October 10 @ 5:30 Pm – 8:00 Pm
Date: Thursday, October 10
Time: 5:30 – 8:00 PM
Total Sessions: 1
Instructor: Robert Mahar
Location: Room 201, Fiber Arts Studio
Ages: Adults, 18
Skill Level: Beginning
Registration Fee: $50
Materials Fee: $15
Registration for this workshop will close on October 7, 2024 at 11:59pm.

Handcraft everlasting fabric specimens of your favorite fall and winter foliage to decorate your home, adorn a wrapped gift or ornament your holiday table. Join artist Robert Mahar in learning clever construction techniques to craft wired, posable sprigs and branches from a beautiful buffet of linen/cotton textiles, along with felted wool for berries and nuts. Instruction will equip you to fully customize the color, scale and function of your project. Select a fantasy palette or hues truer to nature for clusters of autumn leaves to tie around napkins, a bundle of doorway mistletoe or a small wreath of holly to encircle a candle.

This workshop focuses on the creation of maple and oak leaves, mistletoe, and holly, maple – with templates provided for each of these – however the process can be applied to most any type of foliage. This class is well suited for beginners and no previous experience is necessary. All materials (a limited selection of high quality linen/cotton blend fabric, twill tape, jute twine, floral wire, adhesive, glue brush, wool felt balls, needle and thread!) along with templates are provided and included in the materials fee. However, if you have favorite light to mid weight fabrics, and ribbon or twill tape that you’d like to utilize – you are encouraged to bring these items to the workshop. Please plan on bringing a pair of paper scissors and a pair of sharp fabric scissors with you.

Please share any special considerations (medical, physical, learning) that will help your instructor make your class accessible and accommodating for you. You can share these considerations when registering or by emailing Sean at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org.