Class Description

This three part class will allow you to make simple patterns as well as getting comfortable with running and troubleshooting a sewing machine. Machines can be provided, however if there is one that you will be using at home, feel free to bring it. Students will learn how to make a pair of pj pants, a tote bag and/or a simple patchwork piece as well as various finishing and repair techniques.

Registration:

Please register at least 24 hours in advance at heronsllynfarm.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class. 

Appropriate for ages 10+

Class cost: $75

Class length: Three 1.5 hour sessions (February 20, 27, March 6, 6pm-7:30pm)

Spots: 4+

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.