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  • All Member Studio Night

    • 04 Oct 2019
    • 05 Jun 2020
    • 6 sessions
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8

    The Refinery (the building in which Local Cloth is located) is open on the first Friday of each month to celebrate the exhibition in the gallery, and to allow people to stroll through the building.  Local Cloth will be open, too.  From 5:00 – 8:00, all members are invited to come and meet up.  Some of you may wish to tackle UFOs.  Others may have items for show and tell.  And everyone can snack and chat.

    We’d love to fill the studio with all our fiber friends.  Come for some of the time, or all of the time.  Bring a snack to share, or just bring yourself, and of course, whatever you’d like to work on.

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  • First Felting

    • 25 Jan 2020
    • 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 0
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    This Class will be a sampler of three felting techniques for beginners. We'll wet felt a coaster or two, nuno felt a small bag, and needle felt a small picture. We're sure that one of these types of felt making (or maybe all three) will be your next obsession.

    The instructor will provide all needed supplies. Students may bring a photo for inspiration.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $10

    Registration: Members $55, Non-members $65

    Instructor: bio Lynne Noble

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  • Natural Dye and Medicinal Plant Group

    • 26 Jan 2020
    • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11
    • 12
    Register


    In our January meeting of the Natural Dye Study Group we will take some time to look at our outcomes from 2019 and decide what we want to focus on in the new year. Please bring any samples from last year that you would like to talk about: both successes and failures. Also bring any resources; books or online sources that you like to share. If you are new to the group, this is a perfect time to get involved and let us know what you are interested in. We will meet a bit later this month since we won’t be firing up the dye pots.

    Looking forward to seeing you.



    Information for new members of the Natural Dye Study Group

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  • Indigo Interest Group

    • 26 Jan 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11
    Register

    All things indigo!

    From growing to processing to dyeing techniques--if it has to do with indigo, we will study it.

    In the first quarter of 2020 we will explore painting with indigo. Two helpful references are John Marshall’s books Singing the Blues and Salvation through Soy.

    Bring your cloth and paintbrushes. We will treat fabrics with soymilk and make indigo paint together.

    The Indigo Forum can be found here. Consider subscribing to it and posting your questions, answers, work, etc.

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  • Dye Lab: Painting Protein Fiber with Acid Dye

    • 28 Jan 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave #11, Asheville, NC
    • 5
    Register

    Join us for a fun afternoon, working on your own projects. This Lab is for Advanced Beginners and beyond. You need to bring your wool, mohair, alpaca or silk pre-soaked in vinegar, rubber gloves, plastic bins and dye to share. We use a variety of techniques and equipment - low water immersion, steaming, crockpot dyeing, etc. with consultation from an experienced leader - Judi Jetson and/or Beth Sellars - to get the result you want. If you like, bring magazine pages or photos with images you find appealing, and we'll help you mix dye colors to match.

    Level: Advanced Beginners to Expert


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  • No Waste, No Measure Foundation Quilting

    • 08 Feb 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
    Register

    This is an intuitive, spontaneous way of quilting that requires no pre-planning, exacting cuts or precise ¼ inch seams and the best part is you can use up scraps of fabric, recycle old clothes or shop for fabric at second hand shops (men’s cotton shirts are great). This way of working leads to zero waste and uses up clothes and fabric scraps that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Because the fabric is sewn onto a foundation of cotton, you can also use almost any kind of fabric and you don’t need to worry about grain. (the photo is a close up of a linen and silk queen sized quilt) The log cabin is my go to design, but other designs work well: Roman Stripe, Courthouse Steps for example. In this workshop you will learn the basics for the first half of the class and then stick around to sew more and get help from the instructor or head home, confident that you can carry on on your own. Make a quilt, tote bag, table runner, project bag….once you have the technique you can apply it to many finished projects.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $0

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Joyce Tromba

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  • Simple Sewing to Wear & Love

    • 09 Feb 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 3
    Register

    The goal of this class is to expose you to the basic understanding of the craft of sewing. We will learn to make a very simple yet fun detailed muslin top that is easy to wear. You will learn to sew and design your top in a practical fabric that will allow you to learn with out worry.

