Fiber Arts
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Rope Bowls- September 2023
These versatile, flexible and washable baskets are fun and easy to make. They are great for gift baskets, or they can be a standalone gift. Students will make a basic, 7″ round x 3″ tall bowl and learn the options to enhance future rope bowl projects.
Dates/Times
- Friday, September 29, 2023 – 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Instructor: Carol Johns
Member Tuition: $58.00
Non-Member Tuition: $73.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Students will need to bring a sewing machine capable of making a wide zigzag stitch, a spool of neutral color thread, scissors, and a seam ripper.
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Rugs from Rags- August 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, August 13, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- July 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, July 23, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- June 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, June 4, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- June 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, June 25, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- May 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, May 14, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- October 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, October 1, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Rugs from Rags- September 2023
No weaving experience is necessary! The looms are dressed and ready to go, all you need to do is bring your creative spirit and to leave with a finished one-of-a-kind rug. Students will have a choice of making a traditional Rag Rug using recycled fabric strips or making a Sock Rug using remnants from a sock factory. Colors and choices of fabric and remnants vary from class to class depending on availability. The rugs are 24″ wide, and up to 45″ long.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, September 10, 2023 – 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Caroline Dvorak
Member Tuition: $70.00
Non-Member Tuition: $90.00Material Fee: $10.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Tuffet Footstool- March 2023
Make an 18-inch custom tuffet-style footstool. Great for quilters, as it will free you from all those strips of fabric that get stashed about the sewing room. Students can use as many different fabrics as they like. The pattern can be made with 2-64 different strips. The first day is for piecing tuffet top. Students will learn to mark the pattern onto the fabric and begin the sewing. There will be some homework to complete sewing the tuffet top during the weeklong break between classes. The second day students will complete the tuffet top assembly and upholster the tuffet. A list of necessary materials students must bring will be sent out prior to the class.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, March 12, 2023 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, March 19, 2023 – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Instructor: Carol Johns
Member Tuition: $105.00
Non-Member Tuition: $130.00Material Fee: $135.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Tuffet Footstool- September 2023
Make an 18-inch custom tuffet-style footstool. Great for quilters, as it will free you from all those strips of fabric that get stashed about the sewing room. Students can use as many different fabrics as they like. The pattern can be made with 2-64 different strips. The first day is for piecing tuffet top. Students will learn to mark the pattern onto the fabric and begin the sewing. There will be some homework to complete sewing the tuffet top during the weeklong break between classes. The second day students will complete the tuffet top assembly and upholster the tuffet. A list of necessary materials students must bring will be sent out prior to the class.
Dates/Times
- Monday, September 25, 2023 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Monday, October 2, 2023 – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Instructor: Carol Johns
Member Tuition: $105.00
Non-Member Tuition: $130.00Material Fee: $135.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
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Weaving Log Cabin- June 2023
The Log Cabin weave pattern incorporates different colored threads in both the warp and weft to produce a log cabin look. You will learn “tricks of the trade” to make this process easier to master, both in winding the warp and in weaving with two shuttles, as you make a table runner.
Dates/Times
- Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, June 7, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Thursday, June 8, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Friday, June 9, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Instructor: Teri Dvorak
Member Tuition: $210.00
Non-Member Tuition: $260.00Material Fee: $25.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: 1746 U.S. 9, Lake George, NY 12845, Alfred Z. Solomon Lake George Annex, located on Rt. 9 in the Log Jam Outlets immediately behind the Log Jam Restaurant
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Weaving Overshot- July 2023
Overshot is another weave structure that requires the use of two shuttles. The pattern is woven in one color, incorporated into a background of plain weave in a different color. You will design and weave a project a project using an Overshot pattern.
Dates/Times
- Tuesday, July 11, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Wednesday, July 12, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Thursday, July 13, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Friday, July 14, 2023 – 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Instructor: Teri Dvorak
Member Tuition: $210.00
Non-Member Tuition: $260.00Material Fee: $25.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: 1746 U.S. 9, Lake George, NY 12845, Alfred Z. Solomon Lake George Annex, located on Rt. 9 in the Log Jam Outlets immediately behind the Log Jam Restaurant