Arts & Crafts

Create this elegant quilted zippered bag utilizing many different features on your sewing machine including quilting three layers, easy application of zipper, top stitching, making tube pockets, and finishing with zigzag stitches for a professional finish. This bag can be made with many different themed fabrics and can have many uses for all ages. This class provides you with the skills to make bags for all occasions, for gifts, or to enjoy yourself.

About Jaki: Jaki Soper has been sewing and quilting for over 40 years . She is the owner of Quilt Studio 55, a local business that supports longarm services, studio classes, and custom quilt designs. Jaki enjoys handwork as well as machine piecing.

If you ever wanted to learn to use a sewing machine or know how to use one and would like to brush up on your sewing skills, then this class is for you. We start at the beginning, learning to thread your machine, winding a bobbin and to sew an accurate ¼ inch seam. You will make simple projects every week starting with an ugly potholder. While having fun and learning at your own pace you will build your skills and gain confidence. You will move on to making your own pillowcase, using the “hot dog” method and learning a French seam. Students will need to purchase their own fabric for pillowcases and have basic sewing supplies, needles, thread, scissors and a working sewing machine with a manual. Instructor will provide material for all other projects. Instructor has a sewing machine available for use.

About Lori: Lori got started sewing because her daughter wanted a quilt when she was in kindergarten after she had heard a story about a quilt. She was 5 years old. She’s been sewing ever since, for over 15 years! Lori also loves being able to share her knowledge of sewing with beginners who are just starting out as well as others who are learning new tricks of the trade. “Teaching the correct way to use sewing machines to create clothing, display items used for decoration and practical items to use around the house or to give as gifts is such a rewarding experience.”

This class takes art explorers to the next level in learning different techniques used by the Impressionists. We’ll learn about the artist and the way they painted and emulate the compositions that made them famous. Creativity is king in this class and you are encouraged to paint what you love. Apply the techniques and discover hidden talents deep within you! Supply list available from adult ed office.

About Sue: Susan is an artist who lived many years in France studying the impressionists painting methods (Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Pissaro, Picasso and Matisse). She teaches how to apply their techniques in easy to learn steps for beginners and intermediate painters as part of regular classes held at the adult ed department for enhanced learning.

Beautiful reminders and positive keepsakes make this craft a constant source of enjoyment! Bring in a small phrase, a saying or affirmation of your choice, and you’ll use calligraphy to make a small sign to enjoy or give as a gift. Materials fee: $5.00 payable to instructor the night of class for a small sign (paneling boards).

About Sue: Susan is an artist who lived many years in France studying the impressionists painting methods (Renoir, Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Pissarro, Picasso and Matisse). She teaches how to apply their techniques in easy to learn steps for beginners and intermediate painters as part of regular classes held at the adult ed department for enhanced learning.

This session covers a lot of what you should have read in the camera instruction manual but did not. Presented in a way that is almost embarrassingly easy to comprehend! Topics covered include camera settings and modes and when to use them, gear (including tripods), understanding exposure and white balance and tips for making your best shots of various subjects.

About Mike: Mike Leonard has been taking pictures for more than 40 years and among his favorite subjects to shoot are nighttime scenes including lightning and Aurora, and in the daytime he likes shooting landscapes, seascapes, lighthouses and more. His work is frequently on covers of The Notes publication in Yarmouth, Maine, in the Maine Activities Guide, on the local CBS affiliate in weather casts and his work has also been featured in books, magazines, annual reports, brochures, textbooks and nationally on the Weather Channel.

Many people put their cameras away once the sun sets, yet some amazing images can be taken at night. Learn how to take great shots after the sun sets and before the sun rises with your DSLR camera. With the peak of the aurora coming in 2025, now is the time to start practicing your best “after dark” shots! Shooting the Milky Way, aurora and star trails will be discussed as well as nighttime photography equipment. Please bring your camera and a tripod. Weather permitting, we will demonstrate some of the techniques discussed.

About Mike: Mike Leonard has been taking pictures for more than 40 years and among his favorite subjects to shoot are nighttime scenes including Lightning and Aurora, and in the daytime he likes shooting landscapes, seascapes, lighthouses and more. His work is frequently on covers of The Notes publication in Yarmouth, Maine, In the Maine Activities Guide, on the local CBS affiliate in weather casts and his work has also been featured in books, magazines, annual reports, brochures, textbooks and nationally on the Weather Channel.