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Just in time for Christmas giving (If only to yourself!). The $45.00 materials fee includes paint, china, and firing. Prerequisite: Porcelain Painting Part 1 or equivalent.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       302700  11/13 - 12/11 No Class 11/20  Tuesday  6:00pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Room 323B  Simeral-Boyer  68.00  -  68.00  Add to Cart      top     Historic Craft Exploration Tell a Friend!          Be a part of a great heritage and learn about the history and how to do crafts and skills that were so much a part of our predecessor's lives. Topics over the years will include weaving, basketry, felting, quilting, traditional rug hooking, lace making, dolls, quilling, embroidery, and more. Make a little history as you create your own heirlooms. Please pick up materials list for the first project at Placer School for Adults prior to first class. 55 years or older, please use the 08 code for the $20 pricing.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       805100  9/14 - 12/14 No Class 9/28 & 11/23  Friday  9:00am-12:00pm  Dewitt Center Room 323A  Pietz  65.00  -  65.00  CANCELLED    085100  9/14 - 12/14 No Class 9/28 & 11/23  Friday  9:00am-12:00pm  Dewitt Center Room 323A  Pietz  20.00  -  20.00  CANCELLED      top     Beginning Knitting Tell a Friend!          It's never too late to join the knitting craze. Students will learn to cast-on, knit, purl, bind off, increase and decrease. In addition, students will learn about tools, yarns and pattern reading as they make their first projects. Please pick up supply list at Placer School for Adults prior to first class. 55 years or older, please use the 08 code for the $20 pricing.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       805500  9/10 - 12/10 No Class 11/12 & 11/19  Monday  6:00pm-8:30pm  DeWitt Center Room 324B  Pietz  65.00  -  65.00  FULL - Please Call!    085500  9/10 - 12/10 No Class 11/12 & 11/19  Monday  6:00pm-8:30pm  DeWitt Center Room 324B  Pietz  20.00  -  20.00  Please Call!      top     Knitting Beyond the Basics-Holiday Knitting Tell a Friend!          Get ready for the holidays while learning valuable knitting techniques. Projects include making your own knitting needles to give as gifts, a chenille flower wash cloth, Thanksgiving cornucopia centerpiece, pumpkin purse and knitted stockings and ornaments. Students must be able to cast-on, bind-off, knit, purl, increase and decrease. Please pick up supply list at Placer School for Adults prior to first class. 55 years or older, please use the 08 code for the $20 pricing.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       808500  9/13-12/13 No Class 9/27 & 11/22  Thursday  6:00pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Room 324B  Pietz  65.00  -  65.00  FULL - Please Call!    088500  9/13-12/13 No Class 9/27 & 11/22  Thursday  6:00pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Room 324B  Pietz  20.00  -  20.00  FULL - Please Call!      top     Introduction to Silk Painting & Dyeing Tell a Friend!          Learn to make those beautiful designer scarves by using watercolor, serti (resist) and special effects. No artistic talent required. If you can trace, paint between lines, and use stamps and spray bottles, you can create beautiful scarves and other wearable art. A $30.00 materials fee for three silk scarves, paints and dyes will be collectd at the first class.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       302300  9/11 - 9/20  Tues & Thurs  6:30pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Room 323A  Burns  56.00  -  56.00  Add to Cart      top     Introduction to Spinning Tell a Friend!          Learn the ancient skill of making yarn using a drop spindle and then advance and learn how to spin with a spinning wheel. Fiber selection, preparation, dyeing and projects to use your yarn will be explored. A $25.00 materials fee for handbook, hand spindle and combed yarn for spinning will be collected at the first class.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       302100  10/2 - 10/11  Tues & Thurs  6:30pm-8:30pm  DeWitt Center Room 323A  Burns  56.00  -  56.00  CANCELLED      top     Traditional Rug Hooking Tell a Friend!          Hand hooked rugs are considered by some to be America's one indigenous folk art. Born of necessity, they were created by rural women to cover their home's bare floors. Rug hooking has evolved into a popular means of artistic expressions and can be found in art galleries and museums across America. We will create a beautiful Fall project that will become a cherished family heirloom. Continuing students may choose to work on a previous project. A $35.00 materials fee will be collected on the first class.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       302500  10/4 & 10/18  Thursday  6:00pm-9:00pm  Dewitt Center Room 323B  Lencioni  53.00  -  53.00  Add to Cart      top     Porcelain Painting Part 1 Tell a Friend!          Have you admired old, hand-painted porcelain such as tea sets and vases? Learn this unique overglaze art form from award-winning painter Andrea Simeral-Boyer. She will guide you through a fascinating process to paint dainty violets on a nine-inch snack tray with matching cup. No experience necessary. Each class member will leave with a finished product and the skills and tools to create others. A $75.00 materials fee for brushes, china, firing, and paint will be collected at the first class.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       300100  9/11 - 10/9  Tuesday  6:00pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Room 323B  Simeral-Boyer  80.00  -  80.00  CANCELLED      top     Porcelain Painting Part 2 Tell a Friend!          White daisies with tiny purple flowers on a soft yellow background and a delightful daisy chain on the base. This goblet is a charming project. The $45.00 materials fee includes paint, china, and firing. Prerequisite: Porcelain Painting Part 1 or equivalent.      Section Dates Days Times Location Instructor Fee  Aux  Total       300200  10/16 - 11/6  Tuesday  6:00pm-8:30pm  Dewitt Center Roo 323B  Simeral-Boyer  68.00  -  68.00  Add to Cart
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