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Learn the art of sewing and textiles in Chicago with classes that cover everything from basic sewing techniques to advanced textile design, allowing participants to create their own unique clothing pieces and home decor items.
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Two Color Cable Workshop
Sifu Design Studio & Fine Yarns
Want to take basic cables to the next level? In this innovative class, Andi Smith of "Big Foot Knits" takes you step by step through the process and shows you how to create stunning colorful cables in this three hour workshop. The class will cover: Which stitch patterns work best How to choose what colors to use How to work 10 different stitches Tips and tricks to make it all work A list of supplies and materials will be provided...
Intermediate
18 and older
Drawing with Thread and Fabric
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Compose images with fabric and draw with thread as you find your own creative voice in fiber. Learn embellishment techniques such as applique, embroidery and painting on fabric. You will complete at least three different textile pieces to hang in your home. Beginners welcome! Skill Level: Beginner/Intermediate Click here for the instructor's recommended supply list.
Contemporary Embroidery (Ages 16+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the art of embroidery using traditional stitching techniques with contemporary sensibilities. We will cover embroidery stitches, adding embellishments, translating sketches onto fabric, and how color relationships impact images. Create at least three different pieces as you find your creative voice in thread. Great for beginners to see what this medium has to offer as well as experienced students who want to push their embroidery work further....
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Painting with Thread: Tapestry Loom Weaving
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Create rich textures, patterns, and images using yarns! Hang your weavings on the wall like paintings, frame them pressed in glass, or use them as coasters or bookmarks.Whatever you choose, tapestry engages with color and composition in new and exciting ways! This studio course will cover the making of a frame loom and a variety of tapestry techniques assisting in the creation of two tapestries. Skill Level: Beginner Click here for the instructor's...
Natural Dyes
Learn the basics of the natural dyeing process on fabric. Looking at the world around us - flowers, tree bark, and plants, etc. - we will create natural dyes. Apply the dyes with simple resist including Shibori (Japanese stitching, pleating, twisting), over dyeing, and mordant to create a wide range of colors. Experiment on small fabric pieces as samples to be able to produce a large piece at home. Material List for Student to bring: Fabric Total...
Print & Stitch: Relief, Screen Printing and Embroidery
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Explore woodcut and screen print in combination with embroidery to create wearable objects and artworks. You will learn basics of screen printing, relief printing and hand stitching and complete three projects. In-person class (with reduced capacity) closely following Restore Illinois guidelines. Face coverings required throughout the duration of class. Includes COVID-19 cleaning fee. Please note: this session does...
Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
Explore weaving techniques of plain weave, rya, and more while using a variety of materials. We will discover weavings from artists like Sheila Hicks, Dorothy Wright Liebes, Anni Albers, Lenore Tawney, Suzanne Tick, and more! Each day, we will focus on a different technique with cardboard looms and materials of your choice, allowing you to walk away with a weaving of your own! Please click here for the instructor's recommended supply list.
Batik Workshop (Ages 14+)
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the origins and basics of batik and ways to incorporate hot wax batik with a tajanting tool into your art, as well as how to create decorative fabrics and Earth friendly art with wax, cloth, rice paper and dye.
Mosaic Crochet Ages 16+
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
We'll begin with rows of simple single crochet stitches, working with one color on a row at a time. The interlocking color patterns come from "dropping" long double crochet stitches from the working row to another row below. Understanding of basic single and double crochet stitches would be required. Emphasis will be on how to understand pattern designs and be able to complete Mosiac Crochet stitches. Sample patterns will be completed before students...
Introduction to Weaving - Online
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Explore weaving techniques of plain weave, twill, and rya while using a variety of materials. We will discover weavings from artists like Sheila Hicks, Gunta Stölzl, Lenore Tawney, and Suzanne Tick. Each day, we will focus on a different technique with cardboard looms and materials of your choice, allowing you to walk away with a weaving of your own! Skill Level: Beginner This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please...
Introduction to Tapestry Weaving
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Get hooked on the basics of tapestry weaving! Learn to make a frame loom, introductory weaving techniques, finishing techniques, and resources for further development of your skills!
Needle Felt Plushies: An Intro to Needle Felting
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Learn the basic fundamentals of needle felting as you create a miniature, posable plush figure of your favorite animal or cartoon/video game character. Learn how to create a basic wire armature, sculpt simple 3D shapes and create 2D designs out of wool.
Boro and Sashiko Stitching
Learn "Boro" stitching with small, indigo dyed pieces of cloth. In Japan, Boro (rag or scraps of cloth that are sewn together) used to be a symbol of an impoverished past. Now the term also represents an essential principle of rural ethics and aesthetics. You will explore your own imagery through cutting, patching, stitching, assembling fabrics into new modes of your personal visual expression. Sashiko will also be demonstrated - it is applied...
Embroidery at Home (Ages 16+)
Create handmade embroideries for home decor and wearables. With instructor-direction complete two sampler projects, and learn a variety of new stitches each week. Note: This interactive online class is presented via Zoom. Please download Zoom prior to your first class: www.zoom.us You will be emailed Zoom meeting instructions, including a unique URL and meeting ID, to join the class 1 day before the start of the class. Review the supply...
Teneriffe Lacemaking Workshop
Evanston Art Center @ 2603 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL
Teneriffe lace, also known as Sol Lace, Nanduti Lace and Polka Web Lace, is a needle-made lace that is created on a grid of threads, which are stabilized by a frame or loom. "Warp" yarns or spokes are laid out on the loom and then filled in with various designs by using only two different stitches - the weaving stitch and the knotted stitch. This technique used in early handmade lace making. In this workshop you will learn to create and set up your...
$115
Indigo and Arashi Shibori Ages 16+
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Create patterns on fabric with various shades of indigo blues using the Arashi Shibori technique. Arashi Shibori is a resist dye technique that yields diagonal patterns. We'll begin with basic Arashi wrapping on small PVC poles, then creating more complex variations of pattern including zig-zag and bo-maki shibori. Review the supply list online.
$130
3D Floral Embroidery Experience
Join Justin LeBlanc, fashion professor at Columbia College Chicago, Project Runway alumnus, and former intern for the couture fashion house Alexander McQueen, to explore and learn the art of 3D floral embroidery. You will find floral inspiration from the Chicago Botanic Garden and translate it to an embroidery masterpiece. Each week, we will design and create 3D embroidery and embellishment through techniques and tricks to allow your floral designs...
Leather Surface Design
Ausrine's Arts Room @ 1205 Crain Street, Chicago, IL
Learn about natural leather as a strong, playable, silky , practical and utilitarian surface for your art: painting, relief making, handbags, accessories, bookmaking. etc. This is a session of 6 classes , 3 hours each. Students will learn properties of different kinds of leather sheets , relief making , dying , painting on leather, sew it, lace it, print on it and many more tricks and tips. First two classes will be dedicated to learning craftsmanship...
Japanese Shibori on Silk
Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL
Make something special for the spring! This fast paced one-day workshop will start from basic Itajime (folding) Shibori to get familiar with Japanese resist dyeing technique which is used to create beautiful Kimono designs. That afternoon, students will apply Arashi (storm) Shibori by wrapping fabric with strings on PVC pipe to make diagonal patterns. Over dyeing will also be introduced. Great for students looking for a fun and creative atmosphere...
$95
Frame Loom Weaving Studio
Explore ways of using surface, image, and text within woven forms to create an independent project under instructor guidance in this course for intermediate students. Delve into the construction of fabric and apply these skills to your own artistic practice. Weekly presentations on contemporary weavers will complement this studio course. Notes: Bring your own frame loom or use a provided loom. You may also participate in this class online to...
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