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Turtle Forest Landscape Pincushion
with Deborah Fisher
Join Deborah for a whimsical workshop where you'll create your own Forest Landscape Pincushion nestled atop a handmade ceramic turtle from Fish Museum and Circus. In this hands-on class, you'll design and build a three-dimensional woodland scene, crafting trees, rolling hills, grasses, clouds, and other imaginative landscape elements using a variety of fibers, fabrics, and embellishments. Along the way, you'll learn simple embroidery stitches to add texture, detail, and personality to your miniature world. By the end of the workshop, you'll leave with a one-of-a-kind pincushion and a collection of creative techniques to inspire future projects.
Meet the instructor!
Deborah Fisher is an object and pattern designer and a lifelong maker of handmade treasures. She is the circus juggler and museum curator behind Fish Museum and Circus, a studio specializing in charming miscellany for the sewing room, maker’s studio, and creative home. Deborah’s quirky, colorful style shines in all her creations — from her popular ceramic and wool pincushions to her distinctive sewing patterns and whimsical sewing- and yarn-themed stickers and notecards. She is also a licensed fabric designer for Windham Fabrics and lives on the North Shore of Long Island, NY.
Deborah's handmade ceramic base is included with the class.
Please bring the following supplies to class:
• Fat 1/16 white hand dyed wool
• Please bring small amounts of a variety of fun and whimsical materials such as:
- Scraps of wool and velvet fabric
- Beads, sequins, and small buttons
- Roving, felt balls
- Ribbons, yarn, cords, including white/off white for the tail
- Embroidery threads
• Pins
• Wonder Clips
• Sewing thread
• Some type of strong thread such as upholstery thread
• Fabric scissors and small embroidery scissors
• Hand sewing needles and embroidery needles
• Crochet hook and small pliers (if you have)
*Deborah will provide an assortment of material to share*
* Most supplies are available for purchase in-store during class if not purchased ahead of time.
This event is held in-person in our Ohio Studio, located at 3792 Boettler Oaks Dr. Green, OH 44685.
Lunches will be provided each day of the workshop, as well as morning and afternoon refreshments, coffee, tea, and use of our fridge and kitchen. Please let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions and we will do our best to accommodate!
Supplies are available for purchase in-store during class if not purchased ahead of time.
For suggestions on hotel accommodations or any other questions/concerns, contact Abby at shop@suespargo.com or call 330-899-9454 ext. 114.
Cancellation Policy (1/2-1 day classes)
Cancellation fees reflect the cost of registration, staff, instructor contracts, material acquisitions, and other services. This policy applies to all registrants, regardless of the reason for canceling. We encourage you to take our cancellation policies into consideration before registering for classes.
If you need to cancel your registration, you have the following options:
Transfer:
Registrants who cancel their enrollment in a workshop held in our Ohio studio may make a one-time transfer to any other workshop held in our studio.
- Transfers may be made either in the current workshop season, or any workshop in the following year. Transfers must be made more than 15 days prior to the workshop, and are subject to a 5% cancellation fee.
Refund:
If you prefer not to transfer your workshop registration, the following fees apply:
- More than 30 days prior to the workshop, refund of your deposit minus a 20% cancellation fee.
- Less than 30 days prior to the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Redirect:
Registrants are able to send someone in their place into the workshop for no additional fee. In this case, no refunds will be issued, payment arrangements are the responsibility of the original registrant if needed.