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Learn to Weave
Learn the fundamentals of weaving with TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown as you set up a floor loom, experiment with yarns and basic weaves, and make a scarf, table runner, or wall hanging.
Sculptural Basketry Workshop with Carol Shaw-Sutton
Taught by Carol Shaw-Sutton, you will learn twining, lashing, weaving and netting as you construct wonderfully wild 3 dimensional objects.
Elements of Weaving: Color
Explore color - hue, value and intensity – and how color interacts with yarns and woven structures. In this THREE DAY session, dive into color theory (using yarns, not paint! ) create several color palettes and weave your favorite palette in a scarf, table runner or wall hanging.
Taught by TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown.
Pine Needle Basketry Workshop
Learn the historic craft of pine needle basketry from multidisciplinary artist Eliot Spaulding.
Create your own small basket using a sewing needle, waxed thread, and local Ojai pine needles. We will be learning the spiral stitch, and the universal weaving technique of "coiling", which can later be applied to many other materials!
Gelatin Plate Printing on Fabric
Join teaching artist Connie Rohman for this textile arts workshop! In this class, participants will explore this colorful and spontaneous way to create original designs on fabric.
Elements of Weaving: Pattern
Create a blended warp where color and texture are supporting players to pattern. Learn weave notation, explore a variety of woven structures, and weave your favorites in a scarf, table runner or wall hanging.
Taught by TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown.
Mending as Metaphor - The Mending Basket
This workshop with Ruth Katzenstein Souza will provide the opportunity for attendees to bring a textile or piece of clothing to repair, mend, embroider, patch, or transform.
There will be time to share what you brought and explore techniques and materials that have been used historically and share some ideas about creative, visible mending.
Patchwork Mending with Vintage Japanese Fabrics
Come mend with BORO BORO!
They’ll be hosting a casual mending hour at Nellita's Craft! No formal instruction, just two hours of mending time for you to work on your own projects!
Wet Felt a Clutch Purse
Felting is an ancient form of working with fiber to create fabrics, vessels, and decorative objects.
Learn to use wool, soap, hot water and a little friction to create your own felt object with Andi Baehne-Meyer. In this class you will learn to use resist techniques to shape the wool into a clutch purse full of color and texture.
Family Workshop: Pattern and Code
Craft Contemporary exhibiting artist Ahree Lee leads an inventive all-ages workshop combining electronic circuits and weaving! Learn simple weaving techniques, and create your own custom weaving, on a pocket-sized loom that is yours to keep.
Bandana Screenprinting Workshop
In this Bandana Screen printing workshop with Carrie Burckle, learn how to screen print on cotton bandanas using simple cut out stencils and textile inks.
Handmade Artist Book Workshop with Amanda Maciel Antunes
Tap into your memory, personal insight, and intuition to design and create a handmade book that symbolically balances form and content. Blending traditional and contemporary practice, Amanda Maciel Antunes introduces you to the genre of artists’ books that are as diverse in style and direction as they are in technique.
Felting Loom Collaging
Join textile artist Emily Silver for an immersive two-day workshop exploring the art of collage through innovative needle-felting techniques.
Sashiko Stitching
Dip your toes in the classic Japanese art of sashiko. A once very popular style of visible mending in rural northern Japan as early as 400 years ago. Sashiko is done with a basic running stitch yielding beautiful geometric patterns.
Improvisational Tapestry Weaving
Tapestry Weaving on a Frame Loom with Casey Baden will cover the basics of weft-faced tapestry techniques, cartoon drawing, and setting up a frame loom.
The frame loom is a simple, portable tool which can be used to make wall hangings or small textile squares to be pieced together into a larger project. This is the perfect class for the very beginner weaver and seasoned weavers looking to have a bit of fun.
Elements of Weaving: Fiber
Explore the rich diversity of fibers and their properties as you weave with cotton, linen, wool, mohair, alpaca, silk and more! Plus we'll mix wools and cotton in one textile to create our own version of Nuno BORO cloth "from riches to rags and back again."
Taught by TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown.
Wet Felt a Vessel
Learn to use wool, soap, hot water and a little friction to create your own felt vessel with Andi Baehne-Meyer.
Fashion Waste to Textile Art
Designed with a focus on sustainable practices, this workshop with Svetlana Shigroff will teach participants how to transform post-industrial fashion waste into functional and decorative loop-pile tapestries.
