Upcoming Classes & Events
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We strive to offer classes that the community is interested in and excited about. If you have any requests or suggestions, please let us know in person, at info@reclaimedvt.org, or on our social media.
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Sewing for Guys
This is an introductory sewing class with guys in mind. We will cover the mechanics of sewing and a few basic stitches that you can use for a variety or purposes, with an emphasis on mending your own clothing. All are welcome, not just guys, but the goal of this class is to create a space where men and boys feel comfortable exploring what is typically considered “women’s work.”
Weaving a Coaster
This class will teach students how to create a loom out of a piece of recycled cardboard and how to use that loom to weave a coaster.
Reclaiming Materials: Turning Plastic Bags into Yarn
In this class, students will learn how to process plastic bags to create plastic yarn, or “plarn,” which is great for making baskets and mats. By turning bags into yarn, we remove plastic from our waste streams and give it a new life as a usable raw material.
Reclaiming Materials: Making a Basket out of Plastic Yarn
In this class, students will use “plarn,” or plastic yarn, to create baskets by exploring a variety of techniques. By using plarn to make baskets, we remove plastic from our waste streams and give it a new life as a usable object.
Build Your Own Viking Chair
Build your own Viking chair! Great beginners project. Have a cool and portable chair to sit on by the campfire, down by the lake, or just in your backyard. Learn to use small hand tools and optional power tools as you create a fun project that you and your kid can feel good about creating yourself!
Silk Eco-Printing
This class will use plants and flowers grown at the instructors farm as well as plants and flowers foraged from the surrounding area to create lovely printed silhouettes on silk fabric.
Spinning Wheel 101
This class will teach the step by step process of how to turn carded wool into your own beautiful handspun yarn using a spinning wheel.
Silk Eco-Printing
This class will use plants and flowers grown at the instructors farm as well as plants and flowers foraged from the surrounding area to create lovely printed silhouettes on silk fabric.
Papermaking
This class will demonstrate the fundamental skills required to make your own paper at home.
Back to School Mending and Alteration Extravaganza
This open workshop is designed to help you get all your clothes and textiles ready for the next season. If you are struggling with that mending pile, not sure how to fix or alter a garment this open workshop is for you!
Indigo Japanese Tie-Dye
This class will introduce how to set up a natural indigo dye vat as well as introducing some traditional Japanese techniques for tie dye, known as shibori.
Maker's Market: Grand Opening!
Come join us for an open air market celebrating makers, artists, and craftspeople from Poultney and beyond!
Weaving a Pouch in One Piece
This class will teach you how to create a loom out of a piece of recycled cardboard and how to use that loom to weave a pouch in one continuous piece.
Visible Mending Workshop
This class will teach the skills needed to transform your worn, ripped clothing into practical and wearable pieces of art through the use of creative patchwork, embroidery and darning techniques.
Indigo Japanese Tie-Dye
Class Description
This class will introduce how to set up a natural indigo dye vat as well as introducing some traditional Japanese techniques for tie dye, known as shibori. Participants are encouraged to bring 2-3 items of clothing or other textiles they wish to dye, preferably of natural material such as cotton or wool (though cotton blends are often fine). Participants will leave class with their beautifully dyed indigo textiles and the resources to be able to repeat the process at home on other items.
Please register at least 24 hours in advance by either emailing heronsllyn@gmail.com or texting (970)-471-4691, the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class. Appropriate for ages 10+.
Class cost: $20
Class length: 1.5 hours
Spots available: 12
Instructor Bio
Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.