The Tin Thimble

~~Bow Tucks Bag - Saturday, July 31 11:00-4:00~~ CANCELLED

A super sturdy tote bag for all your needs. Very stylish and trendy with lots of pockets to carry all your essentials. Choose the perfect fabric for a one-of-a-kind tote. Whether you like the original size tote or the new "mini" tote, both bag sizes will be offered in this class. Some sewing experience required. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the bag.

Instructor: Diane Wilford
Class Fee: $50

Felted Small Purse or Vessel - Sunday, August 1 11:00-3:00

Learn the fundamentals of felt making (without knitting) with a simple, seamless, felted vessel or purse. This class combines a variety of techniques and ideas including unique closures, straps, flaps and felted flowers. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the vessel and purse.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $40

Home Ec/Harvest Season - Wednesdays 6:00-9:00

Come learn the basic sewing skills needed to add a modern flair to yesterday's proper homemaking. Join us in creating a different project every Wednesday. This month we will be making two great garden-related projects . Housedress and pumps optional. A materials list will be available upon registration.

August 4 - Garden Gloves
August 11 - Garden Tote Part 1
August 25 - Garden Tote Part 2

Instructor: Tin Thimble Staff
Class Fee: $30/class or $100/4 classes

Screen Printing with Linda Waddle! - Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8 10:30-5:00

Explore the options screen printing on fabric can bring to your artwork. Learn non-traditional methods and techniques to enhance your wearables, quilts and fabrics. Procion Dyes and Versatex Printing Inks will be used in this two day workshop. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see some examples of Linda's Screen Printing

Instructor: Linda Waddle
Class Fee: $165 + $25 supply fee due to the instructor on day of class (please bring cash or check)

Felted Wall Hanging - Friday, August 13 10:30-5:00

In this class wool is your canvas and your paint. Watch your wool transform into a beautiful art form. Very creative and free-form, you will create a wall hanging approximately 24"X38". A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of some wall hangings.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $80

Nuno Felted Scarf - Saturday, August 14 2:00-6:00

This class will explore making a felted fabric with natural fibers including wool, mohair, silk and angora. You will lear to felt these fibers into a base of silk gauze, silk ribbon, net and other woven fabrics cut into strips. We will use yarn, thread, beads and lots of other things to add texture and color. It's like painting using hand dyed silk fibers and roving with lots of extras added for texture. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the scarf.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $55

Crocheted Flowers & Embellishments - Sunday, August 15 10:00-2:00

Dress up a hat, sweater, afgan or just wear as a pin on your favorite outfit. The ideas are endless! So dig out your stash of all your left over yarns you just didn't know what to do with and let's get creative! Patterns will be provided for flowers and instruction.

Basic Crochet stitches used: ch, ss, sc, hdc, dc, tr *Helpful if you know these stitches.

Suggested yarn: Sport,DK or Light Worsted Weight
Crochet hooks: Size E, F, G (If you are missing one of these size hooks, I have a few extra for use at the class)

Future class coming for making a special design using flowers you have made. Watch the calendar for details.

Click Here to see an example of the crocheted flowers.

Instructor: Dana Petersen
Class Fee: $40

Felted Shoulder Bag - Wednesday, August 18 10:00-5:00

Carin will guide you through the steps to make your own, unique, made to fit, felted hat with an embellishment of your choice. Beginners welcome! A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the hat.

Instructor: Carin Engen
Class Fee: $55

Felted Hat - Thursday, August 19 11:00-4:00

Carin will guide you though the steps to make your own, unique, made to fit, felted hat with an embellishment of your choice. Beginners welcome! A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the hat.

Instructor: Carin Engen
Class Fee: $50

Felted Vest - Friday, August 20 & Saturday, August 21 10:30-5:00

We will spend the day Saturday making a rectangular piece of felt, garment weight. Learn how to add texture by adding bits of other fiber like, mohair, fuzzy yarns, silk, or whatever. On Sunday, we will spend the day making the felt rectangle into a vest that fits. By taking advantage of the shrinking quality of wool we will shape our vests to fit. No vests that fit like a box in this workshop. There is a little hand sewing. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Instructor: Carin Engen
Class Fee: $175

Felted Table Mat/Coasters - Sunday, August 22 10:30-3:00

Come and lear how to wet-felt beautiful table mats and/or coasters. In this class we will be focusing on nature inspired design. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the table mats.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $40

Nuno Felted Scarf - Tuesday, August 24 11:00-3:00

Click Here to see an example of the scarf.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $55

Class on the Cuff - Kitchen Towels - Friday, August 27 2:30-4:30

Join us for our FREE monthly class. Feel free to bring your own supplies or purchase them from The Tin Thimble. A materials list will be available upon registration. SPACE IS LIMITED SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REGISTER.

Click Here to see an example of the kitchen towels on our blog.

Instructor: Tin Thimble Staff
Class Fee: FREE

Scrappy Log Cabin Quilt - Saturday, August 28 10:30-2:30

Come and learn a super cute and easy quilting technique. Perfect for the beginner, sew fun! Use your scraps from other sewing projects to create a new Wonky Log Cabin Quilt. Bring your stash of small fabric strips to swap with others, and you will be on your way to transforming an old technique into a new modern quilt. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the quilt.

