2D or flat needle felting consists of drawing and "painting" a picture with wool on a prefelt. The finished picture can be framed or in some cases you may want to use it to embellish a piece of clothing or a bag. The wool prefelt can be felted to any natural fiber such as linen, cotton, or wool, or it can be sewn on to the back of a jacket or a bag. There are many options, it's just up to your creative imagination. All materials to create your picture will be provided and include a foam felting pad, felting needles, wool, and a large selection of suitable subjects for your picture will be provided. If you prefer you can print out a picture that you'd like to copy. It should be no larger that 8 x 10" max.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Claudia Lemacks (Read Claudia's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $10 cash or card (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: All materials to create your picture will be provided and include a foam felting pad, felting needles, wool, and ideas.

Students should bring: Water and snack. Also bring a bag to carry your supplies and art work home in.

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Do you have the itch to stitch? Embroidery is such a useful art - you can embellish or mend, create a picture, book cover, etc... This is a beginner's class. We will begin at the beginning! You will learn several stitches and then choose and use those stitches on a pattern.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Lynne Noble (Read Lynne's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $10 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor:  Hoops, fabric for practice, embroidery floss, needles, pattern

Students should bring: A small scissors

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

Whether you're attracted to the natural colors of wool, the bright colors of dyed braids or just want to learn to make the yarn you've drooled over in the store, this is the class for you. Or perhaps you have sheep and want to learn how to use their wool, learning to spin your own yarn can be is a game changer. Imagine having the perfect yarn for every weaving or knitting project. Now, imagine having that option at a much more economical cost. Game changer! Suitable for both complete beginners and as well as those not-so-new who need a little more guidance, this class will cover the types and parts of a spinning wheel and which may be right for you. Other topics include tools, cost, drafting, plying, carding and finishing. Most of the time will be spent working on the wheels and learning to use fiber tools. Once everyone is comfortable at the wheel and practicing, I will work one-on-one with students. My goal is to send you home with a plied skein of yarn. Judi recommends that you  practice treadling a spinning wheel - both forward and backwards - prior to the class.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Judi Jetson (Read Judi's bio)

Members: $100

Non-members: $120

Materials Fee : $5 (to be collected day of class)

Instructor will provide: You'll receive a variety of animal fibers - wool, mohair, alpaca - in both natural and dyed colors. We can loan you a wheel for the class if you don't have one.

Students should bring: Bring your own spinning wheel, if you have one. If you have clean fleece, or a braid you want to try spinning, you can bring that, too

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Let's get together to sew our dream wardrobe in community. We will begin with simple patterns that offer timeless styles and opportunity for repetition. This class is suitable for beginner sewist. Must know how to thread the machine, wind the bobbin, and sew a straight stitch. The sewist will learn how to measure their body to determine garment size, how to trace and cut a pattern, how to transfer pattern on to fabric, and how to sew the fabric pieces together to make a very beautiful and entirely wearable garment. Come join us and experience the empowering joy of sewing your own wardrobe.

Level: Beginning (students should know how to operate/thread the sewing machine and sew a straight line.)

Instructor: Nichole Chigoy (Read Nichole's bio)

Members: $100

Non Members: $120

Materials fee: $0 OR $65 if purchasing the complete kit. Note: if purchasing a kit, please send payment directly to Nichole at via venmo (@nichole-chigoy https://venmo.com/u/Nichole-Chigoy) at least two weeks before the workshop so supplies can be gathered.

Materials provided by instructor: If purchasing the complete kit, instructor will provide: 

• approximately 2.6 yards-3 yards of fabric (depending on size) of European milled/grown linen. Color options: marigold, japanese blue, vineyard green, kenya red 
• printed pattern/ instructions
• pattern tracing paper
• 1.5" elastic
• matching thread

Students should bring: All students should purchase the pattern HERE. Students will get a 30% discount code for the purchase of the pattern in the registration confirmation email.

If not purchasing a complete kit, please bring: properly working sewing machine, approximately 2.6-3 yards (depending on size) of midweight woven non-stretch fabric, thread, enough elastic for their waist, & the printed pattern. 

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Create a unique textile Valentine this year that your recipient will treasure. This class explores color placement, design, and basic embroidery as well as learning to use fusible web, and writing on fabric. Your original 4-inch x 6-inch Valentine's creation can be mailed without an envelope and later framed if you desire.

Level: Beginner

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Materials fee: $15 cash (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: All Materials supplied by the teacher: Fabrics, fusible web, iron, needles, embroidery floss, pen for fabric, stabilizer, and pre-fused backing cut to size.

