I AM SO VERY SORRY, but due to the continuation of the legislative orders handed down in Ontario, my two June Dye workshops will be moved forward into the month of August. 

I am so very sad as your classroom Instructor to have to share another postponement date and know that the majority of my TETT Dye Workshop students will understand. For those who have been disappointed one too many times, I will absolutely respond immediately with your request for a refund.

I have planned the Indigo - For the Love of Blue course date for AUGUST 16th, and unless the Covid-19 situation has a second wave, I am confident that I will be able to have the time with you I have planned since the month of March. If indeed we can add these workshops to a JULY 2020 calendar at the TETT, I will notify you immediately.

The date for the planned Dye Day workshop that was planned for June 20th is yet to be set, so I will let you know as soon as I know. I would be so pleased to keep your seat sacred as PAID AND HELD AS RESERVED if you wish!

In the alternative, please ask for your Dye Day refund by emailing me through the contact page at my website:  https://www.bethanygarner.com/contact.html

Thank you for your patience - keep well and safe.
Bethany

The information I received:  A letter from the TETT Centre Rentals Coordinator:

Dear Bethany

I wanted to touch base about your June 14 & 20, 2020, workshops. Yesterday, the Ontario legislature voted to extend the province's State of Emergency until the end of June so the Tett Centre will continue to remain closed to the public. 

I called the province's Stop the Spread Business Information hotline (1-888-444-3659) and KFLA Public Health to see if you could host a workshop if you had under 5 attendees. The provincial helpline folk quoted the rentals for housing (I don't think they understood the rules themselves) and I'm waiting to hear from KFLA Public Health. It does look like both your June workshops will need to be canceled or postponed. 

If you have any questions, please let me know. 

Best wishes,

Susanna Gordon

Tett Rentals Coordinator

The days are moving quickly into summer - and how did we get to Mid-May so fast?

Just a note once again to say that unfortunately, The TETT Centre is NOT yet open for classroom experiences together and my DYE DAY CLASS has been postponed once again until JUNE 20th - a full month away...

To my pre-registered students, I am sorry and hope you will plan to join me in the Rehearsal Hall at the TETT and enjoy a day when we can safely distance and yet, be together for a play date with brilliant colour on cloth.  ( And if you prefer a refund of your class fees, just drop me a line at garner[at]kingston.net.)

And I have booked an Indigo Dye Day for June 14th at the TETT, with all of my fingers crossed that we can get some fun in at the Rehearsal Hall which gives us lots of space for self-distancing and details are here:

Hope you will join me for either or both of the workshop days as we start once again to invite our friends to the TETT CENTRE for Creativity and Learning.

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And just for fun... little follow up on what I have been up to and a short rant (smile)...

Here we are on the 20th of May, 2020 and the month has sped by again. Days and days of early morning walks and my Fitbit says that I walked 91,472 steps and 41.7 miles just last week, accompanied by my hubby, Dale. Great time for sharing and lots of inspiration in the local woodlands north of Kingston, ON.

A KP Trail walk near Sydenham, ON - the rock cuts display beautiful moss and ferns are emerging along with small wildflower groupings.

We love the songs of the many birds, sighting the occasional porcupine up a tree and are dismayed by lots of runners and cyclists cruising by with NO FACEMASKS. As our senior neighbors and friendss (and everyone really) hit the trails for peace of mind and some outdoor exercise, we all need to remember that they need protection from of those who are breathing hard, mouths wide open, and often far too close for physical distancing compliance.

I have several wonderful patterns for handmade masks I am happy to share!

There, I have had a bit of a rant, but do please all be cognisant of the dangers that even someone with no obvious symptoms of Covid-19 display - we can all be possibly sharing the virus.

  

The trillium are glorious in local woodlands

Waterfall from a cliff at the edge of local farmland that provides some relief from dry days for the cattle... though our now dry days will turn off the falls along the trail soon...

This Mom and babe were among a herd that stood well above us as we walked and were undaunted by the many visitors enjoying a beautiful spring day.

I have been at the TETT Centre several days every week and making facemasks, doing a bit of weaving, and attending lost of great ZOOM meetings with friends across the city, the Province, and indeed around the world. That is solace, but knowing that it will still be a while before we can see our great friends in person and a long while before anyone will accept a hug again is sad.