    You will learn that knowing that each and every new step you master builds on itself, resulting in knowing you can accomplish so much more than you ever thought possible. The beauty of sewing is that it provides endless goals to reach for, with creativity that is uniquely your own. I like to think of all the sewists that have come before me… famous or not. For I am doing exactly what they have done… that connection excites and inspires me. It is my hope that I can introduce you to the pleasures of sewing and the community it can foster.


    Level:Beginner

    Materials Fee: $35

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Cynthia Anderson 

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  • Spinning Art Yarn

    • 15 Feb 2020
    • 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 7
    Register
    Image result for art yarnEver dream about making art yarn? Here's your chance to spend the day experimenting with fibers and techniques. You'll learn to make beehives and coils, spirals and loops and corespun yarn. And then have studio time to play on your own with guidance from instructor Judi Jetson. No beginning spinners, please.

    Level: Intermediate 

    Materials Fee: $20 for fleece from sheep, angora goats and alpaca, add-is such as silk and Agelina.

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Judi Jetson

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  • Introduction to Dyeing with Plants

    • 16 Feb 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 15
    Register

    Dyeing fibers with natural plant dyes is a fun, safe, and ecologically sustainable way of obtaining beautiful colors for your textiles. Learn how to do it yourself! We will go through the dyeing process step-by-step, and discuss the materials and the tools of the trade. We will also discuss various ways of obtaining your dyes: harvesting them from the wild, growing them in your garden, picking them up at your grocery produce aisle, or ordering them online. In this class, we'll dye some wool and silk, and participants get to bring samples home.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $20 for each class.  Includes all dye materials, mordants, and modifiers. Participants in the workshop will provide a notebook and a small amount of wool or silk to dye. 

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Mari Stuart

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  • Sashiko Embroidery Sampler

    • 17 Feb 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 4
    Register

    Learn this very simple, enchanting, and soothing embroidery style! Choose which of five traditional Japanese patterns you’d like to embroider. Your class comes with everything you need— sashiko thread, the correct size needle, and the sampler of your choice in a beautiful indigo dyed 100% cotton from Japan.

    NOTE: You won’t finish your sampler in class, which is great— sashiko is excellent for car rides, classes & lectures, TV show watching, sitting in front of the woodstove while a friend knits— and you’ll get plenty of carefree minutes out of this first project!

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $10

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Jess Kaufmann

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  • Stranded Knitting

    • 17 Feb 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 7
    Register

    In case you haven’t noticed, there are some people who like to knit with both hands! Experience the bliss of working with two colors at once to create deceptively intricate-looking patterns. Skills taught include reading (and writing your own!) charts for stranded knitting; stranded knitting techniques from a variety of cultures, like Fair Isle, Swedish Bohus, and indigenous Russian designs; how to incorporate letters and numbers into your designs; and more. If you've been curious about bringing multiple colors into your knitting projects--and we're not just talking stripes here--this is the class for you. Taught in the round, we'll be starting a Fair Isle-type project on circular needles (hat or headband or cowl; you decide). We will go over two-color techniques (one yarn in each hand!), getting good even tension in your floats, steam blocking for a more professional looking finished project, chart reading and writing, and more!

    Prerequisite skills: Students should be very comfortable with the knit stitch, but no purling necessary. Students with experience knitting in the round especially welcome.

    Level: Intermediate

    Materials Fee: $10

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Jess Kaufmann

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  • Dye Lab: Painting Protein Fiber with Acid Dye

    • 22 Feb 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave #11, Asheville, NC
    • 6
    Register

    Join us for a fun afternoon, working on your own projects. This Lab is for Advanced Beginners and beyond. You need to bring your wool, mohair, alpaca or silk pre-soaked in vinegar, rubber gloves, plastic bins and dye to share. We use a variety of techniques and equipment - low water immersion, steaming, crockpot dyeing, etc. with consultation from an experienced leader - Judi Jetson and/or Beth Sellars - to get the result you want. If you like, bring magazine pages or photos with images you find appealing, and we'll help you mix dye colors to match.

    Level: Advanced Beginners to Expert


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  • Indigo Interest Group

    • 23 Feb 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11
    Register

    All things indigo!

