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THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER 1ST  WESTMONT

Silk (Nuno) Laminated Felt Gauze Scarf

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck

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Wool has a natural property that allows it to become felt when treated through agitation, moisture, pressure and heat. Wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural. By using smaller quantities of wool and encouraging the fibers to pass through and bind to Silk Chiffon (referred to as laminating) a unique and surprisingly durable, drape-able felt can be created. This technique is applicable to yardages for use in clothing and hat design work. During this 4-hour class students will explore color and design direction for the application of the wool and play up the unique texture variations. A scarf will be created using a provided, hand-painted silk chiffon base, wool & metallic yarns with colored wool roving.

NO KNITTING, CROCHETING OR FELTING NEEDLES are used during this process!!

All materials and equipment supplied. No previous felting experience needed. There is some physical exertion** in this process so, please wear comfortable clothes and shoes to class. Some people require additional time for this project, so please bring a snack and allow for a 1 to 2 hour window beyond the stated end time.

**Message from a student: "By the way, you should also market the classes as "body sculpting and toning" - I feel like I spent a day in the gym! (A good feeling!)" 

 

Start Date: SEPT 1 
Meets: THURSDAY, 10AM TO 2:30PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $85  

 

THURSDAY EVENING,  SEPTEMBER 1ST  WESTMONT

SOAP MAKING FROM SCRATCH / COLD PROCESS / VEGAN RECIPE

Learn the craft of cold process soap making (from scratch... not melt and pour) during this 2-hour workshop. Tammy (teaching soap making at TLD since 1999) will demystify the process of "saponification" (soap making) coaching students in the creation of wonderful herbal soaps. Students work together to learn the entire process (from start to finish) as they create one full base batch. Students will then customize their own personal blend of color/scent using essential and/or fragrance oils (approx 3 hefty bars / 4oz each). Tammy will include safety topics and tips for home crafting and lye handling.   For optimum success, Soap will sit insulated and undisturbed at the studio for 24 hours. Students plan a follow-up visit to un mold  their soap or arrange to have their soap mailed. 

Please wear comfortable work clothes with long sleeves to class. 

Soap making books, ingredients, essential and fragrance oils are all available for purchase at TLD Design Center. 

 

Date: SEPT 1ST 
Meets:  THURSDAY,  6:30PM TO 8:30PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

PRICE: $48 

 

FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 2ND  WESTMONT

   

Felt Lace Scarf for Beginners and Beyond

Instructor:  Tammy L. Deck

See Tammy's article in "Belle Armoire Magazine" Nov/Dec '06

A new twist on an ancient method of creating fabrics. Learn this fun, unusual process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of animal hair to turn yarn into a lacey fabric. During Tammy's 3-1/2 hour workshop (please allow a 1 hour window beyond the stated end time), each student will make a finished, ready to wear scarf or a felt lace fabric that may be cut & sewn into a design of your own (finishing done at home)

NO KNITTING, CROCHETING OR FELTING NEEDLES are used during this process!!

All materials and equipment supplied. Dress for comfort... and a bit of a work out.

CLASS DATE: SEPT 2 
MEETS:  FRIDAY, 10AM TO 1:30PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $75  

 

FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 2ND  WESTMONT


FLAT FELT WITH OR WITHOUT TAPESTRY INLAY: BEGINNER~ADVANCED

Instructor:  Tammy L. Deck  

This class introduces students to the fun, unusual process of wet felting by making a thin, soft, flat felt fabric.  The project may be used as a neck scarf, table runner or wall piece. Wet felting by-passes spinning and knitting (it's true! there's no knitting involved) and capitalizes on the natural attributes of animal hair fibers to bond together in the formation of a "non-woven" fabric. During Tammy's 3-hour workshop, each student will work with hand-dyed, super soft BFL wool (several handpainted, color options available) and learn how to layout yarn and wool bits for the "tapestry" surface (or choose undecorated), layer the fiber (roving), wet it and work it into their finished piece.

NO KNITTING, CROCHETING OR FELTING NEEDLES are used during this process!!

All materials and equipment supplied. Come ready for a soap and water work out!

CLASS DATE: SEPT 2 
MEETS:  FRIDAY, 2:30PM TO 5:30PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $75  

 

SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 3RD  WESTMONT

 

Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving for Beginners

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck  

Own a rigid heddle loom? Considering purchasing one?  (cricket/flip/ashford/sample-it are common examples) 

During this 2 session class,  you will learn how to plan a  project (scarf, runner or wall hanging), measure your warp threads, thread the rigid heddle, wind on and start weaving! Take the loom home for one week (if on our loom) to weave your project... come back the next week and learn how to remove it from the loom and several finishing options.  Session 1 meets from 11 to 4:30 (w/break)  Session 2 meets for 2.5 hrs scheduled some time the following week (flexible to work with your schedule)

Project materials and use of a loom are included in our class fee.  Looms available at the studio for separate purchase as low as $150 (receive a $10 discount when you purchase a loom during class). This class may be repeated for 10% savings.