Materials students could bring: OPTIONAL: bring your favorite fabrics, flat embellishments, and embroidery floss colors.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Come and learn how to needle felt a 3 dimensional owl. Your finished owl will be 4-5" tall. Everything you need to make your owl will be provided. This list includes foam felting pad, needle felting needles, wool in various colors and lots of pictures for ideas. You will leave with a new skill and a cute owl!

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Claudia Lemacks (Read Claudia's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $7 cash or card (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: All materials to create your picture will be provided and include a foam felting pad, felting needles, wool, and a lots of pictures of owls to help you create.

Students should bring: Bring a snack and a drink if you want one. Also bring a bag to carry home your supplies and your owl.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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This class is designed for students who know how to warp a loom and understand some basic techniques of weaving tapestry: meet and separate, hatching, as well as weaving geometric and curved shapes. If you have taken Betty’s Beginning tapestry weaving you should have these skills. In this 3 day class we will review the above techniques as well as adding some new ones as you weave a small cartoon of your own design. Day 1 will be spent refining your image into a weaveable cartoon. Please bring any photos, sketches, or paintings you have and want to weave. This is not a design class, please have your design ideas worked out prior to class. You will warp your loom and start weaving once the cartoon is finalized. Day 2 & 3 you will weave your image. We will discuss finishing and ways to present your piece after cutting your piece off the loom on Day 3.

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Betty Hilton-Nash  (Read Betty's bio) 

Members: $300

Non members: $360

Materials fee: $20 (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor: Warp, weft, printed instructional handout, looms are available at Local Cloth. If you have your own loom please get in touch with Betty first.

Materials students should bring: Scissors, a tapestry beater (heavy kitchen fork), ruler, a small hand or stand mirror. Instructor has a few.

Interested in a Local Cloth scholarship? Apply here!

Learn about our COVID policy here: Workshop Policies

This class will teach you simple paper making that you can do at home using an ordinary kitchen blender, frames, colored paper and junkmail. You’ll learn how to create paper pulp, make recycled paper, how to add inclusions like flowers, seeds and thread into your paper, how to laminate colors and shapes on your paper, and ways to dry your paper. The paper you make can be used for a variety of art and craft processes such as books, notecards and collage.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Judi Jetson (Read Judi's bio)

Members: $50

Non-members: $60

Materials Fee : $5 (to be collected day of workshop)

Instructor will provide: several colors of pulp, molds & deckles

Students should bring:  an apron, rectangular plastic tub (the grey ones used for bussing tables are ideal), an old sheet we can tear up (for layering between your wet sheets of paper), odds and ends of colored paper, tissue paper and junk mail, any flower petals or seeds you have around the house, a favorite cookie cutter or two for laminating shapes

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Delve deeper into the art of standing wool! Standing wool was popular before the Industrial Revolution as a thrifty way to use up extra scraps and create rugs for the home. However, this technique fell out of use during the advent of machine-made products because the slow, handmade process is impossible to recreate using automation or machinery. Standing wool rugs are also called quilled wool rugs or quillies. This technique can be used to create rugs, trivets, coasters, and of course, wall art!

You will learn:

• How to sew embellishments onto base coils
• How to create alternative shapes beyond coils (teardrops, zig zags)
• How to create surface patterns with stitching
• How to back your finished work

You should already know:

• How to create a basic coil using a whip stitch
• How to create a basic coil with hidden stitches
• How to bind multiple coils together How to add strips to a base coil

Level: Beginner

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Instructor: Amy Reader (Read Amy's bio)

Materials fee: $25

Materials supplied by teacher: All supplies provided: strips of felt, embroidery floss, and needle to keep. Scissors to share.

Materials students could bring: N/a

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Join in the fun and creative workshop where you'll create a one-of-a-kind 4-inch by 6-inch Winterscape textile art piece using fabric remnants. In this workshop, you'll enhance your skills in color placement, design, basic embroidery, and using fusible web while building your confidence in textile art. Your finished artwork can be framed to enjoy throughout the year. All supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring any personal items you'd like to incorporate into your piece.

Level: Beginner

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Materials fee: $15 cash (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: All Materials supplied by the teacher: Fabrics, fusible web, iron, needles, embroidery floss, pen for fabric, stabilizer, and pre-fused backing cut to size.

Materials students could bring: OPTIONAL: bring your favorite fabrics, flat embellishments, and embroidery floss colors.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Learn a little about the origins and traditions of Kawandi quilting. And, then get started! We will create a 12x12 mat, and when you are finished, you'll be able to create as many more as you desire, in whatever size you want. It's quite simple, yet stunning. Join in the fun.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Lynne Noble (Read Lynne's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $15 for quilt kit OR $0 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Quilt kit includes 15x15. Batting - 12x12. Scraps no smaller than 3x3 and no larger than 4x4. 12wt. thread and a 3,4 or 5 size embroidery needle. Please email Lynne at lynnesnoble@gmail.com at least a week before the workshop if you would like to purchase a kit.

