This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Over the course of ten classes, students in the Art of Clothing course have designed, created, and hand-sewn their own garments from cotton, wool, silk, and linen. Come to Orchard House to admire their artistic handwork and the lovely apparel fashioned with the new skills they have acquired.
In this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
Join us in making an extra large size rainbow silk veil learning how to over-dye with three kinds of plant colors. You will receive healing energy from the color of nature and be surprised by the wonder of over-dye magic.
This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
In this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
This hands-on afternoon program is designed for homeschoolers to enjoy both cooking and creative handwork activities. Participants will engage in simple, age-appropriate cooking projects and craft-based activities that encourage creativity, independence and practical skills.
In this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
This four-year, part-time training meets each summer and winter, helping teachers refine their handwork skills, deepen creativity, and learn to bring these experiences to children, valuable for educators in all school settings.
In this course, we will design and hand-sew a complete outfit using natural fibers—cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Through simple pattern drafting, plant dyeing, embroidery, and other techniques, we’ll explore a meditative and creative approach to garment making.
Learn the basics of weaving on a 16-inch rigid heddle loom in this three-session, hands-on workshop. Participants will explore warping, weaving, and creative rhythm while making their own handwoven fabric. Class size is limited.
Learn the basics of weaving on a 16-inch rigid heddle loom in this three-session, hands-on workshop. Participants will explore warping, weaving, and creative rhythm while making their own handwoven fabric. Class size is limited.
285 Hungry Hollow Road,
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
+1 (845) 352-5020
+1 (845) 352-5071
Out of love for the essential nature of the human being as a spiritual being, the Threefold Educational Foundation serves and advances cultural renewal in education, agriculture, the arts, science, religion, and social forms.
Rooted in anthroposophy, the Threefold Educational Foundation maintains a supportive and receptive environment for human growth, practical work, and community life.
In providing a home for organizations, initiatives, and individuals, the Threefold Educational Foundation forms a vessel of collaboration whose substance ennobles the working community, inspires new forms for the future, and radiates out into the world in service to the needs of our time.
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260 Hungry Hollow Road,
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
Phone: 845.352.5020
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