Visible Mending with Katrina Rodabaugh
This workshop is a part of Fibershed's 2022 Mending Challenge Series. (Haven't signed up for our challenge? Signup here!) Mending is a wonderful way to practice hand-stitching and simultaneously participate in Slow Fashion. Simple stitches transform torn or distressed garments, homewares, and textiles through thoughtful repairs. Visible mending is a hand-stitching technique that inspires beautiful contemporary […]
Meditation Hand-Work & The Elements & Principles of Design at slowfiber
Slowfiber 517A Hartnell St, Monterey, CAMeditation Hand-Work & The Elements & Principles of Design-Slow Stitching Becomes an Art Practice for Self Care Description: Monthly Schedule: May 26: Patterns & Shapes June 24: Compliments & Line July 29: Monochrome & Harmony August 29: Form, 3-D & Space September 30: Texture & Repetition October 28: Balance & Color November 25: Contrast & […]
36th Annual Lambtown Festival
We are thrilled to announce that Lambtown Festival will be back in person this year! Plans are well underway and we are excited to see everyone at the Dixon May Fairgrounds on October 1st and 2nd, 2022. Workshops will begin on Thursday, September 29th, so circle your calendars! You can now officially start looking forward to […]
FLEECE TO GARMENT REUNION LUNCH at Windrush Farm
Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesPlease accept our invitation to come for a Reunion Potluck lunch. Bring a potluck dish to share, and if possible, bring your project from the class and something new you have completed since the class. Marlie and Mimi are cooking up a mini-class for fun after the Show and Tell. There is no charge for […]
Rug Hooking Workshop at High Desert Fibershed Learning Center
High Desert Fibershed Learning Center 459 South Main Street, Cedarville, CA, United StatesWarner Mountain Weavers has opened up their High Desert Fibershed Learning Center in the Surprise Valley, Cedarville, California! Warner Mountain Weavers has been is business since 2000 and has a 2 story building with a classroom upstairs and downstairs to accommodate students. We also have a large outside dye area with picnic tables, burners and antique ringer […]
Weave a Tule Mat with Charlie Kennard
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to make a mat from locally-harvested tule Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where we will make small sitting mats using tule rushes twined together with dyed cotton string. (The type of tule mat we will be making can be seen to the […]
Visible Mending on Knitwear and Denim with Arounna Khounnoraj
This workshop is a part of Fibershed’s 2022 Mending Challenge Series. (Haven’t signed up for our challenge? Signup here!) In this workshop you will explore Visible Mending with Arounna Khounnoraj of Bookhou. We all have that favorite pair of jeans or a well-loved sweater — no matter how baggy or worn they might become. In the […]
Community Mending Day at the Fibershed Learning Center
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin us in a mending movement — to slow down, to build relationship with our material culture, to create community. Every stitch, every mend can be an act of resistance to the destructive fast-fashion industry our material culture is steeped in. We're hosting a Community Mending Day to come together and repair our worn and beloved […]
Meditation Hand-Work & The Elements & Principles of Design at slowfiber
Slowfiber 517A Hartnell St, Monterey, CAMeditation Hand-Work & The Elements & Principles of Design-Slow Stitching Becomes an Art Practice for Self Care Description: Monthly Schedule: May 26: Patterns & Shapes June 24: Compliments & Line July 29: Monochrome & Harmony August 29: Form, 3-D & Space September 30: Texture & Repetition October 28: Balance & Color November 25: Contrast & […]
Printmaking with Natural Dyes with Karen Hampton
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to make dyes from local plants & print with them on fabrics Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station for a two-day workshop with textile artist, anthropologist, and storyteller Karen Hampton. The workshop runs from 10 am to 4 pm each day. In Karen's words: […]