Workshops
Stories and Meanderings: Stitching Our Journeys
Saturday October 28th
Saturday October 28th
Lily Hinrichsen and Janet Fredericks bring their gentle style of teaching to this hand stitching workshop. In this gathering, participants will be stitching their own small creations using a variety of fabrics, trimmings, threads, and embroidery floss. Janet and Lily have co-taught many collage workshops in Addison County, and will share their expertise in design, color, specific stitches, and how to break the rules. No sewing or stitching experience is necessary. Just bring your wild curiosity.
Janet and Lily exhibited their hand stitched creations in 2022 at the Furchgotte Sourdiffe Gallery in an exhibit entitled “Feral Stitching - Four Artists go Wild”. Together they have co-taught many workshops on the collage process and the vast array of possibilities it can be used for expression and storytelling. They have a gift for kindling safe and inspiring spaces to create in.
For more details and to sign up:
https://shelburnecraftschool.org/course/fall-2023-stories-and-meanderings-stitching-our-journeys
Janet and Lily exhibited their hand stitched creations in 2022 at the Furchgotte Sourdiffe Gallery in an exhibit entitled “Feral Stitching - Four Artists go Wild”. Together they have co-taught many workshops on the collage process and the vast array of possibilities it can be used for expression and storytelling. They have a gift for kindling safe and inspiring spaces to create in.
For more details and to sign up:
https://shelburnecraftschool.org/course/fall-2023-stories-and-meanderings-stitching-our-journeys
Testimonials from past workshops
Lily's block printing workshop was exactly what I needed to express my designs in a new style.
Her work is refreshing and inspiring.
Reagh
You have no idea how much I loved your workshop on Saturday! It left me breathless and wanting so much more!
One of the best days I have spent in a very long time. Feeling free to create and explore while allowing
my mind, heart, and soul to travel down new paths.
Mary Ann
Lily's collage workshop was fun, creative, and inspiring! I now look at objects in a different way:
Paper, buttons, boxes, you name it; any of them could end up in a collage.
What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday!
Ruth
Thank you both once again for preparing the setting for a group of women (just the way it is!) to partake in a Collage Workshop, to relax into the playful and creative self, to play with color, texture, shape and whimsical what-nots (or knots!). This is my 3rd adventure into the world of collage and I just can't get enough. I'm a groupie :)
Catherine
My creative spirit definitely felt "free to fly" yesterday -- amazing that both my creations spoke about "flying"! I wish I had a space to come to like this on a regular basis! I will definitely be looking forward to gatherings like this again....... thanks so much for your wonderful example of the power of collaboration and working together to spark new ideas, feel community and have an avenue for the free flow of our full expression.
Wendy
This was a marvelous class....full of joyful creativity, experimenting and sharing with a great group and wonderful teachers whose personal experiences led the way for us to create very amazing art.
Dechen
The days of the workshops were welcomed solaces of creativity, peace, and processing for my friend and me.
Lily and Janet were open to sharing their knowledge and experience and created a welcoming, accommodating
environment for all.
Gwen
What a gift to have taken this workshop. It came just at the right time in my too busy life at the moment.
It was such a warm and welcoming space and all the materials were so inspiring. I will never look at another altoid box the same! If you come to this workshop with no materials of your own, you will not be disappointed, the choices are endless. The structure of the day was perfect, giving you direction then letting you loose with your new found knowledge.
I can't wait for the next one!
Zoe
Janet and Lily are knowledgeable, fun, encouraging and inspiring teacher-artists.
They set up an environment in which people have easy access to the materials needed
to engage in the creative process and feel comfortable enough to dive right in.
Alice
Lily's block printing workshop was exactly what I needed to express my designs in a new style.
Her work is refreshing and inspiring.
Reagh
You have no idea how much I loved your workshop on Saturday! It left me breathless and wanting so much more!
One of the best days I have spent in a very long time. Feeling free to create and explore while allowing
my mind, heart, and soul to travel down new paths.
Mary Ann
Lily's collage workshop was fun, creative, and inspiring! I now look at objects in a different way:
Paper, buttons, boxes, you name it; any of them could end up in a collage.
What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday!
Ruth
Thank you both once again for preparing the setting for a group of women (just the way it is!) to partake in a Collage Workshop, to relax into the playful and creative self, to play with color, texture, shape and whimsical what-nots (or knots!). This is my 3rd adventure into the world of collage and I just can't get enough. I'm a groupie :)
Catherine
My creative spirit definitely felt "free to fly" yesterday -- amazing that both my creations spoke about "flying"! I wish I had a space to come to like this on a regular basis! I will definitely be looking forward to gatherings like this again....... thanks so much for your wonderful example of the power of collaboration and working together to spark new ideas, feel community and have an avenue for the free flow of our full expression.
Wendy
This was a marvelous class....full of joyful creativity, experimenting and sharing with a great group and wonderful teachers whose personal experiences led the way for us to create very amazing art.
Dechen
The days of the workshops were welcomed solaces of creativity, peace, and processing for my friend and me.
Lily and Janet were open to sharing their knowledge and experience and created a welcoming, accommodating
environment for all.
Gwen
What a gift to have taken this workshop. It came just at the right time in my too busy life at the moment.
It was such a warm and welcoming space and all the materials were so inspiring. I will never look at another altoid box the same! If you come to this workshop with no materials of your own, you will not be disappointed, the choices are endless. The structure of the day was perfect, giving you direction then letting you loose with your new found knowledge.
I can't wait for the next one!
Zoe
Janet and Lily are knowledgeable, fun, encouraging and inspiring teacher-artists.
They set up an environment in which people have easy access to the materials needed
to engage in the creative process and feel comfortable enough to dive right in.
Alice
