Schedule of upcoming classes: Updated July 6, 2008
Registration and
Cancellation Information
Beginning Basket Making
Classes
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Beginner Course coming this summer. Click here
Class Price includes all materials
We have many cancellations for
classes so please, call us if you are interested in a class that's filled. If you
sign up for the waiting list on the filled classes below and do not get in the class, you
will get first chance if we reschedule the class. If you're interested in a class
but the date doesn't work for you, let us know and we'll call you if we reschedule the
class in the future.
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 May
Flower Basket Dates: Friday July 11th, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. Description: Beginning with a small market basket, learn to build up two sides, add a fancy braided border and flower decorations if desired. This basket is absolutely adorable. Makes a great spring basket or small Easter basket. 9” long x 4” wide x 6” high (9” with handle) Instructor: Eileen Mirsberger Cost: $40 |
| DIANNE
GLEIXNER Dianne’s love for basketry began in 1987 when she purchased a kit and wove her first basket. In 1996, she joined and became very active in the local basket weaving guild, the Lake Country Basket Guild, and served for 5 years as the Vice-President. A self-admitted "mold-aholic", Dianne enjoys weaving Nantucket style baskets, twills, and anything else with a challenge. She began writing patterns in 2003 and has since written and published over 25 patterns. She exhibits and sells her baskets at art and craft shows in communities near her home in Brookfield, WI. In 2008, Dianne will be teaching at the NCBA Convention, Winter Weave in Mentor, Ohio, and at the Wolf River Basket Guild’s spring event in Shawano, WI.  7" Round Nantucket Style Basket
with Tapestry Weave
back by popular demand Special tools student will need: a small packing tool,
and a sharp scissors. |
 Penobscot Tote One of the baskets in the Advanced Beginner
CourseDates: Friday July 25th, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. Description: One of our most popular baskets, this beautiful tote can go everywhere with you! Strong and practical. You’ll use it all the time. Double shoulder straps woven through the basket reinforce it so the basket is strong enough to carry the heaviest load. Weave it in the two or three colors of your choice. 14” long x 6” wide x 12.5” high Instructor: Eileen Mirsberger Cost: $45 |
 Pine
Needle Basket with Agate BaseDate: Sat. July 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: This picture doesn't do it justice. Begin with a beautiful agate base, coil pine needles around it, leave spaces with a basic tenarif design and wrap coils in colors of your choice. A stunning piece. Dimensions: 6" x 8" Weaving Level: Some coiling experience helpful Instructor: Regina Riley Cost: $70 |
Wicker Fruit Basket  One of the baskets in the Advanced Beginner Course Date: Friday August 1, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. also offered Description: Fruit stays fresh longer in a basket! Learn the joy of making an entire basket with round reed (except for the colored trim in center). Many different round reed techniques will be including in this basket. The round reed spokes end in a beautiful braided border. These are Eileen’s favorites. Round reed gives you so much flexibility in making a basket in a variety of shapes. Base is 6-1/2” in diam. 11” in diam. at top 5” tall Instructor: Eileen Mirsberger Cost: $40 |
 Strata
pattern by Patti HawkinsSat Aug 2 |
 Melon
Basket One of the baskets in the Advanced Beginner CourseDate: Friday August 8th, 10 a.m. - 4p.m. also offered Tuesday evening, July 1, 4p.m.-9p.m. Description: Learn the basics of ribbed baskets. With what you learn in this basket, you can make egg baskets, potato baskets and more. Totally different than any of the baskets in the beginner course. Learn to make a “god’s eye”, cut ribs to make the basket the shape you want, and lots of new techniques. Instructor: Eileen Mirsberger Cost $40 |
 Apple
Bucket pattern by Patti SimmonsSat. Aug 9 |
| Laura
