Adult Art & Craft Workshops - Karori Arts & Crafts

Memory Quilt with Cherie Gurney

Saturday 31 May <br>10am to 4pm<br><br>This course is designed for anyone wishing to turn that pile of a loved one's clothes into a textile they can use and treasure<br><br>Transform your collection of clothes into a memory quilt, whether from a lost loved one or cherished children's clothing. In this one-day class, you will learn how to incorporate special details from garments, stabilise stretchy and delicate fabrics, create colour balance, and join these cohesively into a quilt top you can be proud of.

$90.00 - $110.00

Wet Felting - with Rowena Fry

Sunday, 8 June<br>2 pm to 6 pm<br><br>All materials are included in the cost of the class. <br><br>In this fun, physical, and very, very clean class, create a few pieces of felt - a length of felt 'yarn,' a felt ball, and a small sheet of felt. Learn the wet felting technique that uses friction, soap, and water to create felt from wool fibers. Play with different colour combinations from a selection of colourfully dyed fleeces available for use during the workshop. Wet-felted pieces finished in class can later be used in a variety of different projects, from mobiles to jewelry and hats to pouches!

$65.00 - $75.00

Night Art - with Rowena Fry

Saturday 17 May<br>7 pm to 9 pm<br><br>Interested in a creative night out? Combine a Night Out with Art in our new creative experience - Night Art!<br><br>May Night Art Experience: Painting with Light - colourful works on paper<br>Create a beautiful and unique piece of artwork in this fun and relaxed gathering. Collate eye-catching colour combinations. Experience the joys of painting with a plastic card, allowing pigments to layer and glow. Use these colours as a brilliant base, then layer a design of a beautiful bouquet of nature’s gifts over the top. The end result, a painting that looks like it was painted with light! <br><br>All Materials Included.

$27.00 - $33.00

Spinning a Yarn- with Ruth Baldwin

Sunday, 15 June<br>10 am to 4 pm<br><br>This is a workshop for learning and practicing spinning skills and exploring wool preparation, particularly the blending of colours and production of rolags for making yarn. We will provide an opportunity to use carders, a blending board, and a hackle and diz. Coloured wool will be provided. Attendees can expect to learn how to spin their own yarn and experiment with creating decorative art yarns.

$85.00 - $102.00

Embroidered Heart with Cathrine Lloyd

Saturday 14 June<br>10 am to 3 pm <br><br>$30 Materials fee included in the price of the class. <br><br>This workshop is suited to all levels, from beginners to experienced embroiderers who want to have a few hours of fun. Learn how to mount fabric in a hoop. Practice using running stitch, chain stitch, blanket stitch, and French knots. Incorporate fun embellishments into your embroidery work, like sequins, beads, and pipe cleaners.

$101.00 - $116.00

Inspired by Boro - Jacket with Clare Smith

Sunday 13 April<br>10:00am to 4pm<br>Anyone interested in simple hand stitching especially sashiko and boro.<br><br>Make the panels for a simple jacket or vest with boro or kantha style running stitch. A simple jacket pattern will be provided but class participants are welcome to use their own as log as they have made a toile ( a test version) to check for fit. The panels for the jacket will be laid out separately in the class and then most of the hand - stitching will be completed at home. Sashiko and boro stitch patterns will be shown in class. There is an opportunity for students to attend the Slow stitch group at KACC to get together and work on their jacket panels. Completion of the jacket and opportunities to get help with this will be discussed in class. <br><br>It is also possible to make a wallhanging, cushion or bag in this class if you don’t have time to complete the stitching on a whole jacket. <br>

$87.00 - $104.00