    From growing to processing to dyeing techniques--if it has to do with indigo, we will study it.

    In the first quarter of 2020 we will explore painting with indigo. Two helpful references are John Marshall’s books Singing the Blues and Salvation through Soy.

    Bring your cloth and paintbrushes. We will treat fabrics with soymilk and make indigo paint together.

    The Indigo Forum can be found here. Consider subscribing to it and posting your questions, answers, work, etc.

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  • Hat on a Ball

    • 28 Feb 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
    Register

    Students will learn felting basics by making a beret or cloche with a roll up or flared brim.

    Level: All Levels

    Materials Fee: $25

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Vansanto

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  • Stencil Screen Printing

    • 29 Feb 2020
    • 12:00 AM
    • 01 Mar 2020
    • 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 10
    Register

    Exercise both sides of your brain with intricate paper-cutting and improvisational color-play with stencils off and on the screen. We will use craft knives to cut our own original stencils from paper and tyvek, spray-paint positive and negative motifs onto fabric and paper, mount stencils onto screen printing frames to print in larger runs and measured repeat. Along the way we will mask the print surface itself with string, paper, and tape, layering transparent and opaque layers of paint and ink to build richly patterned surfaces.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $25

    Registration: Members $200, Non-members $240

    Instructor: bio Jen Swearington

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  • Stranded Mittens

    • 02 Mar 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
    Register

    Experience the bliss of working with two colors at once (one in each hand) to create deceptively intricate-looking patterns. Skills taught include reading (and writing your own!) charts for stranded knitting; working corrugated ribbing for the mitten cuff; how to create thumb gussets; decreasing in pattern; and how to incorporate letters and numbers into your designs. Stranded knitting techniques from a variety of cultures, like Fair Isle, Swedish Bohus, and indigenous Russian designs will be discussed. Prerequisite skills: students should have experience knitting in the round (either on DPNs or magic loop method). 

    Level: Intermediate 

    Materials Fee: $0

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Jess Kaufman

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  • Felting 101

    • 04 Mar 2020
    • 26 Mar 2020
    • 4 sessions
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 7
    Register

    Students will learn felting basics by felting a beret or cloche with a roll up or flare brim

    Level: All Levels

    Materials Fee: $45

    Registration: Members $200, Non-members $240

    Instructor: bio Vasanto

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  • Crochet Workshop

    • 07 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 10
    Register

    Take your crochet to the next level. Isn't it time you finally felt confident in crochet? So many fiber artists seem to know just a little. This class is a perfect place to brush up, and gain a thorough overview of this elegant and mathematical fiber art. In a loosely structured, friendly workshop, we will review the single, double, triple, stitches, etc.... How to read patterns, and the three basic crochet structures: rows, rounds and spirals.

    Students with some experience will be able to work on one project, a hat, lace, edging, scarf, blanket or bag. If you come as a beginner, you will be able to create a belt or simple scarf. Bring your own materials and projects you want to work on. We will have yarn and tools for anyone who needs them.

    Level: All Levels

    Materials Fee: $0

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Peace Weaver

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  • Felted Spring Lambs

    • 08 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
    Register

    Come in from the cold and spend the afternoon working on some spring lambs just for ewe! In this class you will learn how to needle felt lambs using basic shapes and how to make a figure without having to use a wire armature. We will work on some basic needle felting techniques that can get you started on your own felting journey or increase your current needle felting skills (and maybe some shortcuts that you haven't thought of). You should be able to complete a full size lamb as well as a small lamb depending on your skill level.

    Level: All Levels

    Materials Fee: $20

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Beth Sellers

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  • Light Up Your Garments & FiberArt

    • 14 Mar 2020
    • 9:00 AM
    • 15 Mar 2020
    • 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 9
    Register

    Why not add a touch bling to your fiber art pieces? In this class, we’ll make several felted items then stitch on LEDs using conductive yarn. We'll hack a tea light and learn a basic circuit that can be used in a myriad of ways. You’ll get an overview of the new world of e-textiles on a craft level and some of the materials available in this rapidly evolving technology. No programing or engineering degrees required or excluded.