Students should bring: Everyone should be a small scissors. You can bring your own "kit". You will need backing material - 15x15. Batting - 12x12. Scraps no smaller than 3x3 and no larger than 4x4. 12wt. thread and a 3,4 or 5 size embroidery needle.

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Learn some very simple and versatile book structures that would be perfect for gift giving or creating your own hand made library. We will learn all about paper: why is grain important and how to test for it, how to interpret paper weight, pound vs gsm and what tools do you need to make books. We will make three structures: the Pamphlet, Japanese Stab binding and the Star book. Each of these has several variations.

This class will take place at Joyce's home. The address is :

28 Forest Knoll Dr

Weaverville, NC

28787

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Joyce Tromba (Read Joyce's bio)

Members: $100

Non Members: $120

Materials fee: $20 (paid the day of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: All papers, book board, linen thread, buttons, ribbon and and book making tools

Students should bring: A cutting mat if you have one, lunch, also if you have some paper you would like to use bring it along

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Do you love the look of hand carved block printing and want to start adding prints to your clothing and fabric? This is a positively addicting process: imagine a simple design, learn to translate it to an easy-to-carve block, carve it, and print it! All parts of the process will be taught, from carving to inking to printing, and students will leave knowing everything they need to continue printing at home. Special inks will be used for printing on fabrics; they will be machine washable!

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Jess Kaufman (Read Jess's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $15 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Carving blocks, carving tools, inks, and other supplies needed (to be used in class, not to take home)

Students should bring: Bring whatever you want to print on. Can be clothes from your closet or things you buy just to print on. Fabrics should be smooth (i.e., no corduroy) and light-colored.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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In this participatory, hands-on class you will examine the legal issues in transferring other’s stitching patterns (embroidery, Sashiko, etc) to your own works and explore multiple ways of doing the transfer (stencil, light pad tracing, adhesive transfers, and drawing grids). You will take home 4 designs on fabric ready to stitch own your own.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Gail Clement (Read Gail's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $25 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor:  Handout packet; transfer and marking tools; adhesive transfers; cotton-linen

Students should bring: Ruler and scissor

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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A Stitch Goddess highlights your stitching and your passions! From choosing size, fabric, floss and stitches, you will create a stitch goddess unique to you. My smaller doll is the Goddess of Beautiful Brown Eyed Girls, an homage to my lovely granddaughter. The taller turned into the Goddess of Da Vine.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Lynne Noble (Read Lynne's bio)

Members: $50

Non-Members: $60

Materials fee: $5 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Fabric for face, floss, needles, stuffing

Students should bring: Scissors, and the background material for your goddess. I used a hand painted fabric for one and a felted fabric for the other.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Come and create the Grainline Studio Townbag. The bag is a great everyday purse and/or a do-it-all project bag, no matter what your project may be. It has a drawstring closure and interior pockets – designed for corralling tools, patterns, and miscellany plus tote-style handles and external front and back pockets. Techniques involved include reading a pattern, sewing straight seams, topstitching. edge stitching, working with heavy fabrics, and setting rivets. We will assist throughout. It is a beginner-suitable pattern but you will need to have some experience with a sewing machine.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Mary Sigler and Sam Green (Read Mary and Sam's bio)

Members: $100

Non members: $ 120

Materials fee: $4 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Rivets, Rivet setting tools, black cording (you’re welcome to bring your own in a different colour), fray check

Materials students should bring: 

• The Grainline Studio Townbag pattern:

 https://grainlinestudio.com/collections/accessories/products/town-bag 

• 1 yard of 8 or 10-oz cotton canvas
• All-purpose thread - we recommend Gutterman or Mettler
• 1.5 yards of 1.25 wide webbing for handles
• If supplying your own, 2.5 yards of 5/32” or 2.3mm cording for the drawstring
• Heavyweight sewing machine needle
• Your preferred cutting tools for cutting the pattern out plus scissors for clipping threads
• Pins or wonder clips
• Ruler
• Fabric marking tools i.e. chalk or washable marker
• A sewing machine - please let us know if you need a machine

Here are a few sites where you can find cotton canvas: https://www.moodfabrics.com/ https://hartsfabric.com/ https://stonemountainfabric.com/ https://stylemakerfabrics.com/ Thread, chalk, pins, and machine needles can be purchased through Wawak.com or at Joann’s.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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This class will introduce you to the meditative practice of weaving without a loom — we will use a moon frame to create an ombré woven tapestry that you can hang or set on a shelf. And, we’ll “weave” in some fun astrology and moon mapping to help you discover and harness the moon’s energy as a renewal and self-care practice.

