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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.
"We Write the Book" Craft Program
Join artist Debra Disman for this all-ages craft series, where we learn to make a different book each session! Play with fun materials and learn new skills! All materials provided. You can come to as many sessions as you want!
Macrame Shelf Workshop
Dip your toes into this niche fiber art technique. Micro macramé is a delicate form of knotting that involves working with thin threads to create intricate patterns and designs.
SOCAL FIBER FAIR
SoCal Fiber Fair is an event for knitters, crocheters, weavers, embroiderers, and yarn enthusiasts across California to come together for a weekend of fun, friendship, and (of course) lots and lots of fiber!
Adult Basket Workshop
Join artist Kelly Dennis Villalba to explore the historic art of basket weaving in celebration of Native American Heritage month.
Through this meditative and communal practice involving color, coiling and sewing, you will engage in a revered tradition passed down through generations while learning the essential creative skills to weave a unique, original artwork.
Intro to Weaving
In this two-day course with Emily Graham, you will weave a twill sampler on a four-shaft floor loom and experiment with color and pattern!
Intermediate Weaving: Intro to Overshot
Learn the principles of overshot and weave your own geometric overshot fabric with Emily Graham in this 2-day workshop!
Elements of Weaving: Texture
Explore tactile possibilities with a variety of fibers, yarns and weave structures. Create several textures and weave your favorites in a scarf, table runner, or wall hanging.
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.
Special Topics in Weaving: Materiality, the Tactile Experience
Experiment and explore woven design concepts. with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
Elements of Weaving: Pattern
Experiment and explore woven design concepts. with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
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.
Elements of Weaving: Fiber
Experiment and explore woven design concepts. with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
Elements of Weaving: Color
Experiment and explore woven design concepts. with Cameron Taylor-Brown on Schacht Wolf Pup floor looms in a fully equipped textile studio - with an abundance of beautiful yarn choices.
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.
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.
Micro-Macrame-Sip-n-Stitch
Dip your toes into this niche fiber art technique. Micro macramé is a delicate form of knotting that involves working with thin threads to create intricate patterns and designs.
Felt Loom Collage
Join textile artist Emily Silver for an immersive one day workshop exploring the art of collage through innovative needle-felting techniques.
Weaving and Fiber Festival
Fiber Fun for Creative People of All Ages hosted by the Southern California Handweavers’ Guild
Batik Silk Painting Workshop
This class will introduce participants to the technique of Batik on silk.
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.
Shibori Bleach Dyeing
Join teaching artist Connie Rohman for this three session textile arts workshop!
In this class, participants will explore the art of Shibori dyeing using bleach on dark fabric.
Embroidery Social
Hosted by Folk Lounge, this is more than an embroidery gathering—it's a sanctuary where creativity, community, and cultural storytelling come alive through needle and thread. Whether you're just beginning or have been stitching for years, you're invited to bring a project or start something new, and immerse yourself in a circle that nurtures both skill and soul.
Pattern Keepers: Batchelder Nature In Relief
Join the first of a series of events hosted by @_shagho of Folk Lounge, exploring Ernest Batchelder's ornamental legacy through nature's hidden patterns.
Boro and Sashiko Stitching with Glennis Dolce
Join Los Angeles–based artist Glennis Dolce for a hands-on workshop inspired by the Japanese traditions of boro and sashiko stitching. Guided by Dolce’s expertise, participants will create unique whole cloths from fabric scraps using a combination of hand sewing, machine sewing, appliqué, and sashiko techniques.
Surface Design: Ice Dyeing with Mai Tae
Craft Contemporary and Textile Arts LA invite you to dive into the rich world of surface design using ice dyeing with Mai Tae.
Maker Night: Drop-In Printmaking Night!
Join Craft Contemporary for an evening of textile printing!
LA Weaver: Workshop with Maria Maea
Craft Contemporary invites you to Learn simple basket making techniques with artist Maria Maea!
Surface Design: Relief Printmaking with Dusty Guerra
Craft Contemporary and Textile Arts LA invite you to dive into the rich world of surface design using block printing with Dusty Guerra.
Silk Scarf Batik Workshop
This class will introduce participants to the technique of Batik on silk.
A piece of unique wearable art is created by layering French silk dyes and wax.
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
Ferne Jacobs will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Surface Design: Clay Resist Stencils and Indigo Dyeing with Theresa Robinett
Craft Contemporary and Textile Arts LA invite you to dive into the rich world of surface design using indigo dye and clay resist techniques with Theresa Robinett.
Blooming Threads: Soviet Flower Symbolism In Cross Stitch
Join the Wende for a vibrant workshop with Shagane Barsegian, AKA folk.lounge, to explore the rich tradition of floral cross stitch in Soviet and Russian culture, focusing particularly on roses and flowers as symbols of transformation and potential.
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.
Samizdat Sundays and Other Subversions
A hands-on series of textile-based workshops led by Kate Ingold, inspired by the Soviet Hippie Collection and other dissident archives at the Wende Museum.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.

