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‘Threadheads’ to offer creative youth courses
The Blyth Fabric Arts and
Creative Textiles (FACTS) program
kicked off its first class in its new
gallery last week with Threadheads,
a program geared towards teens and
pre-teens.
Held in the Gallery and Creative
Space at 441 Queen Street, next to
co-ordinator Jennifer Triemstra-
Johnston’s Pick a Posie business, the
program began classes on July 9.
Scheduled Tuesday nights from
now until Aug. 22 from 7-9 p.m., the
classes offer exclusive lessons each
week, with techniques learned and a
product at the end of the class.
Last Tuesday, for example, the
class learned to use the whip stitch
and attach snaps and buttons to
repurpose old ties into new cell
phone cases.
“Everything is provided,”
Triemstra-Johnston told The Citizen.
“The projects are designed for
people of all skills. The first class
had people with no experience
whatsoever and they were still able
to walk away with their cases.”
The classes cost $35 each,
Triemstra-Johnston said, however
there is a discount for people taking
in six classes, who save $5 a class
and only pay $180.
Future projects include jewelery
making, t-shirt design and fabric
marbling. Triemstra-Johnston said
that she will lead most of the classes,
though there will be guest instructors
throughout the summer.
Triemstra-Johnston said that,
throughout the summer, she wanted
to do single-night projects so
students could miss a class due to
vacations without worry.
Triemstra-Johnston says this
session of classes is the first in a
series. She is already planning eight-
week sessions for the fall and winter.
However, those classes will feature
consecutive projects instead of one
project per class.
“By the end of those classes,
students will be able to build a
garment like a backpack,” she said.
The first of the consecutive
sessions will start in mid-September,
she said.
In addition to the class and other
events she has scheduled, Triemstra-
Johnston said she is also planning
adult classes in the gallery space in
the future, teaching skills and
techniques, once she has time to
organize the events.
Triemstra-Johnston also said that
other classes will be available soon
under the gallery’s Peer Artists
program.
Peer Artists will be at the gallery
in the coming months. Some will
teach, while others will be honing
their crafts in hopes of taking it to a
professional level. Triemstra-
Johnston said that some of the artists
will be known to locals, while others
are from outside of the area.
For more information on the
Threadheads course or any of the
other upcoming FACTS activities,
visit www.factsblyth.ca.
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
‘Where the West comes Alive’
The Dungannon Pro Rodeo was held on July 13 and 14, and certainly met its tag-line of
“Where the West comes Alive”. With rodeo performances like mutton busting for children and
an age of majority dance, there was plenty for the whole family to enjoy at the event. Above,
near-three-year-old Mary Jane Scott of Blyth learns how ride a bronco at the rodeo. (Photo
submitted)
Sample projects
Threadheads, a youth-focused program hosted by Blyth’s
Fabric Arts and Creative Textiles program, provides some
unique learning experiences. (Photo submitted)