Color explosion! We are surrounded by color in every part of life. In this class you will learn what the color wheel is, how to mix each color, the relationship and of color to each other. Did you know that color has a temperature? Learn how to make a gray scale and measure the intensity to it. Create a monochromatic scale using a tint, tone and shade of each color. You will learn how to use neutrals to include warm or cool neutrals. This is just some of the exciting ways to learn about color. Come and explore so much more with me. This is an important learning step to creating beautiful fiber related works. Do you know how to tone down a vibrant color or what colors don’t mix well. If your colors become’ muddy’ learn how to avoid making those mixing mistakes. At the end of this class you will have a completed color wheel, gray scale, a set of monochromatic colors, analogous colors, as well as a set of neutrals and create a mood using color. Do you know the difference between a monotone and monochromatic colors? Come find out while having fun learning. You will pick the colors of your choice and we will paint a silk or cotton piece of fabric to add to your collection. 

This class will be hosted off-site at the home of the instructor. Directions to the home will be provided after registration.

Skill Level: All

Instructor: Camille Daunno (Read Camille's bio)

This class priced to reflect the 20% summer series discount!

Members: $160

Non-members: $192

Materials Fee: $20 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: set of brushes, watercolor paper, practice paper, pencil, eraser, water container, set of gouache paint, color wheel, glue stick, small scissors, handout on color

Students should bring: nothing, all materials provided

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Learn 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 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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Members: $50

Non members: $60

Instructor: Eileen Hallman (Read Eileen's bio)

Materials fee: $25 (to be collected day of class)

Materials supplied by teacher: yarn samples, silk hankies, dyestuffs, handout

Materials students could bring: apron & gloves

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This wet felting technique will let you explore your creative abilities to the max! The possibilities for shape and design are endless. It is open to those who have had some experience with wet felting. It will be a strenuous class requiring upper body strength and the ability to stand on your feet for some time.

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Vasanto (Read Vasanto's bio)

Prices reflect the 20% off Summer Series Discount!

Members: $160

Non-Members: $192

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

Materials provided by instructor:  fiber, embellishing materials, mats, pvc pipes, templates, washboardsstringsoap, wash bins, hat blocks, netting, ball brausers, buckets, ties,

Students should bring: 2 large towels, marker pen and paper, scissors, sewing needle

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Want to be ready for a royal wedding? The Kentucky Derby? One of these will guarantee you make a splash! have fun creating your own fascinator. Some wet felting experience is required, also some upper body strength and the ability to stand for a while.

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Vasanto (Read Vasanto's bio)

Members: $100

Non-Members: $120

Materials fee: $20 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor:  all fiber, bubble wrap, hat blocks, soap, wash bins, washboards

Students should bring: scissors, 2 towels, pen and paper, marker pen

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Learn the basics of needle felting with Amy Reader. In this class, we will create a forest floor-inspired needle felted scene. All materials will be provided, and participants will leave with a set of beginning needle felting supplies. This class is beginner-friendly. It will start with guided demonstrations of multiple needle felting techniques, and you will receive hands-on guidance throughout the needle felting process!

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Amy Reader (Read Amy's bio)

Members: $50

Non members: $60

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

Materials supplied by teacher: Roving, felting needles, foam felting pads

Materials students should bring: None, all materials will be provided

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In this workshop, we will be delving deeper into the world of natural dyes with a more advanced look at other techniques of applying natural dyes to fabric and cloth. We will be using natural dyes such as Cochineal, Logwood and others in a more concentrated form to be applied either with a brush or with a stencil to form patterns on fabric. There is an overnight dry time for the dyes to dry. The next day, we will be stream-setting our dyes. Then we can either leave the backgrounds white or over-dye them for more color variety and impact. We will have practice pieces to work on which the instructor will provide. You can bring up to 4 fabric items - clothing, cloth, napkins, pillow cases, etc. as long as the items are made with 100% natural fiber such as cotton, linen, wool, silk, hemp, bamboo, etc (or a combination such as linen/cotton). It’s good to have a basic understanding and some experience with natural dyeing, as we will be reviewing and discussing mordants, modifiers and pH. There will be a detailed handout sheet with photos explaining this technique in detail along with recipes for further exploration. 

