Two for the Wool

 Handmade Along the Highway Artisans Nan Loncharich and Irene Patrick invite you to a half day seminar on May 5 to learn their old world crafts of using recycled wool to make jewelry and artistic creations. During the class we’ll stitch a 5” x 7” wool appliqué design suitable for framing and create a ruffled flower pin as well as learning how to select and process used wool.

Irene Patrick, from Greensburg, studied art at Edinboro University and taught art in the Norwin School District. A producing artist for the past 50 years, she is currently a member of the Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh as well as the Latrobe Art Center and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.  She has exhibited throughout Pennsylvania and in galleries in South Carolina and Colorado.

Nan Loncharich, also from Greensburg, has been working with fabrics all of her life. An interest in rug hooking led her to the art of creating wool flowers using the proddy technique. An Instructor at Westmoreland County Community College, she is also the author of the book Making Flowers from Wool.

Both Irene and Nan are juried members of Pennsylvania’s Handmade Along the Highway artisan trail program.

We will gather at the Lincoln Highway Experience, 3435 Route 30 East, Latrobe (near the Kingston Dam) on Saturday, May 5 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. This class is suitable for adults. If you can sew a button Nan and Irene can teach you their skills!

The cost of the 3 hour class is $50 plus $7.50 for materials to make both projects (attendees are asked to bring a pair of sharp scissors). Class space is limited to 20 persons so please call the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor at 724-879-4241 to make reservations or visit www.LHHC.org to reserve your space using PayPal. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, May 1^st.