Register for German Button Certificate Program, Term 3

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Instructor: Karen Smock

Course Description: Monika Hoede and her associates at the TracfhtenKultur Beratung (Traditional Costume Culture Center) in Krumbach, Germany have created a button certificate program in which students make 100 different thread-technique buttons. Karen was given permission to adapt the program with some different buttons, and she and her first students are just finishing their translation of the course book, "Posamentenknopf", into English.

This is Term 3 of 3. The full course is 18 classes in 9 months, and we hope that people who start the program will want to complete all three terms.

Over the nine months you will make 100 buttons with a wide variety of button-making techniques. In each class Karen will share a little history of the buttons, you will work together to make some of the harder buttons, and she will explain anything that you'll need for the homework.  The goal is to make 11 or 12 buttons a month, and the current students have found that very manageable.

Skill Level: Beginner, Continuing Beginner

Prerequisite: None

Dates:  6 Wednesdays - March 5, 19; April 2, 16; May 7, 21, 2025

Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 noon PST

Kit Description: There is a separate kit for each term that will include all essential supplies except for the thread.

Term 3 Kit: Approximately $30 plus postage. The contents and price will be finalized closer to the class time.

Students Must Provide: Students will supply their own thread, and a wide variety will be useful. Pearl cotton size 5, Lizbeth/crochet cotton size 10 and 3, and embroidery floss are good basic threads, but you will also want to experiment as the class progresses. (You may gradually find other tools useful, but they are not required.)

Second Camera: Not required