Renee Johnson makes and sells botanically-dyed indigo sashiko thread to artists and hobbyists around the world.

In this workshop, Renee will share her process for producing these beautiful naturally-derived colors, and you'll take home 4 skeins of thread for your own projects!

Learn about creating and maintaining a fructose indigo vat, and tips/tricks for dyeing skeins of thread. Students will learn how to create solid, variegated and bound (Kasuri) dyed skeins.

When:
Tuesday, August 19
6pm – 7:30pm

Where:
Main Street Studio
786 Charlton Road, Charlton 12019

Workshop costs:
Registration: $45.00 non-members, $40.50 members
Materials: $10.00 (paid at time of workshop)
Total Cost: $55.00 non-members, $48.50 members

Each student will be able to dye 2 - 30 meter skeins of 6/20 and 2 - 40 meter skeins of 4/20 sashiko thread using Main Street Studio's indigo vats.

No experience needed!

Ages 14+ (younger w/ a parent is welcome)