Kayaking, Writing, and Book Arts in the Apostle Islands
Join us on a kayak tour and journal-making workshop in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore with book artists MC Hyland & Laura Brown. Experience a series of sea kayaking and hiking day trips, and book arts lessons from our Apostle Islands Base Camp. Enjoy delicious food, experience breathtaking sunsets over Lake Superior, and listen to waves crash along the shore — an outdoor adventure great for beginning sea kayakers and seasoned paddlers alike.
Essentials of Sewing at Marine Mills Folk School | May 2
Sewing is a skill that can feel like a superpower! The ability to create your own garments, quilts, and everyday items offers both creative freedom and practical confidence. While getting started can feel intimidating, this class is designed to help you build skills and confidence as you get to know your sewing machine. You’ll practice a variety of techniques by creating sample swatches and a few reusable drawstring bags to take home.
Rug Braiding at Holland Arts West
Create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind rug from old clothes and discarded fabric. No sewing is required with this flexible and forgiving braided-in technique. There are many design options and opportunities for experimentation with color and pattern.
Braid a Wool Rug
Learn the meditative, traditional craft of rug braiding—and a little bit of color theory—while using salvage wool scraps to make a cozy rug for your home.
STATEMENT: A Writing Support Group
Support and accountability for all that writing you know you need to do!
Letterpress 1: Printing Basics
This in-person letterpress workshop offers an introduction to MCBA’s print studio—including key equipment, tools, and terminology—in addition to an opportunity to experience the satisfaction of printing a message through the hands-on process of letterpress printing.
A Very Small Quilt Show
You might know her as a printmaker, but it turns out Laura Brown is also obsessed with turning discarded textiles into quilts! She has spent the last two years at a residency at North House Folk School in Grand Marais making quilts and in this new, very small show, she is going to share a few of those quilts with you.
Stop by to see what she’s been up to recently, and maybe get roped into helping with a current quilting project or bring your own for some side-by-side sewing (or any small, lap-based craft).
Nothing New: Make a Quilt From Old Clothes
Join me on the the North Shore of Lake Superior for a four-day class and turn your old garments into a beautiful quilt.
Residency Farewell
Come see and hear about what I have been making and learning during my residency at North House.
Pocket Quilt Class 3/27
Let’s sew some tiny quilts together! Start by purchasing a Pocket Quilt Kit (or getting the details if you already bought one). This will be the same content as the 4/2 session. Yes, past Quilt Kit purchases count, even if you already used it up. Just email me and let me know which session you want to join.
Nothing New: Make a Quilt From Old Clothes
Join me on the the North Shore of Lake Superior for a four-day class and turn your old garments into a beautiful quilt.
Printmaking with Curiosity Studio
Let’s get together (virtually) and make prints! Art is a way to process what we notice and experience, and I love using the process of printmaking to slow down and notice our surroundings. These days there is SO MUCH to process, it is overwhelming. But there is a lot of beauty, too, especially in the spring. Take some time to zoom in on those budding trees, the changing shadows, the shapes of melting snow. We will use these details as inspiration for making block prints together. Please sign up in advance for shipping of materials. Kits are available for pick up locally.
A link to join this virtual class will be sent to you before class starts.
Open Studio
Stop by the Artisan Development Studios and see what we are working on. I will have quilt supplies for making a big collaborative quilt, which I will continue working on throughout the weekend on the Commons during Wooden Boat Show.