Extinct Embroidery with Solstice Handmade: Ivory Billed Woodpecker

One of Michigan’s woodpeckers, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, features in our history of Sugarbush for its role in showing the earliest inhabitants of Michigan that there was something sweet to be harvested from maple trees! This evening, grab a friend and come learn a new skill as Dayna Walton of Solstice Handmade guides us through an embroidery lesson featuring another woodpecker – the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. We will practice several embroidery stitches and then use them to begin stitching an image of this now-extinct bird. While we stitch, we’ll fill you in on their history and what happened to them. This class is suitable for beginners and experts, and all supplies are included.

Pricing:
Member Adult or Teen: $30
Non-Member Adult or Teen: $36

This program is for adults and teens, ages 13 and up. Teens must be accompanied by a registered adult.

Please Note: This program will be held entirely indoors. All participants will be required to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status.

COVID-19 Information: As of August 23, 2021, in accordance with guidance from the CDC and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Blandford Nature Center requires all staff, visitors, and program participants ages 2 and up to wear masks while inside all buildings, regardless of vaccination status. Masks are also required indoors and outdoors for all guests participating in a mixed-age community program where attendees are from multiple households and social distancing cannot be maintained. If you or someone you are registering for a program cannot medically tolerate a mask, you must contact our Program Manager prior to booking a program to discuss your options. To contact our Program Manager, please call 616-735-6240 or email registrar@blandfordnaturecenter.org.