    Level: All Levels

    Materials Fee: $30

    Registration: Members $200, Non-members $240

    Instructor: bio Geri Forkner

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  • Knits vs Purls

    • 16 Mar 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
    Register

    Get cozy and comfortable with the purl stitch! After half a day together, you will be well versed in how to execute both knits and purls, be able to tell the difference between them in your knitting (i.e., how to "read" your knitting to know which stitches are which, and which should come next), and have mastered several different methods of ribbing, seed stitch, basket weave, all over textured patterns, and how to read a chart. Students will create a well- labeled sampler to serve as a reminder at home of all the ways knits and purls can be combined to create fabric characteristics. Prerequisite skills: Students should feel comfortable with the knit stitch. Materials needed: 1 ball of bulky yarn and US 10 needles; or 1 ball of worsted weight yarn and US 7 needles.

    Level: Intermediate

    Materials Fee: $0

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Jess Kaufmann

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  • Easy Felted Soap

    • 16 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 10
    Register

    Felted soaps are the perfect gift: long lasting, beautiful, all natural, and handmade with love (by you!). In this class, you will learn the principles behind turning loose combed roving into thick, solid felt. You’ll also learn the difference between various breeds of sheep’s wool, plus how to prepare and design woolen batts for making several felted soaps. You bring the bars of soap that please you most—but no glycerin based (clear) soaps. They just don’t work as well with the wooly fibers! Dress to get sudsy: short sleeved tops and comfy shoes for standing, as we’ll be doing all the felting by hand. Bring a plastic shopping bag to put your finished soaps in, as they will be damp. We will have time to finish one soap for sure, two soaps probably, and if you’d like to prep the third bar to take home with you for some real home-made fun, that’s fine, too.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $10

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Jess Kaufmann

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  • Silk Shibori Dyeing

    • 20 Mar 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 10
    Register

    Shibori is the simple yet sophisticated Japanese ancestor of tie-dyeing, and silk is the most beautiful and efficient fabric for this fascinating technique. We will use straight-forward, immediate hands-on methods of clamping, tying, stitching, and wrapping resists on silk fabrics, then immerse them in vibrant fiber-reactive and acid dye baths to layer rich colors and gorgeous patterns. Students may bring blank silk fabric, scarves, and apparel pieces to dye and finish in this fun and fast-paced workshop.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $10

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Jen Swearington

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  • Expressive Drawing with Thread: Moving Beyond Tradition

    • 21 Mar 2020
    • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 15
    Register

    Moving beyond traditional embroidery stitches, this workshop will focus on creating expressive embroideries using marks typically associated with painting and drawing. We’ll start the workshop exploring some basic drawing concepts on paper. After generating a handful of ideas and quick sketches, students will spend the rest of the time learning how to translate these drawings into embroidered works on fabric. No previous drawing or embroidery experience required. Open to all skill levels.

    Level: All levels

    Materials fee: $0

    Instructor: Erin Castellan

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120


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  • Dye Lab: Painting Protein Fiber with Acid Dye

    • 24 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave #11, Asheville, NC
    • 6
    Register

    Join us for a fun afternoon, working on your own projects. This Lab is for Advanced Beginners and beyond. You need to bring your wool, mohair, alpaca or silk pre-soaked in vinegar, rubber gloves, plastic bins and dye to share. We use a variety of techniques and equipment - low water immersion, steaming, crockpot dyeing, etc. with consultation from an experienced leader - Judi Jetson and/or Beth Sellars - to get the result you want. If you like, bring magazine pages or photos with images you find appealing, and we'll help you mix dye colors to match.

    Level: Advanced Beginners to Expert


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  • Indigo Interest Group

    • 29 Mar 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11
    Register

    All things indigo!

    From growing to processing to dyeing techniques--if it has to do with indigo, we will study it.

    In the first quarter of 2020 we will explore painting with indigo. Two helpful references are John Marshall’s books Singing the Blues and Salvation through Soy.

    Bring your cloth and paintbrushes. We will treat fabrics with soymilk and make indigo paint together.

    The Indigo Forum can be found here. Consider subscribing to it and posting your questions, answers, work, etc.

