Introduction to Traditional Crafts
With tradition bearers, learn to felt, weave, spin, embroider, braid, and make stained glass. In addition to introducing you to the gestures surrounding these techniques, discover the rich past of these gardens, witnesses to nearly 400 years of history. Saturday, July 4th Program: • Needle felting with Lucie Gingras • Wet felting with Marie Bureau • Stained glass with Monique Bouchard • Two-harness loom weaving with Colette Boilard • Four-harness loom weaving with Eveline Cantin-Bergeron Sunday, July 5th Program: • Carding and spinning with Ksénia Kiseleva of Métier doré • Card weaving with Éléonore Petitpas • Braiding with Maude Filion • Swedish embroidery with Lise Martel • Bead weaving with Maude Cossette-Bergeron Free activities presented by Ès TRAD, the Living Heritage Valorization Center, and the Monastère des Augustines, with the support of the Cultural Development Agreement between the City of Quebec and the Ministry of Culture and Communications.
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