2007 Summer Classes

 

Class Basket Date, Description & Fee (includes materials & instruction)
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Monday, July 2 -- Minnesota State Quarter Bowl

This basket starts with a special Minnesota State Quarter slotted base.  Learn to add dyed round reed to accent the spokes as you place them into the base.  The sides are woven up quickly with continuous weave.  The rim is lashed with dyed reed.  You may choose navy or green dyed reed.  The basket is 3" high and has an 8" diameter at the top.


Fee: 22.00

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Monday, July 9 -- Peanuts Basket

Put peanuts in one side and the shells in the other.  This basket keeps the “eating of peanuts” nice and tidy!  The top of the basket measures 11” long and 5” wide.  You may use all colors of dyed reed for the stakes like my example or choose one color or natural.  There are several ways to use color on this basket!


Fee: 24.00

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Monday, July 23 -- Big Smokey

This is a large tote that uses smoked reed and natural reed for a very pretty two-toned effect.  Braided leather handles provide a great final touch.  The basket is 13” high and its base measures 13” long and 5 ½” wide.  At the top of the basket it measures 15 ½” long and 11 ½” wide.  You have the option to choose another color instead of the smoked reed.


Fee: 58.00

Make-Up Day --
Make any of the class baskets from above.




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Thursday, July 26

This is the day to play "catch-up"!! If you were unable to attend a class because of a conflict, you can sign up for that missed class that you really wished you could have taken! We may have 3 different baskets being created that day! This always turns out to be a really exciting class!
Another way to play "catch-up":  You can bring a kit that you never had time to get finished, but there will be a $10 space/instruction fee.

There will be a 10% discount on extra kits for the class baskets, if you order the kits on the day of the class.  Kits would be ready for pick-up within a week after the class.

Classes are for adults only and start at 9:00 a.m., rain or shine.  Wear layers, because we often start the class “cool” and end up “warm”!  You might wish to bring insect repellent, since we are outdoors.  Bring your tools: shears or scissors, tape measure, basket tool (or screwdriver), needle-nosed pliers, and clothespins.  Bring a plastic bag to put your stained basket in.  Feel free to bring a drink and/or a little snack, since class usually runs through the noon hour.  If you are unable to attend a specific class on the regular date, we will be happy to schedule a special class for four or more people.

Call 218-682-3277 or email [email protected] .   Because of the computer being used during the day for business, please call between 8 and 10 A.M., when the computer will be offline.

Weavingly yours,
Ronda


and don't forget....

August 4 & 5 -- Sat. & Sun. 1-5 P.M.
10th Annual Basket Boutique
Also at the "Boutique"...
Primitive Wooden Folk Art
, other gift items, and a door prize drawing.
"The Gallery", where we will sell the the items listed above and  "The Store", where we will sell our original patterns, unique handles, bases, and other supplies needed to make our baskets, will both be open.

 

Directions to the Brugh Cabin:

From Hackensack - Drive East on County Rd. 5 for approximately 7 1/2 miles.  Turn right on County Rd. 11 at Mcguire's Inn.  We are 1.3 miles on the right (815 County 11)

From Longville - Drive South on Highway 84 to Mule Lake Store.  Turn right onto County 11 (Woman Lake Road).  We are 2.5 miles on the left (815 County 11).

 


A little bit about us – We have been weaving for over 22 years and have taught classes for 20 years.  Ronda has been a teacher at the Indiana Basketmakers Convention, the Missouri Basketmakers Convention, the Kentucky State Convention, North Carolina State Basketmakers Convention, and workshops in Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri. We have taught classes under the canopy on IXL Lake since 1994.  Ronda is a retired 1st Grade teacher and Jim teaches high school German.  We have 5 children and have been deeply involved with soccer for over 35 years!   We enjoy our summers Up North and look forward to the excitement of the basket classes.  If you have never made a basket, do come and join us.  You leave class with a finished basket!

We will sell baskets and wooden folk art at the following events:
6th Annual Turtle Town Art Fair, Longville - June 30, from 9 - 4.
The Sacred Heart Church Flea Market
, Hackensack - July 11 & August 8, from 8 - closing.
10th Annual Basket Boutique, Brugh Cabin - August 4 & 5, from 1 - 5.

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