Lee Zanger, the master of twills, is coming to ETB Laura Lee Zanger is from Augusta, Georgia. Although her actual weaving began in 1986, she has been making Cherokee-style twills since October of 2000. She incorporates vibrant colors and uses math skills to expand on the variety of twill combinations that are characteristic in her work. Laura Lee enjoys expressing her creativity through the 1-3-5 twill and the doublewoven twill weaving techniques with a contemporary twist. Her non-twill baskets are a rarity. Laura Lee's passion for twills takes her all over the United States where she teaches basket weaving at state, regional, and guild events. She has designed over 50 baskets with written patterns for basket weavers, and she has authored a series of instructional books called Laura Lee's Little Bitty Basket Books on several different weaving techniques. Most of these books contain comical basketry poetry. She has also written Old Woman And The Legend of the Doublewoven Basket and made the accompanying Doubleweave, A How-To DVD, and The Luck of the Draw, Fun Activity for Small Weaving Groups or Basket Guilds. Laura Lee has more recently written and published the novel Spirit Voice. It is a fictional story of Native American life from the mountains of North Carolina to the coast of South Carolina in Pre-colonial America. It is told by an old Cherokee basket weaver as she recalls her past and the lives of her people. |
 4-Block Twill Mat  Date: Thurs. Aug. 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: The 4-Block Twill Mat is an expanded version of the basic 4/4 twill square that looks very much like a quilt. The student will learn the basic 4/4 twill technique. The pattern includes professional color graphs for four different trivets/mats. Materials - dyed flat reed, waxed linen Color choices- Choose Spring colors (shown on left) or
Fall (shown on right)when you register. |
 Oconee Twill ToteDate: Friday. Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: The Oconee Twill Tote begins with a 3/3 twill base. The sides are woven in a Cherokee 1-3-5 twill in black and natural reed. One of the medallions in the design is omitted so that the students will learn to weave in their own monogram, personalizing their totes. Leather straps are added for easy toting. Pattern includes professional graphs for the design, an alphabet in twill, and worksheets Dimensions: 6" W x 12" L x 9.5" H Weaving Level: Intermediate Instructor: Laura Lee Zanger Cost: $95 Please bring mini clips and small packing tool |
 Santa Fe FiveDate: Sat. Aug. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.(may not finish in class) Description: The Santa Fe Five is an undulating twill in earth-toned adobe colors. It begins with a 3/3 twill base; however, the usual 3/3 twill in the side design is absent. The design uses a 5/5 and 1-3-3-3 twill technique. The double rim accents the contrasting plaited section focusing on the number 5 as one weaves over spoke groupings of 2's and 3's. Emphasis will be on learning how to start a 3/3 herringbone base from the corner and how to notch a handle. The pattern includes two professional color graphs, one to follow and one with the finished look of the undulating colors. Color - dark terra cotta, medium terra cotta, desert sand, sky blue and natural Dimensions: Base 7.5" x 7.5", 9.5" W x 9.5" L x 10" H Please bring mini clips and small packing tool Weaving Level: Advanced. Must have intermediate twill experience. Instructor: Laura Lee Zanger Cost: $110 |
 Cloverleaf Basket  Date: Sat. August 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: This pattern by Flo Hoppe begins with the cloverleaf base shown on the right and weaves into a lovely round bowl. The top of the basket and unusual border are made from the spokes and will be in the color of your choice. This pattern comes from Flo's book Contemporary Wicker Basketry. The pattern is not included with the class but the book will be available for purchase Dimensions: 9-1/2" in diameter, 3-1/2" high Weaving Level: Intermediate Instructor: Eileen Mirsberger Cost: $48 |
| ANNETTA KRAAYEVELD TO TEACH TWILL COURSE Annetta Kraayeveld is going to teach three twill baskets. Each one will be more challenging than the last. Take one or two or for a real twill experience, take all three. #1 Arrows, Sat. Sept. 6 #2 Twizzar, Sat. Oct. 11 #3 Journey, Sat. Nov. 15 |
 ARROWSDate: Sat. Sept. 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Description: A stunning twill in natural and mahogany, this original pattern by Annetta is a real eye catcher! The entire basket, base and sides, is woven in a five/five twill with the interesting addition of working with two sizes and two colors of spokes and weavers which are also used in sets of five. This creates a beautiful simple design. Dimensions: 12-1/2" in diameter at the top, 9-1/2" tall Weaving Level: Intermediate Instructor: Annetta Kraayeveld Cost: $68 |
  Twizzar, Sat. Oct. 11 |
 JourneySat. Nov. 15 |
| Registration
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Want a private class for yourself or your group?
How about a weaving birthday party? Ages 8 and older Call for reservations in the above classes or to arrange special classes: (262)642-3732 or 888-424-9866 |