Class Schedule 2008

Angie's Classes Anne Bowers Antler Baskets Basic Basket Weaving Birch Bark, Russian Chair Seat Weaving Gourd Classes Jean Bove - 2009

LV Basketweavers Guild Class Nantuckets Open Weave Days Ribbed Classes Saturday Classes Seat Weaving Venie Hinson Vladimir Yarish Willow

Two Square to Round Diagonally Plaited Baskets

Russian Birch Bark Footed Oval Basket with Saw-tooth Rim

Oval Birch Bark Basket Stitched with Spruce Roots

Wall Pouch in Russian Birch Bark with Pinwheel Curls

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Venie Hinson
Thanks to Venie Hinson for teaching a great round of classes! The baskets were beautiful and the marbling workshop was a blast. Check back later for 2009 dates. Search on "hinson" in the online catalog to produce a list of venie's patterns.

Shoshone Sunset pattern now available.
Marbling pattern now available.
Cherry & Seagrass Lidded Knitting Basket pattern now available.

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Ribbed Classes with Anne Bowers

Watch for her June 11 - 12, 2009 dates to include mini antler baskets, more ribbed squares and baskets from her ribbed "Vegetables" series!

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Open Weave Days

Please join us on Friday, November 21st, from 10:00-4:00
December 19th, from 10:00-4:00

Tuition = no charge
Materials cost = ??? You decide

Bring your latest project and your friends and make yourself at home in our classroom. Make a day of it. Have lunch at the Kempton Hotel, take a trail ride on horseback or hike Hawk Mountain.
Bring that basket pattern that has you stumped and we'll help you work through it. If you are having trouble with a certain technique, bring your questions and that 1/2 completed project.
Do you have questions about seat weaving? Bring your chair and we will help you get started (or finished)! Meet new friends and share weaving information.
This is not a formal class so we will need to attend to other business matters throughout the day, but we will be available to help with questions and difficult techniques.
You are responsible to bring or purchase all materials and tools. We provide the help and answers. Come weave with us!

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4 hour Saturday Classes
Taught by Angie Wagner

Saturday, January 24th ~ Mini Backpacks
Price: $35 (includes tuition and materials fee)
This class will concentrate on shaping as you weave a miniature backpack (teddy bear or large doll size). Enough materials will be provided that another may be woven at home. Harness construction will be discussed, but a harness will NOT be provided. Provided with class will be : your choice of a pattern for Small & Mini Adirondack Pack Baskets or the pattern for the Adult size Adirondack Pack Basket written by Lisa Nortz, enough materials to make at least 2 mini backpacks (only one woven in class), your choice of a mini bushel basket handle or leather strap for handle on the back.

Required Tools ~ any normal basket weaving tools, including a basket shear (or other very sharp scissors) and a flat tipped awl (Weaverite B or D) or fid or other lashing tool as well as at least 6 mini rubber tipped clamps or other small and strong clamps. Suggested tools - Plato shear
Cancellation Policy ~ Option to attend a later class or tuition will be refunded (minus shipping fees) and kit shipped.
All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Print a Registration Page, e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register.
All fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class.

Saturday, February 7th ~ Birdhouse - details coming soon

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Low Shopper

Easy Continuous Twill on a Rectangle Base

Diamond Twill on Wooden Base Basket

Wine Basket

Woven Necklaces

Market Basket (Gift Basket)

Knotless Netting Gourd

Doorknob Basket

8" Melon Basketwith Oval Core ribs

4 Ornaments
Puffy Heart
Swedish Star
Reindeer
Winter Snowflake

Square Mini Bean Pot Basket

Random Weave

Osier Bowl

Towel Baskets

Candy Basket

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Seat Weaving and Gourd Jewelry with Jean Bove - June 25th - 27th, 2009

Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Gourd Shards woven into Beautiful Jewelry - 3 hour class - 9 AM - 12 PM - Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $65 Experience a whole new technique in weaving on dyed gourd shards. With permission from Artist/Creator, Marla Helton, you will use her pattern to make your own unique piece of jewelry with reed, waxed linen, yarns, boucle and other embellishments. The gourds vary in size, shape and color but will measure approximately 3-5”. Students are asked to bring a pair of small sharp scissors, an awl and any of their own beads or embellishments they might want to add to the pin. No previous weaving experience needed.
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Diamond Pattern Shaker Tape on a Footstool - 4 hour class - 1 PM - 5 PM - Total Cost to Student for Footstool and Preparation $50. Shaker tape cost is separate from class materials fee and due to Country Seat the day of class (approximately $20). In no time at all you can take this beautifully hand crafted stool home with you after you’ve woven this classic diamond pattern in Shaker tape. Shaker tape can be purchased at The Country Seat, before class, allowing you to choose your own colors. Footstools are made of various hardwoods and have a poly finish. They measure 12” high with a seat of 12 x 14” Students are asked to bring scissors and a medium weave rite tool (letter D) to class. No previous weaving experience needed. Everyone is urged to be on time for class and to stay until their project is finished to ensure the quality of their project.
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Footstool with Seagrass, Hand Woven in a Herringbone Pattern - 4 hour class - 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $90 Familiarize yourself with the characteristic of seagrass and learn this new technique of weaving a seat on a formal footstool. Footstools are made of various hardwoods and have a poly finish. For this class you’ll be weaving on the taller footstool which measures approximately 14” high with a seat of 12” x 14”. Students are asked to bring scissors and a medium weave rite tool to class. No previous weaving experience needed.
Friday, June 26th, 2009 Child Size Rustic Chair with Rope (Twine) Seat - Approximately 3 ½ hours - 1:30 PM to 5 PM - Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $165 In a few hours learn the how to weave a seat of rope (hemp) on this wonderful rustic chair made in New England. The pattern used for this weaving has a very unique knot in the pattern that secures it to the rungs. The chair measures approximately 31” high at the back and has a seat of 12 x 12 with splayed front legs. Time permitting; students might be able to weave the back of the chair during class. Students are asked to bring scissors and a small straight weave rite tool to class. No previous weaving experience needed.
Saturday, June 27th, 2009 Hand Cane Footstool - 8 hour class - 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM - Total Cost to Student for Materials and Preparation $150 Cane your day away! Learn the technique and tools used to create this beautiful cane seat pattern. Footstools are made of hardwood and beautifully finished. After taking this all day workshop you’ll be able to apply your newly learned skills to all those chairs you have sitting in your barn or attic. Footstools measure 10 1/2” x 15” x 9” high. Students are asked to bring scissors, an 18” ruler, spray bottle and small straight weave rite tool to class with them. No previous weaving experience is necessary.

Print a Registration Page, e-mail or call (610-756-6124) to register which days you wish to attend.
You MUST FIRST register your choice of days with us. All tuition fees must be paid in advance to reserve your space in class. We are taking reservations for the 2009 dates.

~ class times 9 AM - 5 PM on Thursday & Friday. 8 AM - 4 PM on Saturday ~

NH Purse ~ 5” x 3-3/4” x 4” ~
Ellipse Tote ~ 10-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 8" (leather straps)

Arawjo Creel Purse ~ 9" x 4-1/2" x 7"
3" Tiny Oval Purse ~ 3" x 2" x 2-1/2"
Tall Boy ~ 6" x 4" x 9“
8" Round Nantucket
Sand Pail (includes shovel)

1-1/2" Oval ~ 1-1/2" x 1" x 3/4" with one handle (higher price for 2 handles)
Coaster Caddy w/Solid Wooden Rim ~ 5” x 1-3/4” (includes Coasters)
Half Pint Salt & Pepper ~ 5-3/4” x 3-1/4” x 2”
2" Heart ~ 2" x 2" x 1"
2-Egg Round ~ 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"
Sharon's Baguette ~ 12-1/2" x 6" x 2-1/2"
Flower Basket w/Solid Wooden Rim

Maggie's website:
http://www.basketryetc.com/

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"Bonnie Gale has been a professional willow basketmaker for the past fifteen years. A Kennedy Scholar with degrees from the University of Manchester and M.I.T., she has trained with professional European willow basketmakers. She is proprietor of "English Basketry Willows" (a small business selling imported European basketry willows, willow basketry books and tools) and founder of the "American Willow Growers Network" promoting the growing and the exploration of the uses of willow. She teaches traditional willow basketry across the United States at major conventions and guilds. She writes extensively on traditional willow basketry and willow growing and her articles have appeared in Early American Life magazine, Basket Bits, Basketry Express and assorted basketry publications. Her work has been shown in major basketry exhibitions and she is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1999, she was awarded an Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts." taken from Bonnie Gale's Resumι Page

To learn more about the "American Willow Growers Network" visit English Basketry Willows Site

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The Country Seat, Inc.
Basket Weaving Classes
1013 Old Philly Pike
Kempton, Pennsylvania 19529-9321 USA
Phone: 610-756-6124
e-mail: weaving@countryseat.com
Fax: 610-756-0088
web site: www.countryseat.com

Free catalog upon request. Please e-mail us at weaving@countryseat.com with "catalog" in the subject line and your name and postal address in the body of the e-mail. Catalog #30 is the current print catalog, please keep the Country Seat Courier newsletters as they contain all of our new products and any changes to the print catalog. New products are added to the on-line catalog as they arrive. If you have placed an order, a catalog and newsletters will be sent with the order.

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