Description
Date: October 10, 2026
9 am – 12pm
Skill Level: Ages 12 and up, or by permission of instructor
Class Registration Fee: $45
Learn the traditional Scandinavian craft of woven paper hearts, beginning with the classic red-and-white nine-patch design and progressing to a variety of patterns using different strip widths, inset shapes, stars, cut-outs, and patterned papers. Once comfortable with the basics, students may explore more intricate or freeform designs.
Materials fee: (Paid directly to instructor during class): $10.00
Students need to bring the following supplies:
You are encouraged to bring any of these you have: your own favorite sharp paper scissors (straight and/or curved), origami-paper-weight, unfolded wrapping paper; cutting mat and ruler. Further details and specifications will be provided.
Becky Rehl’s lifelong affinity for color and design flourished when she first became heavily involved with Folklore Village in the late 1970’s. Meeting and learning from a wide range of traditional folk artists led to a deep respect and appreciation for folk music, dance, and the arts. Over the years, she has moved from creating in a strictly traditional style, to combining traditional techniques with her own design elements. Through her creative business outlet Folksnips, Becky offers both traditional style and custom designed cutouts and hearts, as well as fabric creations.
Where others often find intricate paper cutting and weaving to be tedious, Becky finds it therapeutic. Her seemingly endless patience is key to both the creation and the teaching of these folk arts. She has taught folk crafts, as well as music and dance, to thousands of school children, and has led paper folk art workshops for families and teachers, at Folklore Village and at UW Milwaukee Stringalongs.
Becky is also the Office Manager at Folklore Village.
