Class or Workshop

Simple Felted Handbag

Date: 
Sun, 05/05/2013 - 10:00am - 3:30pm

Simple Felted Handbag
Make a simple and elegant felted handbag out of wool roving. You’ll learn how to use a plastic resist to felt a seamless vessel—no side sewing required! For beginners or those with some felting experience.

Sunday, May 5, 2013
10 am – 3:30 pm
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)

Location: 
PenFelt StudiosPortland, OR, 97214
United States
Cost: 
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)
Phone: 
503-736-3358

Felted Slippers

Date: 
Sun, 05/19/2013 - 10:00am - 3:30pm

Felted Slippers
Learn to make slippers using a plastic resist as the pattern. Stuents will come away with one completed pair of slippers and the know-how to make more for any sized foot. Suitable for adventurous beginners or those with some felting experience.

Sunday, May 19, 2013
10 am – 3:30 pm
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)

Location: 
PenFelt StudiosPortland, OR, 97214
United States
Cost: 
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)
Phone: 
503-736-3358

Holey Felted Scarf

Date: 
Sun, 04/14/2013 - 10:00am - 3:30pm

Holey Felt Scarf
This traditional feltmaking technique to creates a holey felt scarf—without using scissors. You will use just dyed wool roving, hot soapy water and the agitation of your hands to make a one-of-a-kind piece. After taking this workshop you will be armed with the skills to make many more on your own.

Sunday, April 14, 2013
10 am – 3:30 pm
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)

Location: 
Cost: 
$70 – $95 sliding scale (includes all materials)
Phone: 
503-736-3358

DIY Upcycling Workshop Series

Date: 
Thu, 02/21/2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

rewear, upcycled clothing for kids who love to swing in trees, presents a DIY workshop series with dinner and wine!

Feb 21 and 28th from 6:00-8:00 pm

Bring a few favorite garments that you no longer wear and transform them into amazing upcycled clothes and accessories for kids and/or adults.

All experience levels welcome. No sewing or design experience needed. Bring an open mind and a hearty appetite.

Hosted with our friends at oui presse 1740 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214

cost: $145/person

Location: 
Cost: 
145
Phone: 
646-496-5382

Soy Sweet Candle Workshop

Date: 
Sat, 02/16/2013 - 11:00am - 1:00pm

Soy Sweet Candle Workshop

Come get crafty at the 100th Monkey Studio while enjoying sweet warm beverages and creating soy candles. Learn the art of candle making in containers. Infuse your candles with sweet herbs and luscious essential oils. All participants will take home 2-4 candles and the skills to continue to make candles for years!

http://the100thmonkeystudio.com/candles.html

Location: 
The 100th Monkey Art Studio
1600 SE Ankeny St.
Portland, OR, 97214
United States
Cost: 
$30
Phone: 
503-232-3457

Artisan Body Care Products - Felted Goodness

Date: 
Sat, 02/23/2013 - 11:00am - 12:30pm

Artisan Body Care Products with Joy Leising: Felted Goodness
Learn the art of felting soap in heart shaped forms. Participants will have the opportunity to select beautiful colors of wool roving that they will felt to individual handmade heart warming soaps! A really fun and easy workshop for everyone interested in learning about felting. Each felter will take 3-5 bars home at the end of class.
GIVE THE GIFT OF A CLASS !
Ages 8 & up welcome!

http://the100thmonkeystudio.com/artisian-body-care-soap-from-scratch.html

Location: 
The 100th Monkey Art StudioPortland, OR, 97214
United States
Cost: 
$35
Phone: 
503-232-3457

The Science & Art of Soap Making

Date: 
Sun, 02/10/2013 - 11:30am - 1:30pm

The Science & Art of Soap Making
Leader: Joy Leising
Interested in Soap Making? Want to learn how to make soap the old fashioned way as my grandmother did on the family farm? Come join us for a 2 hour Cold Processed Soap Making Workshop. You will learn the art & science of cold processed soap making with lye , vegetable oils and seasonal scents!
This is a great class to take for gift making or starting your own soap making business.

Location: 
The 100th Monkey Art Studio
1600 SE Ankeny St.
Portland, OR, 97214
United States
Cost: 
$59
Phone: 
(503) 232-3457

Landscape of Dreams: Paint dreamy landscapes with palette knives and acrylics.

Date: 
Sat, 01/19/2013 - 1:00pm - 5:30pm

Using acrylic paint and painting knives, you'll create gorgeous landscapes from photos and/or from your imagination. We will listen to music, and relax as we experiment with with the magic of paint and dreams. We'll cover composition, simplifying, color mixing, palette knife techniques and more. All levels welcome. Class limited to 6.

Instructor: Serena Barton
Register: http://www.serenabarton.com

To see a slideshow about this class, view my 12/26/12 blog post
http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com

Additional studio directions available upon registration

Location: 
The Art of Your Life Studio
SE 80th and Taylor Court
Portland, OR, 97215
United States
Cost: 
90. Supplies provided
Phone: 
971-404-7664
Email: 
seredot@msn.com

DIY Hems and Alterations - bring a few garments to alter during class!

Date: 
Wed, 12/19/2012 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

"DIY Hems and Alterations"
on 3-hour class $34 (including $2 materials fee)
Click for calendar and enrollment
Want your pants to fit? Combine technical skills and rule breaking to foster creativity -- learn to hem pants, adjust side seams for fit, add darts or elastic, adjust the armcye, insert a gusset and techniques for refashioning garments. This course is as varied as the garments brought to class, encouraging Seamsters to come back with new alterations time and again!

Location: 
PDX Seamsters @ TTCS
3705 SE 39th Ave
Portland, OR, 97202
United States
Cost: 
34

Modify paper patterns to measurements - make garments that fit!

Date: 
Sun, 12/16/2012 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

"Paper Pattern Modification"
one 3-hour class $43 (including $6 materials fee)
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Learn to alter paper patterns to your measurements. Bring a paper pattern in your size to class and we will assist you in your pattern alterations. Learn techniques used to lengthen or shorten patterns as well as accommodate your unique proportions. Gain an understanding of grading lines and how to use them to your advantage and make simple fit and style changes. Bring preshrunk fabric with you and get assistance with layout and cutting.

Location: 
PDX Seamsters @ TTCS
3705 SE 39th Ave
Portland, OR, 97202
United States
Cost: 
43
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