Own your own rigid heddle loom and wish to use it in class? Schedule a $10 assembly/functionality assessment prior to class.

 

Start Date: SEPT 3RD 
Meets: SATURDAY, 11AM TO 4:30PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $110 (all material and use of our looms INCLUDED) 

 

TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6TH IN BERWYN, IL

  

Glass Fusing Experience : A Fun, Quick Intro to Warm Glass

Students ages 8 and above are introduced to "warm glass" artistry in the creation of 2(two) multi-layer, fused-glass pendants during this 2 hour experience. Award winning Artisan, Tammy L Deck will lead the class....guiding students in glass alchemy, color interactions, cutting and fusing fundamentals. After the class, the pendants are fired by studio staff in our kiln and available for pick-up one week after the session.

This is a fun session focused on design and assembly prep....certain to whet your appetite for our 5 hour "comprehensive fusing" class that includes the use of fiber rope to create stringing channels, kiln operation and firing schedules.

GRAB 4 OR MORE FRIENDS AND BYOB (class fee is $35 ea)

Start Date: SEPT 6th 
Meets:
TUESDAY EVENING, 6:30PM TO 8:30PM
BERWYN  Design Center

Class Fee: $38 (all material and use of our tools INCLUDED) 

 

WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER 7TH MORNING IN  WESTMONT

Weaving Classes:  Beginner START HERE 4 shaft Weaving Skills

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck

4-Shaft weaving for beginners. Students will learn the entire weaving process using our Design Center looms,** New weavers are introduced immediately to our textile designer wall of fiber and choose their own colors and textures in the first session. This is a comprehensive class that includes project planning and step by step loom dressing and weaving. New weavers will come away from class with one completed project of their own design, together with an inspiring sampler of different fiber types and weave structures such as: basket weave, rib weave and a variety of twills. Weaver's first project is a choice of either a neck scarf or a table runner. All materials and use of studio weaving looms include via the class fee. This first experience is based on 14 to 16 flexible studio hours.

The first session will meet on the day and time scheduled with your instructor. After the first session, flex your remaining hours as available with a minimum of one session of two hours per week. One vacation week allowed during your class if needed.

WESTMONT Studio time is available Wed - Sat 11am - 6pm 

Thursday Evenings  available scheduled with Tammy

BERWYN studio time may be scheduled 

Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 10am to 9pm


Own your own portable 4shaft/harness loom and wish to use it in class? Schedule a $10 assembly/functionality assessment prior to class. 

 

Start Date: SEPTEMBER 7TH 
Meets: Wed MORNING from 10AM UNTIL NOON OR 1PM (your choice)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $195 (all material and use of our looms INCLUDED) 

 

WEDNESDAY,  SEPTEMBER 7TH  IN  WESTMONT

 

Felt Purse with Resist / Beginners and intermediates Welcome

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck

Click the button to see felting pictures.

This class is perfect as a beginner's introduction to wet-felting for the first time. During this 3-hour workshop, each student will learn how to layer several color and surface design pattern techniques together with wool roving (unspun fiber) for a uniform fabric in the creation of an envelope style purse.  An added skill to this class is the use of a "resist" to maintain open spaces (the spot you put your wallet!)  There's no sewing for the purse itself...just the magic of wet felting.  

NO KNITTING, CROCHETING OR FELTING NEEDLES are used during this process!!

All materials and equipment supplied.

 

Start Date: SEPTEMBER 7TH 
Meets:
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON from 2PM TO 5PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $60

 

WEDNESDAY EVENING,  SEPTEMBER 7TH  IN  WESTMONT

Weaving Classes:  Beginner START HERE 4 shaft Weaving Skills

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck

4-Shaft weaving for beginners. Students will learn the entire weaving process using our Design Center looms,** New weavers are introduced immediately to our textile designer wall of fiber and choose their own colors and textures in the first session. This is a comprehensive class that includes project planning and step by step loom dressing and weaving. New weavers will come away from class with one completed project of their own design, together with an inspiring sampler of different fiber types and weave structures such as: basket weave, rib weave and a variety of twills. Weaver's first project is a choice of either a neck scarf or a table runner. All materials and use of studio weaving looms include via the class fee. This first experience is based on 14 to 16 flexible studio hours.