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Jennifer Woodruff (Read Jennifer's bio)

Class priced to reflect the 20% Summer Series Discount!

Members: $80

Non-members: $96 

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

Materials provided by instructor: Fabric, dyes, mordants

Student should bring: 4 items from home made of 100% natural fibers. Can be a combination of clothing, kitchen tea towels, napkins (set of 2 or 4 counts as 1 item) scarves or plain fabric.

Optional: Natural dye kits including six dyes and mordants will also be available for sale the day of the class for $50. These kits are not required for the class but an option to take home the materials to keep honing your skills!

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In this workshop, you will learn how to use wool roving to create the soft, squishy weaving! Roving is unspun wool, and you will learn how to use this  material in weaving. Techniques will include weaving basics as well some additional techniques.  You'll learn how to finish your piece and how to take it off the loom. Beginners are welcome as well as those who have weaving experience. The materials fee includes a beautiful wood loom, a variety of wool roving to choose from, and everything you need to get started! If you would like to use your own loom, please contact the instructor.

Level: Beginning 

Instructor: Kimberly Tolbert (Read Kimmy's bio)

Members: $50

Non Members: $60

Materials fee: $95 for complete weaving kit

Materials provided by instructor:  Complete weaving kit includes: 12"x16" wood frame loom, yarn and roving in a variety of colors, tapestry needle, weaving sword, shuttle, comb, needle, rod for hanging, and an instructional booklet and handout.

Students should bring: nothing

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Japanese indigo contains the primary colors or their precursors. The basic ice water blue bath used on mordanted silk can be manipulated with time and temperature to give green and yellow. We will follow the process and share pieces of silk ribbon to put in our sample sheets.

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Instructor: Eileen Hallman (Read Eileen's bio)

Materials fee: $10 (to be collected day of class)

Materials supplied by teacher: silk ribbon, handout for samples

Materials students could bring: apron & gloves

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Join us for a Stitching Stories: Basic Hand Embroidery Collage Workshop where we will create a unique 8" x 8" Textile Art collage using solid fabrics and basic embroidery stitches. Explore improvisational composition, balance, color placement, and embroidery techniques in this interactive session. Let your creativity shine!

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Julie Bagamary (Read Julie's bio)

Members: $100

Non members: $120

Materials fee: $25 (to be collected day of event)

Materials supplied by teacher: Fabric remnants, batting, backing fabric, embroidery floss, needle, scissors

Materials students could bring: All supplies provided, but you can bring Fabric Remnants, Embroidery Floss, or batting if desired.

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As part of our summer series this class will take you on a deep dive into all things indigo. We will learn to set up and maintain two indigo vats: the thiox vat also known as the workshorse vat and an organic vat made with fructose. We will also dye directly with fresh indigo leaves. You will learn the essential components of each method, along with the chemistry behind it. We will dye on cellulose, wool and silk fabrics and learn the traditional resist techniques of shibori. including simple folding and clamping, stitched, arashi. We will learn the essential techniques and chemistry behind each of these methods as well as trouble shooting. At the end of the series you will have an excellent grounding in the art of indigo dyeing.

Level: Beginner

Instructors: Joyce Tromba and Denise Arcuri (Read Joyce & Denise's bio)

Prices reflect the 20% Summer Series discount!

Members: $240 

Non members: $288

Materials fee: $45 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials supplied by teacher: all dyes, assists, fabrics, yarn and equipment

Materials students should bring: apron, additional fabric or small garments may be dyed. We will talk about this on the first day of class.

