Workshops & events

Classes, tastings and evenings in the shop

Small groups around the big table in the workroom. Sewing classes, mending evenings, tea blending and honey tastings with the people who keep the bees.

  • Hands guiding green linen under the foot of a sewing machine

    Sewing class

    Sewing basics on the machine

    Thread a machine, sew a straight seam and finish a simple linen tote. For complete beginners.

    Saturday, November 710am to 1pm$852 of 6 seats left

  • A hand holding a wooden dipper as honey drips into a small glass jar

    Tasting

    Autumn honey tasting

    Taste six honeys from Ulster and Greene county hives, with two of the beekeepers.

    Saturday, November 145:30pm to 7pm$259 of 16 seats left

  • A wooden scoop of dried cornflower, rose and calendula petals over a wooden bowl

    Apothecary evening

    Winter tea blending

    Learn how we blend our house teas, then mix a winter blend of your own to take home.

    Thursday, December 36pm to 7:30pm$4510 of 10 seats left

  • Hands darning a grey knitted sock with orange wool

    Sewing class

    Mending evening

    Bring something that needs a patch, a darn or a button. We bring the thread and the tea.

    Thursday, December 106pm to 8pmFree5 of 12 seats left

Private classes

Have a group of six or more?

We run sewing and tea-blending classes for groups on Monday evenings, when the shop is closed.

Hear when new cloth comes in.

One short email when something good arrives, and the workshop dates. About twice a month.

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