The first session will meet on the day and time scheduled with your instructor. After the first session, flex your remaining hours as available with a minimum of one session of two hours per week. One vacation week allowed during your class if needed.

WESTMONT Studio time is available Wed - Sat 11am - 6pm 

Thursday Evenings  available scheduled with Tammy

BERWYN studio time may be scheduled 

Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 10am to 9pm


Own your own portable 4shaft/harness loom and wish to use it in class? Schedule a $10 assembly/functionality assessment prior to class. 

 

Start Date: SEPTEMBER 7TH 
Meets: WEDNESDAY EVENING 6:30PM TO 8:30PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $195 (all material and use of our looms INCLUDED) 

 

THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER 8TH MORNING IN  WESTMONT

 

DYEING AND HAND PAINTING YARN SKEINS OR WARPS

In love with color and have a fondness for those expensive, luxury yarns? Knitting, weaving, crochet, embroidery and quilting all come to life with hand painted threads.  Perfect class regardless of your fiber addiction. Recycle yarn and/ or create your own hand painted works .   Tammy covers the basics of working with fiber-reactive dyes and provide the "recipe" at the beginning of the session. Need help with color?  She will help.

    We supply work space and the dye. Bring your yarn, floss or sewing thread in skein form, pre-measured warps or even loose knit fabrics for unraveling.  Total weight per session is 16oz.  Fiber content should be bamboo, tencel, hemp, linen, cotton, rayon or silk (blends of these, okay too but, please, no acrylic, polyester, nylon, though). (*Yarn is available for purchase through the design center!) Choke ties should be looser so they don't act as a resist when the yarn is wet and swollen. Please feel free to ask Tammy about your prep prior to class. 

Students should wear old clothes to class and bring 1 sheet of clear or white plastic large enough  to wrap each yarn put-up, a  plastic tub to carry your wet plastic wrapped yarn and rubber gloves.

DON'T WANT TO DYE AT HOME?  REPEATERS WELCOME

Various skeins of different fiber content, size and textures yarns are available for purchase in our Design Center.

(please call 630-963-9573 or email to help us select a day/date that works for you)

Date: SEPT 8TH 
Meets: THURSDAY MORNING SESSION 11AM TO 1PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $48 

 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION,  SEPTEMBER 8TH  IN  WESTMONT

 

DYEING AND HAND PAINTING YARN SKEINS OR WARPS

In love with color and have a fondness for those expensive, luxury yarns? Knitting, weaving, crochet, embroidery and quilting all come to life with hand painted threads.  Perfect class regardless of your fiber addiction. Recycle yarn and/ or create your own hand painted works .   Tammy covers the basics of working with fiber-reactive dyes and provide the "recipe" at the beginning of the session. Need help with color?  She will help.

    We supply work space and the dye. Bring your yarn, floss or sewing thread in skein form, pre-measured warps or even loose knit fabrics for unraveling.  Total weight per session is 16oz.  Fiber content should be bamboo, tencel, hemp, linen, cotton, rayon or silk (blends of these, okay too but, please, no acrylic, polyester, nylon, though). (*Yarn is available for purchase through the design center!) Choke ties should be looser so they don't act as a resist when the yarn is wet and swollen. Please feel free to ask Tammy about your prep prior to class. 

Students should wear old clothes to class and bring 1 sheet of clear or white plastic large enough  to wrap each yarn put-up, a  plastic tub to carry your wet plastic wrapped yarn and rubber gloves.

DON'T WANT TO DYE AT HOME?  REPEATERS WELCOME

Various skeins of different fiber content, size and textures yarns are available for purchase in our Design Center.

(please call 630-963-9573 or email to help us select a day/date that works for you)

Date: SEPT 8TH 
Meets: THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 2PM TO 4PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $48 

 

THURSDAY EVENING,  SEPTEMBER 8TH IN  WESTMONT

  

Glass Fusing Experience : A Fun, Quick Intro to Warm Glass

Students ages 8 and above are introduced to "warm glass" artistry in the creation of 2(two) multi-layer, fused-glass pendants during this 2 hour experience. Award winning Artisan, Tammy L Deck will lead the class....guiding students in glass alchemy, color interactions, cutting and fusing fundamentals. After the class, the pendants are fired by studio staff in our kiln and available for pick-up one week after the session.

This is a fun session focused on design and assembly prep....certain to whet your appetite for our 5 hour "comprehensive fusing" class that includes the use of fiber rope to create stringing channels, kiln operation and firing schedules.