Be well and safe great friends...
bethany

Hi everyone...

Well, the bad news came today that MAY 3, 2020 will NOT find me or my awesome students at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning sharing my DYE PLAY workshop. The Centre will likely not open to classroom teaching until the last week of May if not the first of June.

Kingston is doing very well in the Covid-19 physical distancing and all of the closures and "Stay at Home" rules have been working - we have NO CASES of Covid -19 in our hospitals or Seniors homes in Kingston, ON... and that is a blessing we can all support! The premier of Ontario is telling all of us loud and clear that Ontario will stay committed to saving our communities and Residents from the virus threat for at least another 4 weeks.

BUT, for those who have registered for the May 3rd workshop, I have no choice but to invite you to help me as I once again am forced to POSTPONE our workshop scheduled for the 3rd of May to the new date of MAY 31, 2020 - a Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm.

If you need to have a refund, just drop me a line at bethanygarner.art[at]gmail.com and I will get that off to you via transfer or personal cheque in the mail.

So here is the new date information:

Date And Time

Sun, May 31, 2020

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

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Location

Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

370 King Street West

Kingston, ON K7L 2X4

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Cheers And I Appreciate Your Patience Through This Difficult Time... 

Our Art Time Together Means So Much To Each Of Us! 

I hope you will be patient until this lockdown is overturned and we can all be together again!

Bethany

Hi everyone - we are all doing our own ART PLAY at home these days - a full 33 days since the arts programming at the TETT Centre closed down, and classes started being postponed or moved forward in the 2020 calendar - are you still out there and interested???

Well - imagine me about 20 years ago - 

There I was, a younger and eager and dynamic Fibreworks Kingston student who was in a Weekend Workshop classroom with Toronto's master artist in fibre, Marion Spanjerdt, at the St. Lawrence College - and we were given the Board Room in the Executive Wing on the 12000 floor - just for the weekend and yes, it was AWESOME FUN. I so wish I could go back in time and enjoy some fun with artist friends and with the amazing artists from our past!

We painted pieces that were intended for collage works and the art play was the very best fun!

There I was with the long hair I was growing out as my big sister Patricia had double mastectomies scheduled and she might lose her hair - so my younger sister, Terrye and I decided to let our hair grow and maybe Patty would need it - she was fine and her hair went totally white (like mine these days) 

I was an aspiring Instructor at the College and did that for 23 years before the SLC Fibre Arts Programming dissolved before my eyes... to be no longer as a diploma program, as the Arts Funding for Colleges has been cut off by the Province and only short term classes might be added for the programs in Continuing Ed.

So, now I play at the TETT Centre and have some really wonderful students in small classes that carry on as being fun and playful and hope that we will all be back in the classroom together soon.

Homage to Hundertwasser, Marion Spanjerdt

The ART OF THE HANDMADE STITCH Class I had planned for April 17th,2020  has been postponed to May 22nd  and fingers crossed we can get together then. Students have been contacted.

The DYE DAY, ALL ABOUT PLAY class scheduled for May 3rd, 2020 is still on, but may also be postponed for the second time due to the Covid-19 rules for the City of Kingston re-opening for the TETT Centre. 

Fingers crossed we will be together May 3rd, but perhaps not. We have guidelines designed to protect all of our visitors to the TETT as well as the staff and our Instructors. Kingston is doing well, but there are still high spikes across Canada... so we wait!

I have re-booked another DYE DAY date at the TETT Centre for May 31st in the Rehearsal Hall to allow for the full complement of students to be Physical Distancing safely together in one large room. 

Keep watching here at the FIBREWORKS KINGSTON Blog... and I will be notifying students already enrolled as news comes to me.  http://fibreworkskingston.blogspot.com/

Stitch up some fabric masks if you have the supplies and be sure to line them with a non-woven like new coffee filters or better yet, if you can get ahold of Pellon 830 Non-Woven "Easy Pattern" nonwoven interfacing from Fabricland or elsewhere online, it is a perfect deterrent to any droplets leaving or coming to you! Help protect everyone you come in contact with if you have to be out of the home.