Hand Sewn Collage
We are so excited to share that Debra Weiss is teaching a 2 session slow stitching class at Stitch Salon this month. (Sewing by hand).
Improvisational collage and stitch in 2 parts.
Layered Leporello Book Arts Workshop with Victoria May
Victoria May will teach you how to use the modular folded structure of the Leporello format to create an accordion book with layers, windows, and pop-ups.
Rigid Heddle Shoulder Purse
In this two-day workshop, create a shoulder purse on a rigid heddle loom with Judy Hersh.
Woven Circuits Workshop
Craft Contemporary exhibiting artist Ahree Lee leads an inventive workshop combining electronic circuits and weaving! Participants will craft a woven circuit using traditional weaving techniques with conductive thread and LEDs to create an e-textile. No prior experience with either weaving or electronics is required.
Stitched Patch Workshop with Aubrey Longley-Cook
Make your mark by designing and stitching a custom patch with Aubrey Longley-Cook! In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use expressive stitching to create a unique accessory that reflects your style. From designing your patch to finishing the edges, this session covers everything you need to bring your ideas to life with thread and needlework.
Beginning Embroidery
Remainders Creative Reuse has partnered with Pasadena Parks and Recreation to offer an 8 week embroidery class at Washington Park Community House on Mondays in March and April taught by Denise Millard.
Learn six essential stitches in this beginner workshop.
Pine Needle Basketry Class
Learn the techniques of this ancient craft with Andi Baehne-Meyer and weave your own one of a kind basket! Bring your imagination and enjoy the process of turning natural pine needles into a stunning handmade creation.
Mending Time with Vintage Japanese Fabrics
Come mend with BORO BORO!
They’ll be hosting a casual mending hour at Nellita's Craft! No formal instruction, just two hours of mending time for you to work on your own projects!
Wear & Repair Workshop: Adapt Your Style, Master Mending Basics
Join Slow Fashion Stylist Isa Spies and Sustainable Designer Kenzie Curran for an afternoon of guided personal styling and hands-on mending.
Elements of Weaving: Texture
Explore tactile possibilities with a variety of fibers, yarns and weave structures with TALA member Cameron Taylor-Brown. Create several textures and weave your favorites in a scarf, table runner, or wall hanging.
Painting with Thread: Embroidery Workshop with Tristan Esmino
Explore the art of embroidery with Tristan Esmino by stitching either a beautiful frog or beetle design. This workshop is part of the Stitched Together series co-presented with Textile Arts LA.
Patchwork Mending with Vintage Japanese Fabrics
Come learn about patchwork and visible mending techniques using vintage Japanese textiles provided by BORO BORO!
Sashiko Stitching
Dip your toes in the classic Japanese art of sashiko. A once very popular style of visible mending in rural northern Japan as early as 400 years ago. Sashiko is done with a basic running stitch yielding beautiful geometric patterns.
While we create a sampler we will learn basic sashiko stitches . You will leave with an in process sampler that can easily be turned into a scarf, tote or even pillow.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
This small group workshop will be for anyone who has taken beginning fiber techniques previously. Those who have learned weaving and off-loom fiber techniques from other teachers are welcome. The intention is for students to be working on a piece of their choice or starting one from scratch. The group will discuss creative approaches for pushing the piece forward and each person will receive individual attention.
Chain Stitch Embroidery
Chain stitch is a fun hand embroidery stitch. You can bring a piece of clothing to embroider and/or you can create a piece in an embroidery hoop!
Natural Dyeing for Potholder Weavers
Kate Kilmurray announces Natural Dyeing for Potholder Weavers, a special three-day course, led by instructor Allie Feldman of Rooted Botanics. Taking place over three consecutive Sundays, this hands-on in-person workshop will cover the fundamentals of natural dyeing, allowing you to learn about a variety of plant-based dyes over an extended period.
Textile Arts in 2 Parts
Join teaching artist Connie Rohman for a two-part textile arts workshop! Take one workshop or take both to create a large format needle book.
Sea-weaving: Experimenting with Algae Yarn Weaving
Dive into the world of oceanic materials in this bioplastic yarn workshop with artists Amy Chiao and Molly Haynes. Using algae, kelp, fish bones, sea urchins, and more, participants will experiment with algae yarn extrusion, marine waste processing, and natural dyeing to produce unique woven specimens!