Team Effort Artisans offers a variety of fiber arts classes
for adults and kids alike
We provide class supplies, and you provide creativity.
“Having a Ball with a Purse” by Kelly
Use wet felting techniques to create colorful cording to turn into decorative knots for clothing or jewelry. You will learn to tie at least six decorative knots and you will see several applications for using these knots in your felting, garment construction, fiber jewelry, or creating passementerie.
“Knot what you Think with Wet Felting” by Kelly
Build a cute handled purse shape based on a three dimensional form. Using a 9” playground ball as the three dimensional resist, you will create a fundamental purse shape. This gives you experience in using a formed resist to create a hollow form. Learn about using hidden resists to make small enclosures to incorporate jewels, mirrors, or photos into your design.
“Locker Hooking for Beginners” by Kelly
Locker hooking is a hooked rug technique using roving hooked through a foundation fabric. With the loops locked on top of the foundation by a yarn tail, the finished piece is very stable and looks great on both sides. Legend has it that this technique originated in Australia and there is evidence of pieces hooked in this style in the British Isles in the 1920’s. You will learn the basic hooking stitch; how to make two kinds of turns, and how to select motifs for projects. This is an effective and decorative way to use up all that roving you have in your stash!
“Wired Felt Bead Pendant” by Heidi
On the first day, class participants will start by making a number of wonderful sparkly felt beads to use as the focal in your pendant. We will then literally weave with wire to create a band to encircle the bead. You will learn to weave with wire, wire wrapping, how to make a bail and how to finish the ends of a piece, and of course, how to make gorgeous felt beads. On day two we will learn the Viking Knit technique to make a necklace for your pendant. You will make the “chain,” pull it through a draw plate to the correct diameter and finish it by making the clasp.
“Stitching and Dying the Shibori Way” by Heidi
Shibori is the Japanese word for stitching and binding techniques used to create patterns in dyeing. In this country we might call it fancy tie-dyeing. Class participants will learn a variety of stitches and tying methods to produce different effects. We will do this while creating attractive sampler pieces of high quality cotton sateen fabric that measure approximately 18” square (a perfect size for framing or a pillow top). The last step will be a dip in a traditional indigo dye bath
Additional Classes Available:
“From Fiber to Felt-Basic Felting”
“Needle Felting Nature Scenes”
“Introduction to Spinning”
“Fabulous Footsies-The Flapped Slipper”
“A Mosaic Bag—Basic Weaving”
“Locker Hooking Table Mats”
"Knitting with Unspun Roving"
"Weaving A Pouch"
"Yoga for Fiber Artists"
For details on class availability, cost and scheduling contact:
Kelly Dubois Brandt Heidi Bukoski
Home: 616.374.7176 Phone: 616.550.5365
Mobile: 616.902.2838 E-Mail: bukoskih@hotmail.com
E-Mail: kellybrandt@yahoo.com
Mailing Address: 9879 Bliss Road, Lake Odessa, MI 48849
Use wet felting techniques to create colorful cording to turn into decorative knots for clothing or jewelry. You will learn to tie at least six decorative knots and you will see several applications for using these knots in your felting, garment construction, fiber jewelry, or creating passementerie.
“Knot what you Think with Wet Felting” by Kelly
Build a cute handled purse shape based on a three dimensional form. Using a 9” playground ball as the three dimensional resist, you will create a fundamental purse shape. This gives you experience in using a formed resist to create a hollow form. Learn about using hidden resists to make small enclosures to incorporate jewels, mirrors, or photos into your design.
“Locker Hooking for Beginners” by Kelly
Locker hooking is a hooked rug technique using roving hooked through a foundation fabric. With the loops locked on top of the foundation by a yarn tail, the finished piece is very stable and looks great on both sides. Legend has it that this technique originated in Australia and there is evidence of pieces hooked in this style in the British Isles in the 1920’s. You will learn the basic hooking stitch; how to make two kinds of turns, and how to select motifs for projects. This is an effective and decorative way to use up all that roving you have in your stash!
“Wired Felt Bead Pendant” by Heidi
On the first day, class participants will start by making a number of wonderful sparkly felt beads to use as the focal in your pendant. We will then literally weave with wire to create a band to encircle the bead. You will learn to weave with wire, wire wrapping, how to make a bail and how to finish the ends of a piece, and of course, how to make gorgeous felt beads. On day two we will learn the Viking Knit technique to make a necklace for your pendant. You will make the “chain,” pull it through a draw plate to the correct diameter and finish it by making the clasp.
“Stitching and Dying the Shibori Way” by Heidi
Shibori is the Japanese word for stitching and binding techniques used to create patterns in dyeing. In this country we might call it fancy tie-dyeing. Class participants will learn a variety of stitches and tying methods to produce different effects. We will do this while creating attractive sampler pieces of high quality cotton sateen fabric that measure approximately 18” square (a perfect size for framing or a pillow top). The last step will be a dip in a traditional indigo dye bath
Additional Classes Available:
“From Fiber to Felt-Basic Felting”
“Needle Felting Nature Scenes”
“Introduction to Spinning”
“Fabulous Footsies-The Flapped Slipper”
“A Mosaic Bag—Basic Weaving”
“Locker Hooking Table Mats”
"Knitting with Unspun Roving"
"Weaving A Pouch"
"Yoga for Fiber Artists"
For details on class availability, cost and scheduling contact:
Kelly Dubois Brandt Heidi Bukoski
Home: 616.374.7176 Phone: 616.550.5365
Mobile: 616.902.2838 E-Mail: bukoskih@hotmail.com
E-Mail: kellybrandt@yahoo.com
Mailing Address: 9879 Bliss Road, Lake Odessa, MI 48849