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SUMMARY:Barn Quilts
DESCRIPTION:Experience level: Beginner; ages 18+ \nNo barn? No problem! Join the barn quilt movement at Barn Quilts on Saturday\, February 20 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Greenhouse Auditorium. \nInstructor Jane Cade will share the history of barn quilts\, techniques\, tips\, and discuss how to properly seal your finished piece after the paint has dried for 48 hours. \nBegin with a pre-primed board with the design of your choice already drafted (choose from a cardinal or sunburst design during registration). You will then tape and paint – with careful attention to detail and choosing from a wide variety of colors. Once painting begins\, you’ll work at your own pace. \nLeave with a 20×20″ quilt block to use inside or outside\, or share your talents and give someone the perfect gift! \n$90/person. Register here. Registration closes 1 week before the course begins or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.  \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:\nJane Cade is a retired teacher from Clinton Junior High School. She has been painting barn quilts for eight years and sells her work online and at craft festivals. She teaches classes at Parkland Community College and will be teaching classes at her workshop beginning next year.
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LOCATION:Greenhouse Auditorium\, 515 Old Timber Road\, Monticello\, IL\, 61856\, United States
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SUMMARY:Granny Squares 101: Crochet for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Experience level: Beginner; ages 18+  \nLearn the art of crocheting granny squares at Granny Squares 101: Crochet for Beginners on Saturday\, February 20 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Studio. \nInstructor Billie Theide will teach the basics of crochet\, including hook and yarn selection. Students will learn how to chain\, create basic stitches\, change colors\, read work\, fix mistakes\, and bind off. \n$95/person.* Register here. Registration closes February 17 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.  \n*Students should bring:\n– 2 skeins Lilly Sugar ‘n Cream 100 percent cotton yarn (1 each of two different contrasting solid colors)\nOR\n– 2 skeins Loops & Threads Classic Cotton (1 each of two different contrasting solid colors)\nAND\n– 1 U.S. H/8 crochet hook\n– 1 small sharp scissors \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: \nBillie Theide is Professor Emerita and a former Chair of the Crafts Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Theide is a metalsmith\, jeweler\, textile artist\, 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\, among others. 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 and is a Distinguished Member and Past-President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths.
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LOCATION:Studio\, 515 Old Timber Road\, Monticello\, IL\, 61856\, United States
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