Craft Into Fall: New Classes on Creativebug

Crafts, Library Information, Reference, Resources

Keep your hands and creative mind busy with these new craft classes debuting in September on Creativebug. Find a new hobby or build build beautiful things to share with these and hundreds of other courses you can access today with your Chelmsford Public Library card.

 

September 1:
Explorations in Encaustic: A Daily Practice with Lisa Solomon

Explorations in Encaustic: A Daily Practice. Lisa Solomon is a woman of mixed Asian and Caucasian heritage with short brown hair. Below there are over a dozen encaustic art pieces with lots of different patterns of color, texture, and material.

Join Lisa Solomon and learn to experiment with encaustic, an ages-old technique that applies hot wax to wood panels. Learn how to make marks, layers, textures, and variations in material and technique that are only limited by your imagination.

 

September 4:
CB Mixtape: An Apple a Day

Various sketches of apples, from childishly simple to full-color drawings with details and shadow.

The CB Mixtape is a regular feature, a playlist created every month around a theme. This month’s inspiration is the apple, the star of a million still-lifes and often the first thing we learn to draw. Pay tribute to a classic through drawing, painting, and more.

 

September 11:
Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Beyond a Straight Stitch with Amanda Todaro

Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics Beyond a Straight Stitch. Amanda Todaro is a white woman with blonde hair, wearing a dark top. Below her photo appears an array of fabric craft materials including scissors, spools of thread, cut pieces of fabric, and a seam ripper.

Learn the fundamental techniques and decision-making skills to create your own clothes. Choose fit, fabric, and other details, then learn how to sew various seams, create pockets, set in sleeves, and more.

 

September 18:
Stitched Envelope Journal with Kraft-tex with Bel Mills

Bel Mills is a white woman with dark curly hair and grey highlights, wearing a blue gingham shirt and a green cardigan. Below appears a handmade book with a colorful stitched fabric cover, shown open and closed with a colorful closure with a button and string.

Learn to make a beautiful stitched envelope journal to collect your personal artifacts and memorabilia. A hand-stitched cover contains pages for writing, pockets for postcards, and anything you might hold dear. Using Kraft-tex paper gives a fabric-like finish and makes  resilient storage in an artful presentation that will last for years.

 

September 25:
Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Zippers with Amanda Todaro

Garment Sewing with Woven Fabrics: Zippers. Amanda Todaro is a white woman with blonde hair, wearing a dark top. Below her photo appears an array of fabric craft materials including scissors, spools of thread, cut pieces of fabric with zippers, a pin cushion, and a seam ripper.

Another class from Amanda Todaro helps to add to your garment-making repertoire. Learn three types of zippers to make your homemade clothes more versatile.

 

To get started, download the Creativebug app for Android or Apple, or learn through your browser at creativebug.com/lib/chelmsfordlibrary.

Contact the library for help getting started or with any other questions. Happy crafting!