Within the world of astrology (or study of the stars), the moon plays a role in our natal charts, governing our inner landscape from personality to emotions and habitual behaviors. Externally, each phase of the moon holds a different kind of energy and magic that we can use in our daily life. The art of moon mapping is a practice in which we can align aspects of our life with the phases of the moon. For example, farmers and gardeners use the moon for timing when to sow seeds and plants. Each of the eight lunar phases offers a different energy and opportunity, whether it is setting goals, ramping energy up to meet them, resting and releasing the energy we have expended, and reflecting upon work before renewing the cycle. While we’re weaving moons together, we’ll also learn a little about moon mapping and natal charts, including information, resources and a special gift that you can take home with you.

This workshop will cover the basic techniques of weaving without a loom as well as how to create an ombré effect and how to embellish with texture, which you can do with any weaving project. You’ll leave the class with your very own moon weaving, insight into your own natal chart, and moon mapping practices!

New to weaving or curious about weaving on non-traditional objects? This class is perfect for beginners and individuals with some weaving experience!

Level: Beginning 

Instructor: Courtney LaCaria (Read Courtney's bio)

Members: $100

Non Members: $120

Materials fee: $60 for an Ombre Moon Weaving Kit (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor: Ombré Moon Weaving Kit includes a 16” diameter moon metal hoop, customized ombré fiber pack with six colors of yarn, tapestry needle, rapid fuse super glue, moon practice resources and natal chart, and special gift for daily renewal and self-care practice.

Students should bring: Scissors

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

In this 2 day class you will learn how to warp a loom. Basic tapestry techniques will be taught which include weaving geometric and curved shapes and how to blend colors on the loom. We will talk about tapestry terminology and the tools, equipment and yarns used in tapestry weaving. You will be weaving from the back of the loom in traditional Aubusson technique. On the 2nd day of class we can review any new techniques you want to explore and also talk about designing a tapestry, making a cartoon and how to mount and present the finished piece. You should leave the class with the basic tools you need to further explore the wonderful medium of tapestry. 

Level: Beginner 

Instructor: Betty Hilton-Nash  (Read Betty's bio) 

Members: $200

Non members: $240

Materials fee: $20 (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor: Warp, weft, printed instructional handout, looms are available at Local Cloth. If you have your own loom please get in touch with Betty first.

Materials students should bring: Scissors, a tapestry beater (kitchen fork will do), ruler, a small hand or stand mirror if possible. The instructor has a few.

Interested in a Local Cloth scholarship? Apply here!

Learn about our COVID policy here: Workshop Policies

This beginning Weaving class covers the basics of weaving, including how to create shapes and transform them into a mountain landscape! We’ll use lap looms (which you can take anywhere!) to create a small woven tapestry. During the class, we’ll cover how to warp our looms with a heddle bar as well as the basic weaving techniques, including twining, tabby, soumak, shapes, and rya knots. We’ll also use some embroidery to put the finishing touches on our landscapes! Finally, we’ll learn how to clean the backside of our weaving project and you’ll have the option to finish them off using a hanging rod.

Don’t have a loom or weaving materials? No worries! My Mountain Weaving Kit has everything you need to get started! Learn more in the Materials Section.

Level: Beginning 

Instructor: Courtney LaCaria (Read Courtney's bio)

Members: $100

Non Members: $120

Materials fee: $75, if purchasing the curated Mountain Weaving Kit (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor: For anyone who needs it, my Mountain Weaving Kit has everything you need! Here’s what is included: + 15” x 10” Wooden Frame Lap loom; curated fiber pack to complete mountain landscape (customizable); 2 shuttles; comb; heddle bar; 2 tapestry needles; and wooden rod to hang your weaving.

Students should bring: If you purchase the kit, you don’t need to bring anything but scissors! If you choose not to purchase the kit, you’ll need to bring your own lap loom (15” x 10” or larger), weaving supplies (shuttle, heddle bar, comb, needles, hanging rod to finish the weaving), and yarn for the warp and weft.

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

Learn to make a small coil basket with rope and yarn.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Ann Oakes (Read Ann's bio)

Members: $100

Non-Members: $120

Materials fee: $15 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor:  rope, yarn, needle

Students should bring: scissors, plyers, bulky yarn if you prefer your own colors, Lunch, snack, drink

Interested in applying for a scholarship? Apply here!

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Level: Beginner

Instructor: Rebecca Norris (Read Rebecca's bio)

Members: $100

Non-members: Non-members $120

Materials fee: $40 (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor: Pre-wound balls, Threads, Needles

Student should bring: scissors, measuring tape with cm/mm divisions, and straight pins with colored heads (~1 ½”).

Interested in a Local Cloth scholarship? Apply here!

Learn about our COVID policy here: Workshop Policies