Supplies, Classes, Retreats and Creative Inspiration
We’re creating a fabulous art installation with the community of LaGrange, IL schools
We’re creating a fabulous art installation with the community of Rockford, IL schools
Join us for another beautiful day of spinning and socializing. We will be in the Founders Room at the Batavia Public Library. All types of wheels, spindles and e-spinners are welcome. Have you never spun before? We are happy to introduce you to spinning wool on a drop spindle. For the spectator, expect to see spinning wheels dating from the 1800's to the present. A spot will be provided for Wanted/For Sale notices for fiber arts equipment and related supplies (note that the Library will not allow sales to be made on-site). Fiber-related business cards and event announcements can also be posted.
Participants can bring a sack lunch, pre-order a box lunch from Flyleaf Bakery Cafe located inside the Batavia Library or step out to an establishment in the local community.
Keep checking back for more details as the event date approaches. This event is free. All fiber arts are welcome.
We look forward to seeing you!
Cyndy and Roxanne
Sheep Shed Spin-In Hosts
Check out the Facebook event page https://facebook.com/events/s/sheep-shed-spin-in-1112025/519762337479009/
We’re creating a fabulous art installation with the community of Minocqua, WI schools
This SHEEP SHED SPIN-IN is a free event. Kane County Forest Preserve is generously allowing us to use their Creek Bend Nature Center on the LeRoy Oakes property in St. Charles, IL! The venue, a 1930's estate home, has multiple rooms with lots of windows overlooking wide expanses of prairie and woodlands.
In addition to the Spin-In, at 10:30 am, there will be a one hour educational fiber arts presentation: Linen, the Most Useful Fiber, presented by historical interpreters Tom and Joanne Blodgett. They will demonstrate how fibers are extracted from flax plants and subsequently spun into linen. Bring your spinning wheel and sack lunch to Creek Bend Nature Center for the Spin-In.
Bring any fiber project along, bring a lunch- stay for a while or stay for the day!
Hosted by our two close spinning friends, Roxanne and Cyndy. Esther’s Place will be there in the morning to join the fun.
Check out the Facebook event page https://facebook.com/events/s/sheep-shed-spin-in-1112025/519762337479009/
Bring a wheel, loom, knitting or crochet project, or even if you’re curious about it all, just come on by! We’ll be setting up in the backyard and enjoying the craft together. Feel free to bring a comfy chair too! We’re inviting local indie dyers to set up trunk shows of their art as well. Frivolous Ewe , Ewe 2 Me 2 U and KnitSpin and Leaf Livestock will be there sharing their work! Promises to be a lovely gathering for all.
This will be a fun day in a beautiful large room with lots of natural light. All types of wheels, spindles and e-spinners are welcome. Join us for social spinning time! Participants can bring a sack lunch, pre-order a box lunch from Flyleaf Bakery Cafe located inside the Batavia Library or step out to an establishment in the local community.
Activities and amenities at the event will include a For Sale/Wanted Board (note that the Library will not allow sales to be made inside the venue). Business cards can also be posted.
Attendees are encouraged to bring item(s) they have made that illustrate how hand-spun can be used in knitting, crochet, weaving, etc. Please label items with your name, fibers used, methods used in prepping and spinning the fiber and any patterns used to create final project. Index cards will be provided on-site for those who need them.
We can't wait to see you!
Hosted by our two close spinning friends, Roxanne and Cyndy. Esther’s Place will be there in the morning to join the fun.
We’re creating a fabulous art installation with the community of Portage, WI schools
Join us for little community felting night, classes are $10 each to make a wet felted bowl. You can register here .
Join us for little community felting night, classes are $10 each to make a mermaid. You can register here .
Join us for little community felting night, classes are $10 each to make a unicorn. You can register here .
We’re creating a fabulous art installation with the community of Bensenville, IL
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
July 25-29th 10-6 pm each day, we'll be in the Ag-Education area teaching folks about the process wool goes through to turn into clothing! See sheep being sheared too.
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
We’ll be offering our fiber inspiration to this gathering of early childhood educators. Along with teaching needle felting classes, we’ll be doing a wet felted, collaborative art piece and have a display set up.
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
We’ll be sharing some of the community projects of Esther’s Place along with spring ice breakers and prizes, while offering drop-in make and takes: sprinkle dyed shibori scarves.
We’ll be making nuno-felted oak leaves with each class that will become a installation in their stairwells!
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
A group of fiber artists who come to together to challenge and inspire each other, this exhibit features a theme each year. Natasha Lehrer Lewis is a member of the group and her piece will be a part of the exhibit. The theme this year is "TIme".
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life!
Natasha Lehrer Lewis' art will be a part of this event.
Sharing her love of all things fiber art, Natasha Lehrer Lewis brings the process from sheep to chic to life! Following the presentation, participants are invited to make and take a little snowman pin!
We’ll be bringing lots of treats out the meeting!
We're going to making pieces of art with the preschoolers at Union Church Early Childhood Program, which will then be a part of their fundraiser. Parents can then purchase the pieces to support the school.
Create the perfect autumn decor for the home and hearth using wool and needle felting techniques! From their life-like ridges, tendrils and stems to the sweet-smelling surprise of apple mulling spices tucked inside, the 6 inch pumpkins you'll create are fall memory makers worth celebrating.
A Waubonsee Community College "Unique Local Experience" hosted by Esther's Place.
Tickets can be purchased through the college
