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Seamrippers Craft Collective Our Calendar To find out more information about particular events, just click the date on the calendar, or use this handy little reference list. How to Register Workshops |
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How to Register Call 604-689-SEAM or email seamrippers@gmail.com Please register at least 48 hours before the scheduled workshop time. If not specified, location will be given upon registration. Donations and material fees will be collected on the workshop day. Our suggested donation is $30. All proceeds go towards Seamrippers reopening our community craft resource centre and gallery. However, our priority is to pass on the crafty skills, so please pay what you can and do not be discouraged by the suggested donation. No one will be turned away.Craft Socials Alternating weeks we host hand craft social evenings at Rhizome Café and the Brickhouse. Whether you are a novice or a pro, bring that handicraft project you've been meaning to work on, and come and join us for a beer or cup of tea, and get out of the house! Rhizome Cafe (317 E Broadway) The Brickhouse (730 Main St) Summer Fair! Saturday June 16th 12-6pm This is going to be awesome fun. Pie! Lemonade! Hot Dogs! Crafts! Freaks of Nature Petting Zoo! A Cake Walk and other games! Live Music! Come one, come all! Presented as a part of Main Days, so enjoy the whole street! (Please note that the date has been changed from the original day!) Clothing Swap Saturday June 23rd, 12pm - 4pm Less insane than Swap-o-rama-rama, more fun than the Zombie Walk. Join us for some wardrobe-improving and extra-stuff-shedding. More details to come, we'll keep you posted.
Workshops Embroidery With Charlotte Hewson Sat May 5th 12-3pm Embroidery is fun! You will be amazed at how easy it can be to create beautiful stitched designs. The workshop will cover several basic stitches and explain techniques for creating you own designs. Material fee $5
Wine, Cheese and Booklets With Sidria Hawkins Friday May 11th 6-9pm Learn what the deal is in pairing wine with cheese, and make your own pretty wine info booklet/zine. Please note that because you will be consuming (or at least swishing and spitting) large quantities of wine, the pricing for this workshop will be a little different, plus you need to be over 19. This will be elaborated on shortly.
Living and Cultured Foods With Chrissy Poulos Saturday May 12th 6-9pm Come learn to make foods with living microorganisms that make them the healthiest foods in the world. The workshop will cover the basics making yogurt, sauerkraut and sprouts. There will be lots of hands on prep work as well as plenty of snacking, hurray! Material fee $5
Beginners Knitting With Kirsten Pudas and Sidria Hawkins Saturday May 26th 12-3pm Knitting is fun, relaxing and useful. Learn the basics of knitting now so that you can spend the spring and summer honing your skills and stockpiling your goods for the next cold season. This workshop will serve you tea and cookies, and teach you some knitting basics, like casting on, knitting, purling and binding off. Plus you'll get to walk away with a pair of your very own needles and a ball of yarn! Material fee: $5 (If you don't have your own set of 3-6mm straight needles and a ball of "practice" yarn)
Hand Made Dolls With Aja Bond and Charlotte Hewson #2 – Sunday May 27th 12-3pm There are a few special people out there who are attracted to the process of making soft little beings. Come out come out where ever you are! Fabric scraps notions and stuffing supplied but feel free to bring some sentimental bits to inspire your doll. Material fee, $5 Basic Sewing Techniques Friday June 1st 6 - 9pm Never sewn anything in your life? All you clothes have holes? Then come to this workshop and learn both machine techniques and hand-sewing stitches so that you too can bind two pieces of cloth together. Material fee $5.
Pop-Ups With Kirsten Pudas Paper can be so much more than a two-dimensional surface! Come and make a number of different pop-up cards showcasing several different basic pop-up and movable paper techniques. Then learn how these could be put together into a book. Material Fee $10 ($5 if you bring your own glue stick and Xacto knife) Underwear With Charlotte Hewson Seriously, you will make the most comfortable and attractive pair of panties you have ever owned. Plus you get to say the word "panties". Material Fee $5 Clothing Alteration With Aja Bond Take that thing you thought you wanted from the clothing swap and turn it into something fabulous. You will be given all the little tips and secrets of altering clothes that you need to turn your entire wardrobe into works of art. Material Fee $5
Haircuts Beginners - Friday June 29th 4 - 7pm We are SO excited about this workshop! Your hair is just as much a part of your identity and image as your clothes, and can be just as DIY and creative as your outfit. Learn how to cut hair and amaze your friends while you save them money! And walk away with a pair of professional haircutting scissors at a steal of a price. Then if you want to take your new skills farther, take the Intermediate workshop! Material Fee will be around $30 (just waiting on the confirmation of the cost of the scissors) |
