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Class Schedule (2022-2023) | Past Classes (2021-2022)
Simply download the registration form for the class you're interested in, fill it out completely, and drop it off in person during business hours (12:00-6:00 PM, Monday through Saturday)—or email us at info@lacismuseum.org—or call us at (510) 843-7290!
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Do you have a passion for...
Preserving your cultural textile arts heritage?
For cultivating and educating the textile arts community?
For spreading the love of needle, bobbin and thread?
Do you teach lacemaking (bobbin lace, needle tatting, crochet or knitted lace, etc.) or historical costuming and hatmaking skills? Perhaps you've already led similar workshops, or have designed an interesting textile arts workshop that would complement these fields. We'd love to hear about it. Fill out an Prospective Instructor form and email it back to us at info@lacismuseum.org!
A Bustle-Era Skirt • Delightful Daffodils • Clones Irish Crochet • Beginning Tatting • Sunburst Cockade
A Ribbon Class: Delightful Daffodils
with Patrice Krems
Saturday, April 8, 2023 — 12:30 to 5 PM
$55 + $20 kit fee (payable to instructor)
Spring will be in the air as you make a delightful pleated daffodil out of French wired ribbon!
You will learn how to transform flat ribbons into a three-dimensional ruffled confection. If there is time, you will learn how to make a beaded tassel cascading from the end of the calyx.
Depending of whether you decide to make the Small or Large Daffodil, this versatile flower pattern can be finished to turn your daffodil into a brooch, pin cushion, a hat decoration or even a drip catcher sitting jauntily on the spout of a teapot!
Bust(le) A Move: Constructing A Bustle-Era Skirt
with Catherine Scholar
Two Saturdays: March 18 & 25th, 2023 — 10 AM to 5 PM
$175
Do you ever look at images of Victorian ladies and wonder how on earth their elaborate skirts were created? Here's your chance to learn! Come make a late-Victorian skirt from the Bustle era of 1870-1889. You can wear it to Victorian balls, teas, SASS events, or any occasion you desire. You can even use it as a base for a modern or fantasy gown!
We'll start with a Truly Victorian skirt pattern of your choosing, and augment it with authentic 19th century dressmaking techniques to make a custom gown just for you. We'll cover measurements, pattern adjustments, fitting, period sewing techniques, hem facings, trimming, hand finishing, and much more.
In the first session, you will cover a brief overview of the styles worn in the era, including examining the instructor's collection of antique and reproduction clothing. You will take measurements, choose the correct pattern pieces, and cut out your skirt, and start on the hem stiffenings.
In the second session, you will construct your skirt, finish the waist and hem, and add a closure. We’ll finish out by concentrating on period details like pockets, internal ties, and hanging loops.
Prerequisites: Students must have made at least one dress or blouse from a pattern and know how to use a sewing machine.
Clones Irish Crochet: A 4-Day Workshop
with Máire Treanor
Wednesday-Saturday, April 12-15, 2023 — 10 AM to 5 PM
$300.00 for all 4 days (or $200.00 for any 2 days)
Máire is excited to return to Lacis once again!
Lacis is once again pleased to announce the return of Máire Treanor, master of Irish Crochet, for a 4-day in-person workshop of Clones Irish Crochet.
In the first two days, newcomers will work on Clones lace jewelry, learning the basic stitches of Irish Clones lace, before progressing to traditional motifs of wild rose, shamrocks, vine leaves, grapes, and other motifs familiar in Irish Crochet, which use packing cord, as well as the unique Clones knot filling stitch and edging. Returning students can bring a project on which they have been working, getting advice and help on finishing it.
Students will discuss how to read antique Irish Crochet patterns and the international charts used in Ukrainian, Russian and Japanese books, with samples of garments in Modern Irish Crochet.
Prerequisites: For this captivating workshop series, students should be familiar with the basic crochet stitches of chain, single crochet, and double crochet in yarn. During this special workshop, Máire encourages students to work at their own pace, with individual help and encouragement.
And don't forget—it's only a $50 deposit to reserve your spot!