NOTE: I have been advised today April 13th that HEPA filter fabrics are NOT appropriate as they may include fibreglass extruded threads... 

Be kind to and tolerant of each other, love your family and MAKE ART! 

Bethany

The TETT Centre is closed to the public through at least March 31st. April and May Classes at the TETT continue unless further notified, and we want to make art a focus as we work through our days of waiting for the worries of the world to pass... classes are limited to a safe number of students - so COME PLAY!

The Art of the Handmade Stitch - SEATS AVAILABLE

is for those who love to

CREATE THEIR OWN DESIGN on cloth!!

Join Bethany and spend an afternoon stitching on WOOL 

and using simple and yet beautiful stitches that will bring your artwork to a whole new level. 

Art may be finished and framed or used as a cushion, or other home decor or added into clothing. 

All supplies are furnished in this class - just bring scissors!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-the-handmade-stitch-creating-original-artwork-tickets-97988280585

MAY 3rd, 2020

THIS IS ANOTHER DYE PLAY DAY - 
SOLD OUT CLASS

I will book again just a bit later in Spring!

We will be working with thickened dyes, some flat dyeing

 and I will have a couple of Indigi vats for our 10 students to share.

You need your own cloth, table cover and tools like paintbrushes, some small containers to hold your dyes and a dishpan for pre-soaking fabrics. 

Supplies List furnished with paid registration.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dye-day-all-about-play-tickets-99240754769



If you prefer - contact me through www.bethanygarner.com and arrange for a personal cheque or e-transfer.

Hope to see you at the TETT! Let's beat this lonely time with some fun with friends...
Bethany

Winter blahs mean you need to get out of the house and have some time for HAND STITCH PLAY with friends old and new... join me at the TETT Centre, February 27th from 1-5 pm. Bring Friends!

CREATIVE HAND STITCHING – AMONG FRIENDS

Join me at the TETT Centre, 

370 King Street West, Kingston, ON

Activity Room, 1^st Level

Thursday, February 27th, 1-5 pm

Classroom  project supplies provided by the Instructor,  Class Fee: $45

Have you always wanted to try your hand at 

IMPROVISATIONAL STITCH?

-          Students will receive a ground cloth of linen and an embroidery hoop, needles and threads package. (Small scissors of your choice would be great to tuck in your bag for class!)

-          In this class, we will explore some traditional IMPROV stitching and add some more complex stitches that will support and enhance your design play.

-          Taking the artwork in YOUR own direction and adding some creative, original colour and stitch will give you the confidence to create artwork that can be framed or made into home décor pieces for your home or gifts.

-          This class is for those who have some experience with basic stitches, 

and everyone is Welcome!

Register through e-transfer or by cheque pre-class. 

Contact Bethany for details:  garner[at]Kingston.net

Winter is here and LET"S CELEBRATE!!! Come to the TETT Centre on February 22nd and share some time with me - SNOW DYEING!!!

My first experiment with dyeing fabric with fiber-reactive dye occurred a couple of years ago using SNOW. I loved the vivid results I was able to achieve and wanted to continue dyeing, but the snowy season was over. Because snow is made up of ice crystals, I decided to experiment with ice cubes. Using ice cubes to dye fabric offers year-round results very similar to snow dyeing. But best of all, I’ve found that when using ice cubes, the colors are even brighter!

So many variations to try…and just plain easy!  

What you need to know! 

This is a 4-hour class and we will get right at the work as you come in the doors! 

• You will furnish your own threads, fabric and I will share all the dye!
• Bring a dishpan and a colander (dollar store) to tuck your fabrics into - and you need a pan and colander for each piece if larger than 1/2 metre!
• And YES, you can snow dye yarns that are cotton, linen, rayon, silk or Tencel!

 -  Students will experiment with how the fabric is folded. Different patterns, scrunching, tying, or folding on the diagonal will cause the fabric to have another look.

 - We will vary the amount of dry, powered dye students will use and where they apply it to the snow mounds in their colanders or onto the ice if there is no snow!

 -  Students will experiment with different color combinations of dye.

- When the weather forbids the falling snow to come on our dye day, we will use commercial bags of ice cubes.

