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FACTS hosting Christmas craft weekend
Back at it
The Fashion Arts and Creative Textiles Studio (FACTS) will be hosting its second annual
Christmas crafting weekend Dec. 1-2. The event builds on the success of last year's inaugural
one, though this year it's being moved to Memorial Hall. Shown making `tatted snowflakes' at
the 2016 event are, from left: Lorie Falconer, Lissa Kolkman, Karen Stewart and instructor
Susan Kendal Urbach. (File photo
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The Fashion Arts and Creative
Textiles Studio (FACTS) program is
holding its second annual Christmas
Crafting Weekend Dec. 1-2.
Jennifer Triemstra-Johnston,
organizer of the event, said the
activities offered will be enjoyable
for crafters of all experience levels.
The programs cost between $30
and $125, depending on the final
product, and all materials are
included.
Triemstra-Johnston said each
class, with the exception of open
studio events held throughout the
day, will be capped at 10 students.
Those looking to participate should
sign up early at Stitches with a
Twist, by e-mail at
jtjcostume@gmail.com or online at
www.ruralcreativity.org
Classes are for crafters aged 15
and over. Crafters between 10 and
14 years old can attend if
accompanied by an adult. The event
will take place at Blyth Memorial
Hall.
The weekend starts with three
classes on Friday: pinecone
decoration creation, a sock monkey
class and needle felted sheep
ornaments. All three courses run
from 6:30-10 p.m. and are
accompanied by wine and cheese.
The pinecone class costs $40 and
is a "no -sewing necessary" course.
Crafters, using provided fabric,
create the pinecones through folding
fabric. The course is taught by Susan
Kendal Urbach of Pocket Alchemy
in Barrie.
The sock monkey course costs $45
and shows how to turn a set of work
socks into a cherished stuffed
animal. The class will be taught by
Blyth's own Irene Kellins of Stitches
with a Twist.
The sheep ornament class will be
taught by Jennifer Osborn of Mount
Forest and will focus on the creation
of all -wool sheep ornaments. The
course costs $45.
Saturday will feature classes
focusing on creating cross-stitch
snowflake samplers, poinsettia
pendants and woolen slippers.
The cross-stitch snowflake
sampler program will be run by
Urbach. The class costs $45 and will
run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crafters
will learn how to create samplers
that can be used as table linens or
used for quilting projects.
The poinsettia pendant class, also
taught by Urbach, will run from 2-
5:30 p.m. and cost $50. Crafters will
learn scale embroidery focusing on a
poinsettia pendant.
The woolen slippers class will see
Osborn teach felting resulting in the
creation of a pair of woolen slippers.
The class costs $125 and runs from
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Saturday classes will be
accompanied by cider and baked
goods.
On both Friday and Saturday,
Triemstra-Johnston will be teaching
how to craft sustainable gifts and
wrapping throughout the day.
The projects range from $2 to $15,
plus a course cost of $30 to $35.
Projects include marbling silk
scarves which can be used both as
wrapping and as a gift for the
holidays; stamping and stenciling
holiday aprons, bags and
pillowcases; stamping and
stencilling on recycled paper goods
to craft eco -friendly wrapping and
natural dyeing and shibori, which
allows crafters to naturally dye table
linens, silk scarves and pillow cases
to be used as gifts and wrapping.
The open studios run 6:30-10 p.m.
on Dec. 1 ($35) and 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
($30) and 2-5:30 p.m. on Dec. 2
($35).
While everything is open to
people of all crafting skills,
Triemstra-Johnston said that crafters
of higher skills levels will end up
with more time to perfect their
crafts.
"Expectations should be different
for a first -timer," she said. "If you've
never stitched before, what you
create won't look like the
instructor's, but it will look great.
Those with some experience will be
able to go a little faster and have
more time to perfect the crafts."
Triemstra-Johnston said she has
put together an accomplished group
of teachers, saying that Osborn can
teach anyone to felt and Urback has
a similar ability to reach crafters of
any level.
"Most teachers, after they've done
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this for awhile, can see who needs
tips and who needs hands-on help,"
she said. "All the projects are being
run by teachers like that."
The 2016 program was a great
success, Triemstra-Johnston said,
and led to some of the changes this
year, the most significant of which
was the venue.
"Memorial Hall is a different
space that will allow the programs to
be in separate places," she said. "I
recently ran a fascinator studio in the
art gallery and it went well, so I
know it's a great space.
"The rest of the building will
provide spaces where individual
classes can be held without
infringing on the other courses," she
said.
For more information, visit
www.ruralcreativity.org
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