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SUMMARY:Tatting 101
DESCRIPTION:Experience level: Beginner; ages 18+ \nLearn how fancy lace doilies are made in Tatting 101 on Sunday\, December 13 from 12-4 p.m. in the Studio.  \nIn this workshop\, Billie Theide will teach students the basics of tatting\, the historical craft of creating knotted lace. Students will also learn how to shuttle and needle tat\, select yarn\, and form half knots\, rings\, and chains. The class will learn how to join these elements to create a wide range of items like jewelry\, scarves\, edgings\, fabric\, and art works. Enrollment includes a toolkit that will enable students to continue to work at home. \n$110/person. Register here. Registration closes December 6 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final. \n\n If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate\, please email Olivia at owarren@illinois.edu. \nBy attending\, you consent to your image being used in Allerton marketing\, social media and publications. Please alert the photographer or videographer if you do not want your image taken. \n\nAbout the instructor:\nBillie Theide chaired the Crafts Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she is Professor Emerita. Theide is a fiber artist\, metalsmith\, jeweler\, and ceramicist. Her work is in public art collections around the world including the Smithsonian\, Museum of Arts & Design in New York City\, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City\, and the Racine Art Museum. She is the recipient of a Visual Arts Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and five Artists Fellowship Grants from the Illinois Arts Council. Theide has been recognized for her excellence in teaching. She is a Distinguished Member and Past-President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Billie Theide has been knitting since she was able to hold a pair of needles.
URL:https://allerton.illinois.edu/event/tatting-101/
LOCATION:Studio\, 515 Old Timber Road\, Monticello\, IL\, 61856\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Farms,Youth Programs
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SUMMARY:Cookie Decorating
DESCRIPTION:Experience level: Beginner; all ages (Children under 13 must have an adult register with them. Children 14+ must have a parent/guardian on-site or a signed participant waiver)  \nLearn new techniques to decorate delicious cookies at Cookie Decorating in the Evergreen Lodge.  \n\nSunday\, December 13 from 3-5 p.m. \nSaturday\, December 19 from 1-3 p.m.\n\nInstructor Jennifer Holhubner will demonstrate how to decorate cookies with royal icing\, crusting butter cream and rolled buttercream! Students will learn several techniques\, including wet-on-wet\, outlining\, and flooding. Students will decorate and take home at least five cookies. \n$75/person*. Registration closes 1 week prior to the class. All sales are final. \n\nDecember 13\nDecember 19\n\n*Students should bring a take home container. \n\nIf you will need disability-related accommodations to participate\, please email Olivia at owarren@illinois.edu. \nBy attending\, you consent to your image being used in Allerton marketing\, social media and publications. Please alert the photographer or videographer if you do not want your image taken. \n\nAbout the instructor: \nChampaign-Urbana native Jennifer Holhubner taught herself how to decorate cakes when she was 16 years old and took up cookie decorating in 2019. \n“Although they intimidated me\, I forged on and got better with each order. I still have room to grow as we all do in whatever task we take on\,” she said. “But I love to share the aspects of baking and decorating. I can actually now say\, I am cookier!” \nJennifer also teaches decorating classes at Parkland College.
URL:https://allerton.illinois.edu/event/cookie-decorating-2/2026-12-13/
LOCATION:Evergreen Lodge\, Monticello\, IL\, United States
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