Upcoming craft classes at Scrap Exchange

Craft classes at Durham’s Scrap Exchange

Durham’s Scrap Exchange has a few interesting craft classes. Here are the details:

▪ Scrappy Fabric Wreaths. Learn how to make seasonal, year-round wreaths using scrap fabrics. All tools and materials are provided. Cost: $10. 2-3 p.m. Oct. 18.

▪ Basic Sewing Workshop. This class is designed for beginners and re-entry sewers. This class covers tools and sewing concepts, machine threading and troubleshooting, straight stitch, zig-zag and applique stitches. Cost: $30. 12:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 25. and 12:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 15.

▪ Doll Knitting. This class is for students who are familiar with basic knitting. The class will cover the pattern structure for the doll as well as ways to knit other styles. All tools and materials provided. Cost: $30. 1-4 p.m. Nov. 7.

Registration is suggested. Space is limited.

The Scrap Exchange is at 2050 Chapel Hill Road, Durham.

Info: 919-688-6960, scrapexchange.org.

Garden retreat next Saturday

Anita Avent, co-owner of Juniper Level Botanic Garden in Raleigh, is hosting a two-hour sensory garden retreat on Oct. 24.

The retreat “is designed to quiet the thinking mind, awaken the senses and relax the body,” according to a press release. Avent is a mindfulness speaker and writer. She runs the garden and Plant Delights nursery and mail order business with her husband, Tony Avent, a well-known plantsman.

The class, 10 a.m.-noon, costs $40. Pre-registration is required. Call 919-772-4794.

The garden is at 9241 Sauls Road, Raleigh.

Info: www.jlbg.org

Garage Gallery and Plant Sale

Raleigh’s Lasting Impressions is having annual Garage Gallery and Plant Sale 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 24.

Hypertufa troughs and handcast concrete leaves will be 20 percent off. The plants available for sale are locally grown and ready for fall planting. Lasting Impressions is located at 4904 Hermitage Drive, Raleigh.

Info: 919-787-6228, lastingimpressionsleaves.com

A few upcoming pop-up markets

We love all these pop-up markets that are all over the Triangle. You can find housewares, artwork, clothing, jewelry and more made by local artisans.

Here are a few on the horizon:

▪ Pop-Up Sunday is noon-5 p.m. Oct. 25 in the parking lot of Ornamentea, 509 N. West St., Raleigh. Info: popupsunday.com.

▪ Patchwork Market is noon-4 p.m. Nov. 7 at Fullsteam Brewery, 726 Rigsbee Ave, Durham. Info: facebook.com/TheDurhamPatchworkMiniMarket

▪ Sola Coffee Cafe hosts a market from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Saturday. The next one is Nov. 14. It is at 7705 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh. Info: solacoffee.com.

▪ The Handmade Market is 7-9 p.m. Nov. 13 and 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Nov. 14 at City Market in downtown Raleigh. Info: thehandmademarket.com.

A chance to win 2 design books

We’re giving away two design books, one each to two lucky readers.

The books are “Conran on Color,” by designer Terence Conran and “Design Mom: How to Live with Kids: A Room by Room Guide,” by Gabrielle Stanley Blair.

You must “Like” the News & Observer Lifestyles Facebook page and leave a comment below our post about the giveaway. Please tell us which book you would like to win. The deadline to enter is noon Oct. 20. Good luck!

Details: facebook.com/newsobserverlifestyles

This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 12:48 PM with the headline "Upcoming craft classes at Scrap Exchange."