Archive of A Previous Program
Friday & Saturday, October 12 & 13, 2012
 

Technique:  Blackwork
Class length:  2 days
Skill level:  All
Project size:  11 inches by 7 inches
Kit cost:  $55.00
Kit contents:  Linen, silk threads, gold thread, basing thread, needles, directions
Student supplies:  colored pencils, usual stitching supplies, light and magnification , stretcher bars and tacks

***Pre-work: 6 to 8 hours

Schedule for Friday:
        9 AM to 12 noon                  Class
        12 to 1 PM                           Lunch and show and tell
                                                                    (please bring a piece you are
                                                                    working on or have recently finished)
        1 PM to 4 PM                     Class

Schedule for Saturday:
        9 AM to 12 noon                  Class
        12 to 1 PM                           Lunch and brief meeting
        1 PM to 4 PM                      Class

Location:  Duncaster Senior Residence in Bloomfield, CT at 9 AM!

Here are directions to Duncaster:  (Official address is 40 Loeffler Rd, Bloomfield, CT)
                                                                        (follow signs to the Aquatic Center)

From Rt. 84 Westbound [from Manchester]:
Take Rt. 291, exit 61.  Follow Rt. 291 to Rt. 218 exit.  Take left onto Rt. 218.  Follow for about 3 miles.  Take right onto Rt. 189 and follow to the center of Bloomfield.  Take a left on Rt. 178.  Continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use the new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).

From Rt. 84 Eastbound [from Farmington]:
Take exit 41.  Go left on South Main Street [which becomes North Main Street at West Hartford Center] for 4.6 miles to Rt. 185.  Turn left on Rt. 185 for 1.8 miles.  Turn right on Rt. 178.  To use the new front entrance, after about ½ mile turn left onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).

From Rt. 91 [North or South]:
Take exit 36.  Go west on Rt. 178 for 4.5 miles to the center of Bloomfield.  At the traffic light continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).