Indigo Dye Day is finally a reality for our students at the TETT Centre - Sunday, August 16th, 9-5 pm and seats are limited

The Kingston Frontenac Public Health Unit and the City of Kingston have released the permission to offer classroom training at the TETT Centre for Creativity and Learning effective July 6, 2020 on a limited and regulations based basis. I am pleased to have the opportunity to again schedule our INDIGO workshop in August.

INDIGO  - FOR THE LOVE OF BLUE 

Bethany Garner, Instructor

Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

570 King Street West, Kingston ON

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2020

9 am - 5 pm

$50

Seats are limited to 9 students

(and three of the seats have been reserved to students who have been waiting since March and have paid tickets, 

so please do not delay - 

Just 6 seats left).

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indigo-for-the-love-of-blue-a-hand-dyeing-workshop-for-all-levels-tickets-105831133770

About this Event

After a break for the COVID -19 "stay at home" period, we welcome our friends to this 6-hour workshop in which students will 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. 

Students will be provided with: 

* A comprehensive workshop handout folder, provided.

* Tablecover, masks and gloves

* 1 M. of 100% Cotton, prepared for dyeing Sample Cloth included

* Please bring a large container to take home wet papers/fabrics.

NOTES:

* Students are welcome to bring their own additional fabrics/yarns/threads. (No large clothing items are allowed in this workshop due to shared vats.)

* Students should bring rubber bands, clamps if the have them for shibori folded prints, needle and thread for stitching designs if they like. 

* Students may purchase additional prepared for dyeing cloth for $12 per metre, incl. tax, with cash or credit card at the workshop. Additional yardage must be pre-ordered at least two days before class through the Instructor at:  bethanygarner.art{at]gmail.com  

* Indigo dye vat use is included in the class fee (the vats are prepared by the Instructor and ready to go at the start of class). 

* Indigo Dye vats used in class are available to four students at the end of class for additional dyeing at home. The cost is $8/incl the 5-gallon bucket at the end of the workshop for continued student use at home. (On a 'first request to have a vat' basis). 

* This workshop is non-refundable, but arrangements may be made with the organizer/Instructor to transfer your ticket to another workshop or a substitute student.

INSTRUCTOR BIO – BETHANY GARNER 

Bethany Garner has been designing and making quilts since 1976. She is a seasoned contemporary artist, traditional quilter, Restoration Specialist, Quilt Conservator, and is a Professor of Textile Design at St. Lawrence College, Kingston. She has inspired her students to take chances, try new things, and explore their favourite techniques in the classroom and at home.

Hope to see you at the TETT August 16th!

Bethany

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