Stop by Hennepin History museum for hands on art making in the gallery and see Becka's Unexpected Art exhibition. This is a drop in activity, so you can come anytime and Becka will show you how to make origami dresses from patterned papers, just like the ones in the exhibition. The activity is free with museum admission.
Hand-dyeing your own fibers can be intimidating. How do you know which dye to use? Heat or no heat? Salt? Acid? This class will break it down into the chemistry you need to know. Get the specifics for which dye to use when, the process you need for each kind of fiber, how to get the colors and effects you want and most especially how to work with dyes in ways that are safe and earth-friendly.
Please join us in the Spoonflower Greenhouse for a knitting, crocheting, and sewing social with special guest, Becka Rahn, co-author of the Spoonflower Handbook! Bring your project of choice or learn how to make your own mini origami paper dress with step-by-step instruction from Becka.
The focus of this workshop will be an introduction to working with vectors and Adobe Illustrator as a fabric design tool. Why vectors? Designing with vectors gives you a lot of flexibility with size and scale, options to color and edit your designs, and the ability to create smooth lines and simple repeating patterns in just a few steps. You will create three different vector-based designs in class and learn to use the basic vector drawing tools and techniques. Several of our class exercises will build on concepts presented in The Spoonflower Handbook, taking these projects “beyond the book” with more advanced tools and skills, as well as one-on-one instruction. For this class, you do not need drawing or painting skills; no experience with Illustrator or fabric design is necessary, although you should be familiar with the Spoonflower site and comfortable with basic computer functions.
Stop by Hennepin History museum for hands on art making in the gallery and see Becka's Unexpected Art exhibition. This is a drop in activity, so you can come anytime and Becka will show you how to make origami dresses from patterned papers, just like the ones in the exhibition. The activity is free with museum admission.