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Learn how to paint on various fabric surfaces to include cotton, silk, poly, canvas, denim, leather and even felt! In this two full day workshop you will explore how to create one of a kind designs using different paints, tools and techniques. Learn how to paint simple flowers, design motifs, and even abstract patches of background color. You will gain a better understanding of color, design and even drawing skills to give your ideas a new life. The first day we will work on design ideas ,techniques, tools, brushes and how to use the paint and mediums. You will have time to practice this on paper before we work on cotton, poly ,silk and felt. At the end of each day you will have several completed pieces. Day two ,we will work on denim, canvas and leather as well as your own pieces of apparel and accessories. It’s fun, easy to learn and you will leave with everything from wearable Art to a fabric painting suitable to frame or hang. Challenge your creativity ,play and enter the world of Art and Design.. No limit to what you can do!  

This class will be hosted off-site at the home of the instructor. Directions to the home will be provided after registration.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Camille Daunno (Read Camille's bio)

Members: $200

Non members: $240

Materials fee: $20 (collected at time of workshop)

Materials provided by instructor: Extra fabric, poly, silk, denim pieces, practice paper, texturing tools, paint, brushes, resist medium, water containers, mixing trays, fabric boards, and design resource.

Materials students should bring: Lunch or snack for the break. Something take completed pieces home in, An apron, and any accessory or fabric you want to work with: leather or final bag, shoes, existing apparel(denim shirt, jeans, jacket) felted scarf

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As part of our Sustainable September month we will make good use of all those little balls of yarn we all have after finishing a project.We will use all these scraps to make a magic cake that you can use to make a simple triangular scarf. No scrap is too small for this project! In the morning we will make our yummy cakes and then begin knitting the shawl. You will make enough progress in class to finish your shawl up at home. You can make a fingering, sport or DK weight shawl.

Level: Beginning 

Instructor: Joyce Tromba (Read Joyce's bio)

Members: $100

Non Members: $120

Materials fee: $0

Materials provided by instructor: pattern for shawl, additional yarn for everyone to use.

Students should bring: All your scraps of fingering, sport or DK weight yarn. Yu will need about 200 grams of yarn in total. I will have extra yarn for folks to use if you don't have enough. For a fingering weight shawl bring size 5 needles, for a DK weight shawl bring size 8 needles.

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If you aren't comfortable dressing a rigid heddle loom by yourself, this is a class for you. We will cover warping the loom directly and using a warp cut on a warping board. There will be lots of tips on how to make this process as efficient as possible plus suggestions on yarns to use or avoid. While this class is intended to help anyone taking the Saturday class on rigid heddle weaving, you do not have to take that class as well.

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Instructor: Sue Helmken (Read Sue's bio)

Materials fee: optional yarn fee $10, optional loom rental fee $15 (to be collected day of class)

Materials supplied by teacher: printed instructions, optional yarn, optional loom/shuttle/sleying hook rental

Materials students should bring: warp yarn, loom with rigid heddle, sleying hook, shuttle, scissors

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Rigid Heddle Looms are a great way to learn about weaving. They're portable, affordable, and you can weave so many different things with them. In this class, we'll explore a number of techniques used to create textured surfaces from floats to ridges to pile weaves. Full instructions for dressing the loom will be send ahead of the class. (For those of you not comfortable dressing a loom, you can sign up for the Friday afternoon session on dressing the loom). I have a limited number of looms for rent if you don't have a loom. Hope you will join us for a fun day of weaving and learning.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Sue Helmken (Read Sue's bio)

Members: $100

Non-Members: $120

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

Materials provided by instructor:  printed instructions, extra weft yarns. Loom rent includes shuttles and threading hooks.

Students should bring: dressed loom, shuttle, a variety of weft yarns, scissors, crochet hook, tapestry needle

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If you have or want an inkle loom but don’t know how to warp it, help is on the way. In this session you will learn how to make string heddles, plan a warp and warp the loom. We’ll discuss which yarns work well, which should be avoided. Color determines the pattern in inkle weaving, so we will cover color selection as well. While this class is offered for those taking the class on weaving edgings, you do not have to take both classes.

