Art classes for children and youth, including basic art skills, cartooning, and watercolors. Drawing, painting, and mixed-media classes for all ages, including some classes for parents and children to attend together. Art space and materials for children and adults; live drawing classes for members and nonmembers. Regular bicycle repair and sewing workshops, drop-in days for artists and inventors, plus special classes (such as musical-instrument making) on request. Follow one of dozens of professional certificate programs, take art or financial planning classes, enroll in online courses, or audit regular undergrad classes through the Open University program. Eric Clarke Raymond Cummings Grayson Currin Vianna Davila Gwynne Dyer Ralfee Finn Robert Gammon Gilbert Garcia Cosmo Garvin Dave Gil de Rubio Matthew Green Cole Haddon Alex Handy Lee Hildebrand Hal Horowitz Sam Hurwitt Jakki Spicer Stefanie Kalem Jarret Keene Mark Keresman Chuck Kerr Kibby Kleiman Susan Kuchinskas Kristan Lawson Bill McKibben Eli Messinger Jesse Nathan Wendy Patterson Anna Belle Peevey Catherine Plato Kara Platoni j. read more

Those quartered sections of fabric usually cut from 44 ” wide fabric are well known to quilters who use them for distinct and intricate patchwork, piecework and applique work. Nine inches of fabric cut from a fabric bolt 44″ wide would produce a piece 9″ by 44″ whereas the fat quarter is cut as 18″ by 22″. If you are looking to manage a slightly out of hand and growing fabric stash, it can be helpful to cut your larger fabric leftovers into the fat quarter size and bundle several individually folded and coordinating pieces together then secure with a ribbon tie. Fat quarter bundles, chosen for their print theme or thematic colors, make great gifts for fabric lovers. Quilters have known the joy of fat quarters for quilt making yet fat quarters easily lend all sewers a hand in making fabric bowls, baby quilts, pillows, basket liners, place mats, padded picture frames, album covers, whimsical soft children’s toys, hair scrunchies, ornaments, tote bags, purses, table runners, doll making and doll clothes, sachets, fabric postcards, gift bags, potholders and oven mitts, pincushions, wall hangings and so much more. Scrap Fabric Wreath from Craft Elf - make a fabric wreath seasonal, for baby or everyday. read more

Here’s an event that’s ripe for a bit of blanket coverage — The Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2008. At the annual event — subtitled “Fabric, Needles and Thread Exhibition” — hundreds of quilts from Japan and overseas will be exhibited. As part of the festival, more than 300 quilts warmly displaying the richness of the craft will be entered in the Japan Quilt Grand Prix, with a top prize of ¥1 million. In addition, about 80 of the world’s top quilters will also showcase common motifs of the sun, moon and stars; while an exhibition of “Log Cabin” patterns will present some of the oldest and most representative patterns of American patchwork, shown in two sections. In one, 17 antique log-cabin quilt works will be displayed under the supervision of Shelly Zegart, a renowned collector of American quilts. Tickets — ¥1,800 in advance or ¥2,000 at the door — are available at JR East Japan ticket and travel-service offices. read more

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