Silk Painting Workshop in September

Silk Painting Workshop in September

PAINTING ON SILK FABRICS – INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED TECHNIQUES Three-day workshop (9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) September 22-24, 2017 Instructor:  Nadia Kahn Using dyes from France and silk cloth from the far East, participants will explore different techniques to...
Gathering of the Textile Arts

Gathering of the Textile Arts

Tinkuy 2017, the Gathering of the Textile Arts in Cusco, Peru, November 8–11, 2017. This international gathering of indigenous textile artisans, textile enthusiasts, art historians, anthropologists, and many others will celebrate the wealth and diversity of our...
Look What You Missed

Look What You Missed

  Ginny Eckley has an EZ way to Silkscreen print. The Fiber Study Group met for a workshop on Wednesday, June 14th. Ginny provided a huge selection of screen designs to choose from and the inks, and we used our own fabric or paper for our project. It was a great...
The Old Spinning Wheel

The Old Spinning Wheel

What Happens When You Win a Spinning Wheel! from Kathy Bone Backstory: My mother, now 92, grew up dirt-poor on a farm in central Illinois. Her father was a widower by the time she was two, so his mother came and helped raise the four children, my mom being the...