GRAB 4 OR MORE FRIENDS AND BYOB (class fee is $35 ea)

Start Date: SEPT 8th 
Meets:
THURSDAY EVENING, 6:30PM TO 8:30PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $38  

 

FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 9th  IN  WESTMONT

 

Silk Painting / Quick Color Techniques / on Silk Scarves, Satin or Gauze for Felting

Instructor: Tammy Deck

First time textile design students will learn quick techniques to hand color  silk fabrics using professional dyes & the microwave for heat setting. Students may choose to work on Silk Chiffon scarves (hemmed on all sides and ready to wear) silk satin or silk gauze fabric cuts (raw edges) earmarked for  wet felting techniques (like nuno). This technique may be applied to other small yardages for other textile applications and sewing projects. Students will dye 2 different color combinations during the class time. Fabrics and Dye stuff included in the class fee.

Wear old clothes to class... bring gloves if you have them.

Date: SEPT 9TH 
Meets: FRIDAY MORNING SESSION 11AM TO 1PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $42 ~ $52 (dependant on silk base choice)

 

FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 9th  IN  WESTMONT

 

SHIBORI Silk Painting FAST FAUX Techniques 

Beginning textile design students will enjoy learning Tammy's Fast Faux SHIBORI hand painting technique. No need to juggle pole wrapping to get the signature, sought after striations and patterning. Procion dyes and the microwave oven heat setting are used for vibrant results. Students may choose to work on Silk Satin Scarves (hemmed on all sides and ready to wear) or silk satin fabric cuts to be used in the laminated (nuno) felting techniques. This dyeing technique applies to small yardages for sewn garments, as well. Students will dye 2 different color combinations during the class time. Dye stuff included in the class fee.

Wear old clothes to class... bring gloves if you have them.(please call 630-963-9573 or email to help us select the next day/date that work for you)

Date: SEPT 9TH 
Meets: FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 2PM TO 4PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $45 ~ $60 (dependant on raw or hemmed silk satin choice)

 

SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 10th  IN  WESTMONT

HAT Making Workshop

Instructor: Tammy L. Deck

Each student will design and make their own wet felted hat on a three-dimensional form. This is not a knit and shrink technique! We are exploring traditional wet felting methods using un-spun, loose fiber to create the base of the hat which allow us to include different surface design elements inlaid within the surface structure. Prior experience in felt making is needed, please consider taking our Beginner Felt Purse Class  or Tapestry Felt Scarf Class prior to this one.

NO KNITTING, CROCHETING OR FELTING NEEDLES are used during this process!!

All materials and equipment supplied.

Date: SEPT 10TH 
Meets: SATURDAY, 10AM TO 2PM (ISH)
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $80

 

SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 10th  IN  WESTMONT

 

Silk Painting / Quick Color Techniques / on Silk Scarves, Satin or Gauze for Felting

Instructor: Tammy Deck

First time textile design students will learn quick techniques to hand color  silk fabrics using professional dyes & the microwave for heat setting. Students may choose to work on Silk Chiffon scarves (hemmed on all sides and ready to wear) silk satin or silk gauze fabric cuts (raw edges) earmarked for  wet felting techniques (like nuno). This technique may be applied to other small yardages for other textile applications and sewing projects. Students will dye 2 different color combinations during the class time. Fabrics and Dye stuff included in the class fee.

Wear old clothes to class... bring gloves if you have them.

Date: SEPT 10TH 
Meets: SATURDAY, 3PM TO 5PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $42 ~ $52 (dependant on silk base choice)

 

SUNDAY,  SEPTEMBER 11th  IN  WESTMONT

 

Lampwork: Dots, Twisties & Stringers : Intermediate

Instructor: Patty Pulliam

During the first portion of this class, students will expand upon the stringers learned in the basic class and move on to twisties. Twisties are stringers which are comprised of two or more colors twisted into a cane. When applied to beads, they create fabulous designs that look complex but are relatively easy to make. We will practice pulling and using basic stringers, then go on to learn silvered ivory stringers, basic twisties, and complex twisties. The second portion of the class focuses on controlling your dot techniques and will include dot placement, basic florals, bubble beads, and various dot distortion patterns.

Students should bring their torch, tools, glass and a new can of gas to class.
As always, glass and tools are available for purchase in the Design Center.

There will be a lunch break so bring a sack lunch or plan to visit a local restaurant.

Prerequisite: Beginning Beadmaking or equivalent

Date: SEPT 11TH 
Meets: SUNDAY, 10AM TO 4PM
WESTMONT  Design Center

Class Fee: $95

 

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