Members: $50

Non members: $60

Instructor: Sue Helmken (Read Sue's bio)

Materials fee: optional yarn fee $10, optional loom rental fee $15 (to be collected day of class)

Materials supplied by teacher: printed instructions, extra weft yarns, optional yarn purchase, loom rental [includes loom, shuttle and heddles]

Materials students should bring: warped inkle loom, belt shuttle [unless renting from teacher] , a variety of weft yarns, scissors, tapestry needle, small ruler or seam gauge.

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Inkle weaving is great for belts and straps, but it can also be used to make some delightful trims and edgings. They can be narrow or wider, looped or fringed, stiff [for bags or upholstery] or soft for clothing. There are endless options! Bring a dressed inkle loom and leave with lots of samples and ideas. Options: If you are not comfortable setting up the loom, there is a class Friday afternoon to help. If you do not have a loom, a few will be available to rent.

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Sue Helmken (Read Sue's bio)

Members: $100

Non-Members: $120

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

Materials provided by instructor:  printed instructions, a variety of weft yarns optional looms for rent, warp yarns to purchase

Students should bring: dressed loom and shuttle, a variety of weft yarns, scissors

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What is continuous strand weaving? Weaving on a triangle loom is fun, creative, easy and quick. There is no elaborate planning and measuring process. Triangle looms are great for weaving plaid patterns and continuing onto more elegant lace patterns. The process is simple to learn and is enjoyable for adults and children of any age. Continuous strand weaving has no separate warp and weft but uses one continuous strand of yarn. This instruction is a basic class on continuous strand weaving and can be used as an entry to more advanced techniques such as twill, lace, double weaves, inlay, tartans, and other color sequences, and for the designer!

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Marilyn Haas-Haseman (Read Marilyn's bio)

Members: $100

Non members: $120

Materials fee:  $2.00 (to be collected day of class)

Materials Provided: Looms & instructional handouts

Materials students should bring: 

• Yarn, at least 120 yards, variegated, rolled up into a ball for easier weaving. Do not get any mohair or fuzzy yarn as it is difficult to weave for your first project. Thin yarn will make it drapey but will have large holes which jewelry and other things can hook on strands and pull. Heavy yarns will be stiffer. Wool makes lovely weaving and is fairly elastic and very durable, and felts when gently washed filling in spaces). There are beautiful acrylic and other synthetic yarns available. Just scrunch up the yarn in your hand to see if you like the feel of the yarn. If you like to use a different color for fringe plan on another

• Crochet or weaving hooks- preferably 5.25 mm/6-inch size or larger and optional 35 cm/14-inch hook)

• Scissors

• Hair Pic

• Blunt darning needle

• Comfortable shoes as you will start off standing.

• Lunch, Drink, Snack

• Coffee pot can help keep your rolled up yarn in place and not falling off table.

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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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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 shade and 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. You will take the loom home for a week and return for the 2nd day of class so 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.

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In this 4 week class you will learn how to draw flowers, leaves, twigs and tendrils in pencil and ink. I will teach you how to create texture, contrast and composition using line and shading. This can be applied to your textile, fabric skills, embroidery, sewing, fiber art, layering and much more. This class is designed for beginners, so no experience is necessary. Come learn a new technique or improve on your drawing skills.

This class will be hosted off-site at the home of the instructor. Directions to the home will be provided after registration.

Skill Level: All

Instructor: Camille Daunno (Read Camille's bio)

Members: $200

Non-members: $240

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

Materials Provided by instructor: Pencils, ink markers, erasers, paper, practice paper, Art resource to draw from, drawing vellum, tracing paper, practice drawing pad and Art handouts.

Student should bring: Nothing, all supplies will be given out at the first class

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