Event Category: Workshop

Sgraffito Redware Pottery Workshop

The workshop will focus on the sgraffito technique used by area nineteenth century Pennsylvania German potters to make expressive designs in their folk art pottery. Sgraffito means to “scratch” and workshop participants will draw a design of their choosing in a damp clay coating on a redware plate. You can choose a traditional Pennsylvania German design or create your own design for a special occasion gift.

The class will be led by redware potter Denise Wilz, a professional potter who researches

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Plush Template Embroidery

 

Plush template embroidery (also called stump work and tufted wool embroidery) is a method used to create plush designs on fabric. It is done by stitching with wool yarn over a template.  The yarn is cut in a strategic way to release the template, then trimmed, brushed, and sculpted to give stars, hearts, flowers, and other fanciful designs. This embroidery technique was done by women in southeastern Pennsylvania and other regions of the US and Europe from about 1890-1950

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A Turning – Quilts from the Mennonite Heritage Center Collection

Two sessions -10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Registration fee – $40; $36 for MHC Members

Enjoy a unique opportunity to view and study twenty-four of the most interesting quilts in our collection, assembled over the last 47 years, up close in a small group setting. The selected quilts date from 1814 to about 1940!

Participants will also learn about the makers and their world, and the fabrics, styles and patterns unique to quilts made in this region –

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