BOOKMAKING: MAKING BOOKS USING THE SPRING FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY STITCHES

Create Space Langley offers lo- and no-cost arts classes in watercolor painting, creative writing, bookmaking, ukulele, sketching and so much more. For a full list of classes go to www.createspacelangley.org. If the class you want has a waiting list, please sign up anyway. We alert the waiting list when we offer a new class.

Suggested donation for classes: $5 to $10 cash donation per class day if you able.
Donations go to our future teacher fund so that we can continue
to run classes after our current grant runs out.

For covid safety, we require wearing masks at Create Space.

We are located in the Spencer Building at the South Whidbey Community Center (former Langley Middle School). 723 Cascade Ave., Langley. Look for the large mural of two children holding a flower. We are in the building just to the right of the mural. Look for our bright blue door. We are directly behind the Island Dance School.

BOOKMAKING: MAKING BOOKS USING THE SPRING FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY STITCHES
With Claudia Fuller
Butterfly Stitch Class: Thursday, February 16, 1 to 4 pm
Spring Flower Stitch Class: February 23, 2023
(You need to sign up for each class separately)

After leading several very successful bookmaking classes at Create Space, Claudia Fuller is now going to teach two new ways to make exquisite journals for water color, writing, scrapbooking and other purposes. Participants will learn to make Butterfly Stitch Bindings and Spring Flower Stitch Bindings. No previous experience is required for the Butterfly Stitch Class. You need to have attended a previous class by Claudia or know how to make signatures (sets of paper) for a journal in order to take the Spring Flower Class. Claudia teaches with a clarity and enthusiasm that makes learning new skills very easy. Due to the process required, this class will take place in two 3-hour sessions. These books can be made with any type of paper with card stock or watercolor paper for covers. You can also use thick handmade paper, leather, and maybe even felt for the covers.

Claudia Fuller is a mixed media artist who has always enjoyed creating artful items. Ten years ago, she made her first book and hasn’t stopped since. She makes books for gifts and she makes books to fill with her art making. She uses watercolor papers, book board and book cloth for some journals and recycled boxes and cardboard for others. Filling books with painting, calligraphy, quotes and memories is how she documents her life.