Register by contacting Bethany at garner[at]kingston.net

Credit card/Square, e-transfer and cheques are welcome for pre-registration

Winter days provide us time for indoor work and HAND STITCHING is something everyone can take on - join Bethany for some fun with IMPROVISATIONAL STITCHING, February 13, 2020

THE ART OF THE HANDMADE STITCH

at the TETT Centre, Activity Room, 1^st Level

Thursday, February 13^th,  12-4 pm

All supplies provided by the Instructor, $45

Register for this class through Eventbrite, online here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-the-handmade-stitch-tickets-91478585913?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Have you always wanted to try your the hand at 

IMPROVISATIONAL STITCH?

-         Using a cloth that feels so beautifully subtle like wool for the stitching base is a great way to start!?

-         Taking the path for the class project artwork in YOUR own direction after learning some of the basic hand stitches that everyone can create with a short tutorial and a bit of practice makes the time you spend together with new friends a valuable start on a lifelong craft you will love to share.

-         Students need not have any prior experience. Everyone welcome!

-         You will go away with a lovely piece started that you can finish in the comfort of your home and at your own pace!

-         Advanced hand-stitching classes to come in March and April.

                                              Come Play!!

       

     And registration may be made via e-transfer or 

cheque to Bethany Garner, 

Contact: garner[at]kingston.net

Indigo dye work is an all-time passion for me and I love to share this skill with friends old and new...so I am hoping you might have time in your calendar to join in on the fun at the TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning on Thursday evening, February 20th, 6-9 pm.

All of the supplies for creating a few samples for the various wrapping, folding or stitching techniques are in the classroom for you.

Bethany's sold-out class is back! In this 3 hour workshop discover the magic of indigo dyeing with Bethany Garner. This class is designed to share multiple techniques that delight and stimulate creativity and result in a beautiful collection of hand-dyed fabric samples for you to work with after class.

Learn about fabric preparation, stitching, clamping, and wrapping techniques. Enjoy instructor-led demonstrations and free time to create! The Workshop focuses on ‘easy to use at home’, studio bucket dyeing methods that everyone can use and take away for further exploration as they develop their new skills.

Indigo Dye Workshop - For the love of Blue!

Instructor: Bethany Garner

When: Thursday, 20 February 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigo-dye-workshop-tickets-85819762219

* Dye materials included in class fee. Indigo Vats to share will be ready for students when they arrive.
* A comprehensive workshop handout folder is provided.
* 1 Metre of 100% Cotton, prepared for dyeing cloth for SAMPLES included.
* Students are welcome to bring their own fabrics/yarns/threads.
* Please bring a plastic container to take your wet projects home.

Where: Activity Room, 1st Floor
Tett Centre for Creativity & Learning, 370 King Street West

DECEMBER 21st - Last Minute SANTA's TAKE NOTE! Creativity Studio Artists at the TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning are hosting a HOLIDAY MARKET this weekend and YOU are invited!

My 'STUDIO D' located in the CREATIVITY STUDIOS on the second floor at the TETT Centre, 370 King Street West will be open all day on DECEMBER 21st 

and I would love to have friends and Fibre Arts enthusiasts drop by for a peek - 

Some of my hand-dyed  and hand-painted fabrics, 
12 x 12 art and larger wall art pieces abound! 

Great Christmas gifts for the art lovers 

with FIBRE ART on their list! 

The CREATIVITY STUDIOS EXHIBITING ARTISTS are:

Dragonfly Handmade
Bethany Garner Fibre Art/Weaving
Glocca Morra Farms & Studios
Natalie Bohnen-Twiddy
Vanderzee Jewelry
Adele Webster Art
Rhonda Evans Art
Linda Wolfram Fraser, The Garden Studio
Michelle Reid

And a few more vendors!

AND

 Upcoming Workshops in the New Year!!

Details are at the TETT Events Pages here: 

Wet Felted Art Workshop with Bethany Garner

Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wet-felted-art-workshop-tickets-85855386773

Indigo Dye Workshop - For the love of Blue!

Instructor: Bethany Garner

Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigo-dye-workshop-tickets-85819762219

Happy Christmas Everyone... see you along the way!

bethany