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  • MycoPaper: Making Handmade Paper with Mushrooms

    • 01 Apr 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 15
    Register

    With the ecological challenges our world is facing, now more than ever, mushrooms are a vital and relevant queendom to understand, cultivate, and forage. Mushrooms are a great alternative to cellulose-based paper. Using polypore mushrooms and DIY paper making techniques participants will make their own mycopaper in addition to learning how to find, and ethically forage, for paper-friendly mushrooms.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $20

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Nica Rabinowitz

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  • Art Dolls for Textile and Fiber Lovers

    • 01 Apr 2020
    • 15 Apr 2020
    • 3 sessions
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 10
    Register
    Don’t know what to do with that beautiful piece of hand-dyed fabric? Maybe you have a vintage table runner that needs a new life. How about that partial skein of yarn that isn’t enough for a project, but is too beautiful to toss? Discover the art doll as a means of creative expression for textile and fiber lovers. In this class we will learn the basics of constructing a stump doll. We will explore design principles, sources of inspiration, and methods for adapting various materials to create a beautiful one-of-a-kind figure. These figures will be constructed primarily of cloth, but mixed-media options will be discussed. A working sewing machine and basic sewing skills are required.

    Level: Beginner

    Materials fee: $25 for Pattern, fabric for head and hands, stand, stuffing

    Registration: Members $150, Non-members $180

    Instructor: Ann Hord-Heatherley

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  • Learn Wicker Basketry, Create an Interwoven Base Basket

    • 03 Apr 2020
    • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 9
    • 1 registrant
    Register
    Participants will learn many fine points of wicker basketry. Exploring basket set ups, textural additions, and finishing techniques everyone goes home with an ample handmade heirloom basket. Using hand dyed reeds and textural accents this instructor combines discussions on dyeing methods, basketry history,and tips in a non competitive and playful day of basket weaving.

    Level: All

    Materials Fee:  $15 for all hand dyed reeds, buckets, tools and hand outs or this class

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: bio Carla Fillipelli

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  • Private Rental Janna Mattson

    • 04 Apr 2020
    • 05 Apr 2020
    • 2 sessions
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11, Asheville NC
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  • Beginners Introduction to Natural Dyeing

    • 07 Apr 2020
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 20
    Register

    Learn all about natural dyes, mordants and ph, and how to prepare your fiber as well as how the indigo vat works. This is a lecture only class, you will not be dyeing, but after this class you will be prepared to join one of the study groups or take a hands on natural dye class.

    Level: Beginner

    Materials Fee: $0

    Registration: Members $15, Non-members $20

    Instructor: bio Joyce Tromba and Eileen Hallman

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  • Private Rental Janna Mattson

    • 11 Apr 2020
    • 12 Apr 2020
    • 2 sessions
    • 207 Coxe Ave, #11, Asheville NC
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  • Madder Magic: Dyeing with Madder Root

    • 18 Apr 2020
    • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 15
    Register

    Madder root is the gift that keeps giving. This natural pigment is found in the red roots of the madder plant. We will extract orange, red, and pink tone’s from madder root – nature’s red root – in order to create prints on silk and cotton. We will cover resist and bundle dyeing techniques, and discuss how these methods can be used for mending and hiding stains. Everyone will walk away with custom textiles, along with the natural dyeing knowledge needed to explore the array of pigments nature has to offer.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $20

    Registration: Members $50, Non-members $60

    Instructor: bio Nica Rabinowitz

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  • Intro to Eco-Printing

    • 20 Apr 2020
    • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • 207 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
    • 8
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    An introductory course that will provide students with the tools necessary to begin exploring the magical world of eco printing. Students will generate silk samples using different mordanting and modifying techniques for insuring successful results. Silk fabric and a variety of leaves will be provided for the experiments. After a series of “testing” students will select their favorite “method” and print a 14” x 72” silk scarf. Students will leave with a 14” x 72” silk scarf, multiple samples and handouts containing thorough instructions for working at home.

    Level: Beginning

    Materials Fee: $25  includes all fabrics and supplies  

    Registration: Members $100, Non-members $120

    Instructor: Patricia Spangler bio 

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  • Eco Printing - The Next Generation

    • 21 Apr 2020
    • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM