, you will make seven to eight books and learn the foundational skills necessary to continue your bookbinding journey independently. All levels welcome. All supplies included

Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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