Leather worker Sheila Cailleau is offering free “Kits and Mitt” making workshops at C2 Centre for Craft. Warm Hands, Warm Hearts is about recycling donated leather and fur into cozy and practical mittens using volunteer labour. Mittens made as part of this workshop are donated to those in need via our colleagues at Bear Clan.
The workshops will happen over two weeks (6 hours total). In the first session, participants will learn how to trace and cut out pattern pieces from disassembled leather and fur coats and assemble them into mitten kits. In the second session, participants will learn the skills needed to make mittens that will be donated to those in need once they are completed. Participants must sign up for and attend both weeks. Participants can use the skills they learn to make their own mittens in the future, if desired!
The workshops will take place at the C2 Centre for Craft, 1-329 Cumberland Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba. There are two-time options to choose from – one in July, and one in August. All workshop dates run from 12:30-3:30.
Please sign up below. In the event, you are not able to make it, let us know asap so we can pass your spot on to someone on the waiting list. Space is limited, We will email you to confirm your spot in advance of the workshop. Google Forms doesn’t generate an auto-reply, so a human will be in touch during our office hours.
These workshops are offered for free thanks to a grant from the Winnipeg Foundation. Donations to the Manitoba Craft Council are always welcome and a charitable tax receipt will be provided.
About Sheila Cailleau
Born and raised near Kenora in Northwestern Ontario, Sheila Cailleau is the founder and owner of Magpie Chiq in Winnipeg. Inspired by nature and her own Indigenous roots, Sheila works with leather and fur to create beautiful, luxurious and functional items: boots, mitts, shoes and bags. Each handcrafted, hand sewn item captures the authenticity of our northern land as we live it today, in a coffee shop, at a hockey rink, a summer festival, on a frozen lake, wherever your spirit takes you.
About the Manitoba Craft Council
The MCC is for people who love contemporary craft: professional artists and artisans, collectors and connoisseurs, DIYers and armchair enthusiasts. It’s for people who value the originality and quality of the handmade, who find meaning in making. It’s for the dreamers and schemers who seek to reinterpret the material and cultural traditions of the past through a contemporary lens. It’s for people who haveto forge, carve, weave, fold, sculpt, knit. And for their friends and supporters. It’s for you. See, smell, touch, explore the myriad expressions of contemporary craft in Manitoba and be part of a community that is shaped, motivated, and defined by its love of craft. Find out more here. MCC operates out the C2 Centre for Craft.
About the Bear Clan Patrol
Bear Clan Patrol came about as a result of the ongoing need to assume our traditional responsibility to provide security to our Aboriginal Community. The concept behind the patrol is community people working within the community to provide personal security in the inner-city in a non-threatening, non-violent and supportive way. The Patrol operates out of the Bear Clan Den located at 584 Selkirk Ave.
Patrols take place: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 6:00pm – 9:00pm / Saturday & Sunday: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