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
Saturday, April 22 — 12:30 AM to 4 PM
$45.00
Master the manipulation of the shuttle and discover how a simple stitch can become the key to this universal lace. Classes are designed for beginners, or those who have tatted before, but are in need of a refresher course.
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★ 2021 ★
Pleated Pansy 8/14 • Beginning Tatting 8/21 • Beginning Bobbin Lace 8/28 • Delightful Daffodils 9/11 • Tambour Embroidery 9/18 & 10/2 • Beginning Tatting & Beyond 10/16 • Cabochon Roses 11/6 • Bobbin Lace Continuation 11/13
★ 2022 ★
Beginning Bobbin Lace 1/29 • Tatted Hearts 2/5 • Beginning Tambour 2/19 • Lunardi Hat 2/26   • Beginning Bobbin 3/19 • Continuation Bobbin Lace 3/26 • Beginning Tatting 4/2 • The Pocket 4/9 • Clones Irish Crochet 4/20 • Beginning Bobbin Lace 4/30 •
Continuation Bobbin Lace 5/7 • Itty Bitty Baby Blossoms 5/14 • Beginning Tatting 6/11 • 1920s ONE-HOUR DRESS 7/9 & 7/16 • Art Deco Clam-Shell Fan 7/23 • Beginning Tatting 8/13 • Hinge Gate Purse 9/24 • Mid-Victorian Dress Workshop 10/8 • Beginning Tatting 10/15 • Nautilus Cockade 11/5 • Tatted Snowflakes 11/19
★ 2023 ★
Beginning Tatting 1/23 • Lace Mandala 1/28 • Late Victorian Bodice 2/4
Pleated Pansy: A Ribbon Flower Class
with Patrice Krems
Saturday, August 14, 2021 — 12:30 to 5:00 PM
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
Saturday, August 21, 2021 — 12:30 to 4:00 PM
Beginning Bobbin Lace • SOLD OUT •
with Eva Gergely
Saturday, August 28, 2021 — 10:00 to 4:00 PM
Delightful Daffodils: A Ribbon Flower Class
with Patrice Krems
Saturday, Sept. 11 — 12:30 to 5:00 PM
Tambour Embroidery • SOLD OUT •
with Zoya Parkansky
Saturday, Sept. 18 & Oct. 2, 2021 — 10:00 to 5:00 PM
Beginning Tatting and Beyond
with Kevin Baum
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 — 12:30 to 4 PM
Cabochon Roses • SOLD OUT •
with Patrice Krems
Saturday, November 6 — 12:30 PM to 6 PM
Continuation Bobbin Lace Workshop
with Eva Gergely
Saturday, November 13 — 10 AM to 4 PM
Beginning Bobbin Lace Workshop
with Eva Gergely
Saturday, January 29 — 10 AM to 4 PM
Tatted Hearts
with Kevin Baum
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Beginning Tambour: A 2-Day Workshop
with Zoya Parkansky
Saturday, Feb. 29 & Mar. 5 — 10:00 to 4:00 PM
Easy Lunardi Hats, 1780-1820
with Catherine Scholar
Saturday, February 26— 12:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Beginning Bobbin Lace
with Eva Gergely
Saturday, March 19, 2022 — 10 PM to 4 PM
Continuation Bobbin Lace
with Eva Gergely
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
Saturday, April 2, 2022
The Pocket: An Essential & Practical Historic Accessory
with Catherine Scholar
Clones Lace: Irish Crochet
with Máire Treanor
Beginning Bobbin Lace
with Eva Gergely
Continuation Bobbin Lace
with Eva Gergely
Itty Bitty Baby Blossoms
with Patrice Krems
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
1920s One-Hour Dress
with Catherine Scholar
Art Deco Clam-Shell Fan
with Lynn McMasters
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
Hinge Gate Purse
with Lynn McMasters
Two-Session Mid-Victorian Dress Workshop
★ Part one ★
with Catherine Scholar
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
Nautilus Cockade
with Patrice Krems
Tatted Snowflakes
with Kevin Baum
Beginning Tatting
with Kevin Baum
An Embroidered Lace Mandala
with Laura Tandeske
Late Victorian Bustle Bodice
with Catherine
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