Craft Fiction Workshop #2 Love Knots and Sock Toys

The creative energy was a'flowin in our workshop today! We made our own parchment paper to trace Victorian Love Knots with and wrote "endless messages." They were amazing!

Here is a photo of some of the kids working on their love knots


In the second half of the class we made sock toys inspired by "Stockings" in the Box Car Children. Here are shots of the group designing their sock toys and one of the finished ones



The next workshop is Sunday, March 6th from 1-3 at the 100th Monkey Studio. We will be making Slippers and Salve. Sign up soon - space is limited!

Craft Fiction Workshop #1

What a fun day! We had our first craft firction workshop at the 100th Monkey Studio and we made button lamps and hand warmers

here is a photo of the button lamps


next class is Sunday, February 25th from 1-3 at the 100th Monkey Studio. Call or sign up soon! Space is limited
www.100thmonkeystudio.com

Button Lamp Project

The Long Winter, Chapter 19, "Where There's a Will"
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

[Ma] put the button in the center of the square of calico. She drew the cloth together over the button and wound a thread tightly around it and twisted the corners of calico straight upward in a tapering bunch. Then she rubbed a little axle grease up the calico and set the button into the axle grease in the saucer.

So, here's how we did it. We cut a piece of fabric about 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches and put a penny in the middle and pulled the fabric up around it,tying it off just above the penny, which stays flat. Then we put about 3 tablespoons of Crisco in the middle of a saucer and pushed the wrapped penny into the center of it. Then,we rubbed Crisco all over the fabric that was sticking up and then lit it at the top.

As a caution, it makes a bit of a big flame at first,and so we wouldn't have to worry about anything catching on fire, we put it in the middle of a cake pan.

My button lamp lasted an hour!