I like working with children of all ages to help them see history as people lived it in every day. I find that
kids can identify with daily life in early America and enjoy hearing stories of how children their age participated in the
daily work and home craft activities that helped to build America.
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I demonstrate embroidery, traditional quiltmaking, processing flax straw to get it ready for spinning into linen.
Children can learn to do embroidery and make a small sewing kit or "housewife" of their own. I also can teach kids some
Scots Gaelic words and a song to sing together. I have extended classes for kids that include simple applique and other
types of embroidered work.
Processing flax is something I saw in Pennsylvania as a child myself. As I began to come across the tools in antique
shops I decided I wanted to learn how to do this work. Now it is the most popular choice for school programs.
Plain & Fancy
Simple stitching for young hands. I have several workshops that can be adapted to different age groups and
skill levels, they include basic handstitching with all the stitches being taught in the workshop.
- Silk ribbon sunflower or floral designs
- Plain sewing, mending, marking linens, thread buttons
- Housewife or sewing kit (for older stitchers)
- Wildflower applique collage (any age)
- Basic embroidery stitches
- Use of needlework tools - lucet, thread winders, hemming
- spinning with a drop spindle
Contact me for details, times & prices
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| Cathy with her marquee |
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