Do you have a sewing machine lurking in your closet, spare room, garage, or barn that you really really really want to know how to use? Then this class is for you!!!   This class will take you on a tour of your machine, from learning to thread it, adjust tension, change needles, oiling and cleaning, and sew straight and curved lines. You will also learn about the mystery of: seam allowance! (Calling all people with vintage Singers (or any other age or brand!) in their closets! )

This is a beginner class; no prior knowledge of sewing necessary. Patience Blythe has been sewing since she was about 10 years old. Patience sews and tailors many of her own clothes and makes quilts. She LOVES sewing and wants you to feel successful at it, too.

Patience is an educator and sewist who lives in Hancock and makes many of her own clothes, like this Zadie Jumpsuit

Class fee includes threads and fabric: you will need to provide bobbins and needles, your machine and its power cord. We will be learning how to sew basic seams and you will leave the class with a four-patch pillow case for your favorite cozy couch or sweet armchair. 

Cost per person: $75 

Please call Artsworth at 207.664.0222 or email artsworthstudios@gmail.com to register. Class is limited to 6 participants. 

Rainbow Connection baby quilt, cotton, 2021 

Join us for a pop up market Feb 9th (4pm-6pm) and 10th (10am-3pm) 

Casanova Valentines Marketplace
Friday-4:00pm -7:00pm (w/complimentary drinks and chocolates)
Saturday-10:00am-3:00pm
25 Pine, Ellsworth, ME

Listening Room Concert with Liz Simmons

Born in San Francisco to musician parents, Liz spent her early childhood traveling through the wilds of north America in a sky blue VW bus. Her parents were itinerant, moving from California to Oregon, then to Ketchikan, Alaska where they played regular gigs in the pubs for the locals. Liz and her sisters’ lullabies were traditional songs, and by day their soundtrack was the rock and roll and New Orleans brass music their parents played in their band.   

Once the family settled in rural New Hampshire, Liz received classical musical training, but as her teen years drew to a close she found her way back to folk music. She was particularly drawn to the intersections of traditional music, and how they connect with contemporary sounds. In 2005, Liz received a BA from Goddard College where she studied American vernacular music of the 1920s and 30s. She then went on to found Annalivia with her husband Flynn Cohen, as well as perform alongside Long Time Courting, Hannah Sanders, EVA, Livingston Taylor, Tom Chapin, and Melanie.  

With their friend and oft-collaborator Lissa Schneckenburger, Liz and Flynn formed the band Low Lily in 2015. Setting down roots in Brattleboro, Vermont, the band has crafted a signature sound which they have shared with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK, garnering two #1 songs on international folk radio and two Independent Music Award wins.  

Suggested donation $20

Reserve your seat by emailing artsworthstudios@gmail.com

After living and working year round on Little Cranberry Island, ME for 14 years, Kaitlyn Miller now lives on Mount Desert Island. She received her BFA in Ceramics from Maine College of Art in 2007 and has been a studio potter since, working summers at Islesford Pottery. With an enduring love for color and the islands, she is now enjoying translating the beauty of her surroundings with acrylic paint on canvas. This year she is branching out into teaching what she has learned through pottery and painting workshops. 

You can contact Kaitlyn through her website at https://kaitlynmiller.com/

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist from New England. He travels constantly all over the country, performing a unique variety of original instrumental music that explores themes of landscape, geography, and environment while straddling a line between folk and classical music. His “electric and exhilarating” live performances are at once dazzling and intimate: music that has been described as “stunning” and “compelling and powerful,” — Red Line Roots has called him “stupidly talented” — all presented with “warmth, humor, honesty, and the easy familiarity of a troubadour.”

Suggested donation $20

Reservations-by emailing ArtsworthStudios@gmail.com