Tie-dyed Tote Bag

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Description

This workshop will teach you the basics of tie dyeing.

You can make your bag as colorful and bright as the tshirts of the 60's and 70's were. Or you can use subtle colors. The choice is all yours.

Students will design, bind, and apply dye in class. Then 48 to 72 hours later students will need to rinse and wash their tote bags at home.

Students will have a OOAK beautiful tote bag to use after this class. Plus the skills to continue to tye dye!

Fees

The Class Fee is paid during registration. The materials fee is paid directly to the instructor at the beginning of class, preferably in cash.

Class Fee $ 35

Materials Fee $ 25 

Skill Level

Schedule

Saturday Afternoon,  hours

Morning classes start at 9 am. Afternoon classes start at 1 pm.

Students to Bring

  • Plastic garbage bag to playe your tote bag in for the car ride home
  • A face mask, to wear while mixing dyes
  • Wear clothing you don't mind getting wet or stained.

Instructor Will Provide

  • Cotton tote bag
  • All dyes and mordants used
  • Plastic gloves
  • Plastic bags to take tote bags home
  • After class washing support from instructor
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Instructor Bio

Christina Coghill

I am an all over fibery addict! I started my adventures into the fibery world as a young girl. My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was 3 or 4 years old. I loved crocheting blankets and scarves, hats, and wash clothes as a youngster. As a teenager in the 80's I feel in love with neon colors. To this day I am still in love with bright, vibrant, intense colors! As a young mother I started back into crocheting, but then discovered spinning as a festival. I adored spinning! After several years of spinning I decided I had to do something with all of my hand spun yarns. So I taught myself to knit. Then I decided I wanted to learn to process my spinning fibers. So I started buying fleeces. I loved the natural earthy tones of the fibers I was scouring, but longed for my Neon Days. I then discovered Redding Method Dyeing. I enrolled in the courses and was taught to dye in an unconventional way that produced the bright vibrant colors that I longed for. I then decided to teach others my love of all things fibery. I find that my students teach me as much as I am teaching them. I live in Northwest Indiana with my husband and two crazy Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. I have been blessed to have taught classes at Michigan Fiber Festival, Wisconsin Sheep and Wool, Jay County Fiber Arts Festival, Hoosier Hills, The Blue Mountain fiber Festival, along with the Greencastle Fiber Fest.

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