Instructor: Katie Trott
Class Fee: $40

Nuno Felted Scarf - Wednesday, September 8 11:00-3:00

Click Here to see an example of the scarf.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $55

Home Ec/Grandmother's Sewing Room - Wednesdays 6:00-9:00

Come learn the basic sewing skills needed to add a modern flair to yesterday's proper homemaking. Join us in creating a different project every Wednesday. This month we will be focusing on traditional sewing projects, similar to those our Grandmothers' made. Housedress and pumps optional. A materials list will be available upon registration.

September 8 - Yo Yo Creations
September 15 - Embroidered Dish Towels
September 22 - Log Cabin Quilt Coasters *Taught by Katie Trott of Katie Jean
September 29 - Grandmother's Apron

Instructor: Tin Thimble Staff & Katie Trott
Class Fee: $30/class or $100/4 classes

Felted Wall Hanging - Thursday, September 9 10:30-5:00

Click Here to see an example of some wall hangings.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $80

Embroidery Sampler Club - Saturday, September 11 2:00-4:30

Come and join us as we add new stitches to our embroidery sampler at each session! Linda has put together a wonderful collection of over 80 different embroidery stitches for us to learn. Six sessions are recommended to complete sampler. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the embroidery sampler.

Instructor: Linda Pietz
Class Fee: $30

Nuno Felted Scarf - Tuesday, September 14 11:00-3:00

Click Here to see an example of the scarf.

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $55

Complex Felt Bag - Saturday, September 25 & Sunday, September 26 10:00-4:30

We will kick off this two day workshop creating a small piece of jewellery imbedding glass nuggets or stones within our felt and using natural or artificial fabric for surface decoration and texture. This will spark ideas for the bags and get our creative juices flowing!

For our main project we will discuss the various options for felting bags with integrated handles, multiple pockets, flaps, attachments and shapes and also look at the various ways the bags may be adapted to be used as handbags, shoulder bags or backpacks. Learn how to either stitch or stick resist materials together to create the templates and then make a sample piece using layers of merino and C1 wool or a similar coarse wool. This will allow everyone to see how by combining these wools of different qualities the resulting felt will be extremely strong and durable with a beautifully soft surface texture.

By the end of the first day everyone will have felted at least one piece of jewellery, created the template for their bag, felted their sample piece and be well underway with the laying out of wool and felting of the bag.

On day two we will continue to felt and full the bags. Depending on the complexity of the designs some participants may finish this process earlier than others although usually two full days is just enough to complete one of these complex bags! For those people felting simpler designs who might finish before the end of the workshop I would encourage them to either observe others working, create another piece of experimental jewellery or felt another sample to add to their workbooks.

Designing and making complex felt bags is great fun but creating strong fabric does take a lot of rubbing and rolling so please be prepared for some concentrated felting during this workshop!
A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see some examples of Nicola's Bags.

Instructor: Nicola Brown of Clasheen
Class Fee: $250

Nuno Mosaic - Monday, September 27 10:00-4:30

Discover the possibilities of creating your own unique fabric for clothing using the mosaic nuno technique. Participants in this workshop will leave with a beautiful nuno mosaic scarf or if preferred an unusual panel perfect for inclusion in any one off piece of clothing. A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see some examples of Nicola's Nuno Mosaic.

Instructor: Nicola Brown of Clasheen
Class Fee: $150

Knitting Circle

We have a knitting circle on the THIRD Thursday of every month! We hope that this becomes a time for you to share your knitting projects and ideas with other knitting enthusiests. There will be no charge for this monthly event and please feel free to bring your friends. Please RSVP so that we can make sure we have enough room for everyone. We hope to see you there!
There is no charge for this event.

2010 Dates - May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, NO November, NO December

Introductory Quilting Classes - We are taking names & phone numbers of people who are interested in both group & private lessons.

Learn this timeless art while making a classic quilt with a modern twist! A materials list will be available upon registration.

Click Here to see an example of the quilt.

Instructor: Janet Becker
Class Fee: $90 for 3 3-hours group classes or $25/hour for private lessons

Introductory Knitting/Crocheting Lessons

We love introducing people to the joys of knitting & Crochet. Our introductory lessons will familiarize you with the basics. After mastering the basic skills with a simple project, you will move on to more complicated projects, slowly introducing more aspects. These classes are taught one-on-one so our students can move along at a pace that makes them comfortable and confident. Please give us a call or come in and visit us to schedule a lesson

Instructor: Bev Miller or Dana Petersen
Class Fee: $25/hour

Introductory Sewing Lessons

We love introducing people to the joys of sewing. Our introductory sewing lessons will familiarize you with a sewing machine, the necessary tools and notions, reading a pattern and becoming familiar with the usual sewing terms. These classes are taught one-on-one so our students can move along at a pace that makes them comfortable and confident. Please give us a call or come in and visit us to schedule a lesson!

Instructor: Sharon Mansfield
Class Fee: $25/hour (we recommend lessons 2-3 hours long)

Policies

• Classes must be registered and paid for in advance.
• Class fees do not include materials, unless otherwise noted.
• You will receive a class supply list at time of payment.
• Please bring all of your supplies to the first class. Supplies are available at The Tin Thimble and all students
receive a 15% discount on class supplies the day you register and a 10% discount on class supplies
between the day you register and the day of the class.
• Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to set up.
• To receive a full refund for a class that you are not able to attend, a minimum of 7 days notice is required.
If you are not able to give 7 days notice and we can fill your spot from a waiting list, full store credit will be
issued. If you are not able to give 7 days notice, and we cannot fill your spot, no credit will be issued.
• Full refunds will be given if a class is cancelled by The Tin Thimble or an instructor.