Arts & Crafts

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Rectangle Strips Quilt

with Jaki Soper

Mar

7

March 7th to 14th, 2023

$26 More Info

If you have a lot of leftover strips from other projects, this quilt block is for you. Various size strips are used on a muslin background to sew this block. Make as many blocks as you want, then create the project of your choice: a pillow cover, table runner, or any size quilt desired. Join this fun and relaxing class!

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 long arm services, studio classes, and custom quilt designs. Her classes are comprised of learning simple techniques which allow for truing up sewn units to achieve accuracy. If you are interested in mastering the flying geese units in the placemat class, or sewing with curves in the drunkard path class, then these classes are for you.

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Sewing for Beginners Day

with Lori Roberts

Mar

7

March 7th to May 2nd, 2023

$64 More Info

Learn to thread your machine, wind a bobbin and sew an accurate 1⁄4 inch seam. Make simple projects every week starting with an ugly potholder. Have fun and learn at your own pace while building your skills and gaining confidence. Move on to making your own pillowcase, using the “hot dog” method and learn a French seam. You will need to purchase your own fabric for pillowcases and have basic sewing supplies, needles, thread, scissors and a working sewing machine with manual. The instructor will provide material for all other projects and has a sewing machine available for use. Please specify session time when registering.

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.”

A $1.99 transaction fee will be added on to your registration.

Sewing for Beginners Eve

with Lori Roberts

Mar

7

March 7th to May 2nd, 2023

$64 More Info

Learn to thread your machine, wind a bobbin and sew an accurate 1⁄4 inch seam. Make simple projects every week starting with an ugly potholder. Have fun and learn at your own pace while building your skills and gaining confidence. Move on to making your own pillowcase, using the “hot dog” method and learn a French seam. You will need to purchase your own fabric for pillowcases and have basic sewing supplies, needles, thread, scissors and a working sewing machine with manual. The instructor will provide material for all other projects and has a sewing machine available for use. Please specify session time when registering.

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.”

A $1.99 transaction fee will be added on to your registration.

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Intermediate Acrylic Painting with the Masters

with Sue Cannafarina

Apr

24

April 24th to June 5th, 2023

$48 More Info

This class takes art explorers to the next level in learning different techniques used by the Impressionists. 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, 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.

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Make Your Best Shot: Intro to Digital Photography

with Michael Leonard

Apr

5

April 5th, 2023

$30 More Info

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.

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Mindful Mosaic House Number

with Brigit McCallum

Apr

3

April 3rd to May 1st, 2023

$32 More Info

Create a stained-glass mosaic house number on a slate backing for yourself or a gift! This class is for newcomers and those more experienced with stained glass mosaic art alike. Each session will start with a centering activity to help participants be present to the experience. Basic skills will be taught or reviewed, and you will design and execute a house number using stained glass, exterior-grade tile or crockery that will be adhered to the slate using silicone glue and grout. Safety glasses must be worn by all while glass or tile is being cut. A surgical mask will be worn while working with grout in a powdered state. Participants must wear closed toe shoes. Materials fee: $20 payable to instructor first night of class. To see some of Brigit’s work, go to: www.brigitmccallum.com.

About Brigit: My mosaic art journey has many facets – a love of color and pattern, especially random suddenly coming-into-focus types that “just happen” and a love of making functional articles full of bling and pop! Some years ago, I moved from fracturing fabrics in contemporary quilting to a love of the scraps left behind by stained glass artists and I found a passion for taking shards and making new wholes. Just as life has a way of fracturing us humans and picking up and studying the pieces can be ways of finding whole new perspectives and directions, the same can be represented in combining multiple materials into new patterns and stories. While I also work in stone and tile, my main material is scrap stained glass, and using them all to tell stories of personal and communal life. Some of my work surrounds the entrance to the Waterboro Public Library, and adorns the shed at the Waterboro Community Garden. I share some of it also at www.brigitmccallum.com.

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