UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
If you’d like to schedule an individual or small group baking, dyeing, or quilting class, please write to sugarhouseworkshop@gmail.com. It is a great joy of mine to spend time baking and making with kindred folks, and I’m happy to make special arrangements for us to work together!
crafting pajaki / saturday july 12, 2025 1-4pm
On Saturday, July 12, gather with us at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum with Jessica Lewis to craft colorful, meaningful pajaki to hang in your home. A tradition in Polish folk history, pajaki are decorative paper “chandeliers” hung to bring fruitful harvests, offer protection, and simply adorn the home. We will use a variety of papers and fun, simple techniques to create our own colorful designs.
No specific skills are required for this class, and it is suitable for adults, teens, and older children with the help of a caregiver
LOCATION: Robert Frost Stone House Museum
121 Rte 7A
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
colors from flowers / Saturday august 2, 2025 2-4pm
Join us Saturday, August 2nd, with Jessica Lewis of Sugarhouse Workshop at the Robert Frost Stone Museum to explore natural dyes from the landscape. We will use in-season plants foraged from the Stone House grounds to create vibrant color on cotton, linen, and silk. We’ll discuss a variety of local plants that can be used to create color, and learn dyeing techniques and tips so you can add extra vibrant, botanical color to your projects and textiles.
This class is best suited for adults and teens; no prior dye experience is necessary.
LOCATION: Robert Frost Stone House Museum
121 Rte 7A
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
past workshops
Sourdough loaves at home / Saturday July 27, 2024 12:30-3:30pm
Join me in my home kitchen to learn how to make sourdough bread! We will cover all of the information and techniques needed to build a simple and sustainable bread-baking practice from feeding and maintaining your starter to making versatile doughs and tailoring your home oven to achieve beautifully-risen golden brown loaves. Homemade snacks will be provided during the workshop, and each participant will leave with sourdough starter and recipes.
Cost: $65
To register: http://www.sugarhouseworkshop.com/shop/workshop-sourdough-loaves-at-home
Weaving Together: a naturally-dyed potholder workshop / Sunday July 28, 2024 12:30-3pm
Join us as we explore the late summer landscape at the Frost House, create a simple natural dye bath together from local flowers, and use our dyed material to weave classic cotton potholders.
Day one of our time together will be focused on making color from the land around us and practicing the basics of weaving on a traditional potholder loom using cotton loops. An optional second afternoon on August 11 from 12:30- 3:00 will offer the opportunity to expand your weaving practice as we create a sturdy, colorful rug from our potholder squares.
This class is suitable for adults and teens, or children with the company of a parent. Workshop participants will receive a loom to keep, and will leave with at least one finished potholder and loops from our community dye pot.
Cost: $50, including materials and a loom to keep
Sourdough doughnuts at home / Saturday August 10, 2024 12:30-3:30pm
Uplevel your skills with classic, homemade doughnuts in your home kitchen with a sourdough twist. Light, airy, and fried to perfection, these doughnuts are something special. Come visit my home kitchen and learn the doughnut process from start to finish. We’ll go over building a dough, shaping, proofing, and frying, as well as talk glazes, fillings, and flavors. Homemade snacks will be offered during the workshop, and everyone will leave with doughnuts, sourdough starter if you need it, and recipes.
Cost: $65
To register: http://www.sugarhouseworkshop.com/shop/workshop-sourdough-loaves-at-home-kb4lb
Weaving Together: making a rug / Sunday August 11, 2024 12:30-3pm
An optional second afternoon of our Weaving Together workshop will offer the opportunity to expand your weaving practice as we create a sturdy, colorful rug from our potholder squares. No prior sewing or rug-making experience necessary.
Cost: $40
To register, visit: https://robert-frost-stone-house-museum.square.site/product/weaving-together-a-naturally-dyed-potholder-workshop-with-jessica-lewis-stevens-of-sugarhouse-workshop/262?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=8
