Yes, the first class of the season begins Sunday, May 20th! This is what will start our season off in May and the beginning of June:
Navajo Rug Weaving with Betty Glynn Carlson from May 20 – 25
Open Studio (No Instructor) from May 29 – June 2
Halvdrall and Monk’s Belt with Rita Hagenbruch from June 3 – 8
Quilting: Symmetry in Design with Ellen Graf from June 3 – 8
We’re looking forward to another great year!
A number of Island basketmakers rented the Sophie Studio today working independently on projects. This is the second time the group has met at Sievers this spring. Danish Mill sandwiches and cookies kept them working on their baskets into the afternoon!
It’s been over a year that the Door County Land Trust purchased and established a trail to the Little Lake Preserve natural area. A marked trail leaves the north end of Main Road (sometimes rocky and rough) through the woods that lead to the north and west side of Little Lake and the Island shore looking out over the bay. Follow the trail and you are treated to some excellent views:
From the photo above and looking left you are a stone’s throw from this view of Little Lake:
From the same vantage point and looking right, you are another stone’s throw from the bay:
Along the way, there were trilliums, mayflowers, violets, songbirds and shorebirds AND lots of fresh air and sunshine!
Over the course of the past two years, we have sent updates on the building at the corner of Town Line and Range Line Roads known to Islanders as the Island Dairy or the Cheese Factory or the Chalet. A lot of work has been done this winter and spring, including installing the Island’s first (and only) elevator in the building. The Chalet is expected to open this summer for gallery and exhibit space. This is what it looks like today:
We recently received notice from Heidi Gilbertson, Island Bread Company Owner and Artisan Baker, that she is moving Island Bread Co. to a permanent home in the Red Cup building (inside the red double doors). She plans to start baking there by the middle of May. In order to expand Island Bread Company’s capacity to produce up to 500 loaves per day, the least expensive and most fuel-efficient means is to construct a wood-fired brick oven. Because it “takes a village to raise an oven”, Heidi has turned to Kickstarter. There are some fresh-out-of-the-oven rewards for contributing, too. The link is http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1502447120/it-takes-a-village-to-raise-an-oven-we-knead-you?ref=email
(Photo of Birdseed Bread from Dick Purinton’s Ferry Cabin News Blog, June 2011 Posting)
A new event on the Island this summer is the Death’s Door Barbeque. This is a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned competition with $5,000 in prize money awarded. The date is set for August 25. A kick-off event, the Door County Backyard Bash will be held on June 2 for Door County entries. All the details on the event is at http://deathsdoorbbq.com/
Last but not least, we are getting ready too, for the opening of the shop in mid-May and our first day of class on May 20th. Here we are “before”… you’ll see the “after” when you are here!
The daffodils behind the Sophie Studio are blooming about three weeks early this year. Because they are always gone by the time our first class begins (is it only 37 days away??), we wanted to share what we are seeing out the office windows today:
