Workshops Archive

Fibre Festival

May 11, 2012
October 6, 201210:00 am-5:00 pm
Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre
$2
The local area weavers guild and quilt guild have teamed up on a massive display of works. The event offers sales of handcrafts by local artists working in fibre, who you might see there showing their productions with demonstrations to offer learning opportunities for the public.

Be sure to check out the group’s hands-on workshops: beginning weaving, hooking, native basket weaving and celtic knot quilting.

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Celtic Breakfast

May 11, 2012
October 6, 20128:30 am-11:30 am
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
$8
Old fashioned celtic breakfast featuring bacon, scrambled eggs, hash browns, baked beans, oatcakes, biscuits, and tea, coffee or juice.
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Kitchen Racket Jam Session

May 11, 2012
October 5, 201210:00 pm-1:00 am
Bras d’Or Lakes Inn
$5 ($2 with a concert ticket stub) / Free for participating musicians
Musicians, players and singers of all skill levels are invited to join in our Kitchen Racket
acoustic jam sessions. This is an excellent opportunity for visitors to play with local Cape
Bretoners in a traditional jam. Listeners welcome!
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Supper at the Causeway

May 11, 2012
October 5, 20124:00 pm-6:00 pm
Port Hastings Fire Hall
$10
Traditional Cape Breton meal of homemade fishcakes and baked beans with brown bread, biscuits, dessert, and tea or coffee.
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Workshop: Weaving for Absolute Beginners

May 11, 2012
October 5, 201212:30 pm-4:00 pm
Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre
$50 includes materials
Come and learn the heritage craft of weaving from instructor Dianne Quimby. Participants will complete a “mug rug”. Preregistration required.
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Fibre Festival

May 11, 2012
October 5, 201210:00 am-5:00 pm
Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department Community Centre
$2
The local area weavers guild and quilt guild have teamed up on a massive display of works. The event offers sales of handcrafts by local artists working in fibre, who you might see there showing their productions with demonstrations to offer learning opportunities for the public.

Be sure to check out the group’s hands-on workshops: beginning weaving, hooking, native basket weaving and celtic knot quilting.

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Exhibit: Sea and Sky

May 11, 2012
October 5, 201210:00 am-4:00 pm
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design
Free
Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design hosts an exhibition of work by the Sydney Weavers Guild. This exhibition features a colorful collection of hand woven textiles for home décor and will be featured in the Centre’s Third Floor Loft Gallery.
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Exhibit: Every Island Has a Story – Ours is Handmade

May 11, 2012
October 5, 201210:00 am-4:00 pm
Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design
Free
Cape Breton Island has a long tradition of telling great stories and our artisans capture the essence of the people and places in these stories with their hearts and hands. Our artisans celebrate Celtic Colours International Festival with this exhibition of fine craft and visual art.
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