(You can find these materials at Michael's and Jo Anne’s)

If this is not your first watercolor class, feel free to bring your own equipment

·         Set of 12 or 18 Reeves Watercolors

·         Set of 10 nylon brushes and canvas brush case. (Purchase from Michael's for best value) Also, you can get a taklon brush set Loew Cornel (description of the product: Nine high performance synthetic brushes, ideal for the artist working in acrylic and all media. These taklon brushes provide excellent spring, point, and chisel edge. 5-inch acrylic handles are nicely weighted, durable in water and each have a beveled end for texturing and manipulating paint. Larger sized flats and detail rounds and liners provide the right tools for a wide range of projects on most any surface.) If you want to buy nylon or very soft brushes separately it would be ideal to have the following numbers: 0, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 (round) and a big 13 or more flat.

 ·         9 x 12 watercolor pad or 11 x 15 paper (Strathmore or Canson, 140 lb, acid free)

·         A round palette tray style. If you want to bring plastic paper plates to make your color combination, please do!

·         Small Plastic cups

·         Small drop cloth or large towel to protect desk and working area

·         Roll of papertowels or cleaning rags/cloths

·         Apron/protection for your clothing   Oil Painting(You can find these materials at Michael’s Craft Sore)

·         16 x 20 stretched canvas

·         A sturdy table easel

·         Paper towels or rags

·         Disposable paper pallet or piece of aluminum foil to use as pallet

·         Masking tape

·         Soft vine charcoal

·         Odorless paint thinner or odorless mineral spirits

·         Small jar of artists linseed oil (be sure it is of a thin consistency)

·         Ruler

·         Brushes are usually the most confusing to buy so the instructor will let you use one of hers the first class if you don't have one

·         #6 and #8 bristle brushes (flats)

·         #6 and #8 sable (synthetic) brushes (flats)

·         #6 or #8 sable round

·         Oil Paint....(not water mixable oil unless you prefer it)

·         In size 37 ml oil paint you will need;

·         Cadmium Yellow light (or pale)

·         Cadmium Orange

·         Cadmium Red

·         Dioxide Purple

·         French ultramarine blue (same as ultramarine blue)

·         Sap green

·         Burnt Sienna

·         Ivory black

·         Lastly, In a large size (5 to 7 oz) Titanium White          

Cake Decorating 101—The Basic course

(You can find these materials at Michael’s) 

Supplies will not be available in class.

·         Wilton course I decorating kit

·         One cake any size/shape

·         Clown heads

·         2 containers of Wilton white frosting

·         Scissors

·         Wax paper

·         Disposable containers 

Cake Decorating 102 – Working with Fondant 

(You can find these materials at Michael’s)

Supplies will not be available in class. 

·         Wilton course III decorating kit

·         One round cake up to 8”

·         Cornstarch

·         ¼ cup of Crisco®

·         1 container of Wilton Buttercream frosting

·         1 can- Wilton white frosting

·         Piping gel

·         1 package of Wilton fondant

·         Scissors

·         Rolling pin

·         Pizza wheel or small knife

·         2-3 plastic 1-gallon Ziploc® bags

·         Wax paper

·         Disposable containers 

Beginning Quilt Making

(You can find these materials at Michael’s or Jo Anne’s) 

• Pencil and paper (all you need for the first class)
• The book “Quilter’s Complete Guide” by Fons & Porter is a great textbook!
• 1 ¾  yd Theme fabric – can be a border stripe.  This fabric is the one you just love that has a good mix of color ideas!
• 1/2 yd each of a dark, medium and light fabric that takes it’s “cue” from the theme fabric.  In other words, “Let the theme fabric give you clues as to which fabrics to choose.” 
• Rotary cutter & mat
• 6 ½” x 24” ruler
• Pins
• Marti Michele Perfect Patchwork Templates, Set B
• Sand Paper Dots are helpful
• Gray cotton thread

OTHER SUPPLIES WILL BE SUGGESTED DURING CLASS SESSIONS 

Queen Size Quilt Making

(You can find these materials at Michael’s or Jo Anne’s) 

• Pencil and paper
• Your choice of fabric

 Landscape Quilt Class

(You can find these materials at Michael’s or Jo Anne’s) 

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR FIRST CLASS:  All other supplies will be discussed at the first session. One class session will require a sewing machine! 

·         Fat Quarter of landscape theme fabric

·         Fat Eight of sky and ground fabric that coordinate with the theme fabric

·         1/2 yd Steam a Seam II

·         Good sharp Scissors (Fiskars spring loaded grip is great!)

·         Sewing machine in good working order with bobbin wound with a light weight thread (Sulky bobbin thread or Mettler 30 wt machine embroidery thread is good.)

·         Decorative threads to match or coordinate with fabrics  (a variety will be available for you to play with on day of class)

·         Seam Ripper

Machine Quilt Class

(You can find these materials at Michael’s or Jo Anne’s) 

·         Sewing machine in good working order with 3 wound bobbins

·         Walking foot or Janome’s Rotary Even Feed Foot

·         Darning Foot

·         100% cotton neutral color sewing thread

·         Thread Snips

·        Seam Ripper