July 22 - 26, 2024
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions)
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
August 12 - 16, 2024
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions)
Wild Textiles: Adventures in Fiber Art
Come co-create with nature in this hands-on, exploratory and process oriented fiber arts camp.
Learn to dye, print, mark and manipulate paper and fabric using only found and foraged materials.
Students will create their own fiber art reference journal with samples and notes to be used for further textile exploration.
Students will also have the chance to create one of a kind pieces of art to wear, gift or display.
The last day of class we will put on our own Wild Textiles art exhibit to show off and discuss everything we’ve learned, practiced and created!
July 22 - 26, 2024
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
(5 sessions)
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
August 12 - 16, 2024
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
(5 sessions)
Refashion Runway: Stitch it, Don’t Ditch it!
Welcome fellow up-cycle enthusiasts!
Get ready to love, care, repair and re-wear the abundant textiles in your life.
With just a few simple stitches, textiles paints, and reclaimed fabrics you can transform the clothes you rarely wear into your go-to garments of choice.
So, get ready to learn new skills, save money and take actionable steps towards reducing the textile waste in your life!
The last day of class we will show off our wearable art creations and all that we’ve learned by putting on our very own Refashion Runway!
June 3rd, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:30 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Tataki Zomé: Plant Portraits with a Hammer
Tataki Zome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals onto paper.
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer!
Each participant will leave the workshop with botanically printed pieces of paper ready to turn into greeting cards, bookmarks, wall art, etc. plus ideas for how to enhance their prints further with watercolors, pens or stitching.
May 13th & 14th, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:30 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Shibori Rust Dyeing
Shibori is a Japanese resist dyeing technique which produces patterns on fabric when it is bound, folded, twisted, compressed, stitched, clamped or knotted.
Although Shibori is often associated with the famous style of fabric dying particular to Japan, its tradition has been practiced for centuries around the globe.
In this workshop, we’ll learn how to create one of kind surface design pieces using only heat, time, rusty objects such as nails, rubber bands and cotton fabric.
Each participant will leave the workshop with paper and fabric pieces suitable for collage, wearable art or wall hanging.
All materials will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring any small rusty objects (ie: screws, small pieces of metal, wire, etc) they may have for experimentation.
TIP: Anything galvanized will not work.
January 29th, 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Hand Embroidered Valentine Card Making
Bring your blank card stock, embroidery threads and your imagination and we’ll learn how to make hand stitched Valentines just in time to mail to your special someone on February 14th! This class is for you even if you’ve never thread a needle! All levels of experience are welcome.
January 22nd, 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Monoprinting Without a Press
Explore the interplay of color and texture as we celebrate the changing seasons in this exploratory, process oriented gel plate monoprinting workshop. We'll learn about gel plate printmaking basics plus tips for pulling successful prints. Each participant will be provided paper, gel plate and brayer for printing, acrylic paints in various colors, brushes, a variety of leaves and flowers and reclaimed plastic or cardboard to create a variety of textures for the prints. Participants will leave the workshop with 15-20 unique textured prints ready for hanging or collage. All levels of experience are welcome.
Past 2023 workshops
November 13th, 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Tataki Zome: Plant Portraits with a Hammer
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! Each participant will leave the workshop with botanically printed pieces of paper ready to turn into greeting cards, bookmarks, wall art, etc. plus ideas for how to enhance their prints further with watercolors, pens or stitching. All levels welcome. No experience necessary.
October 14th, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 pM
Everett Public Library
Everett, WA
Plant Prints: Eco Printing Leaves on Paper
Celebrate the changing seasons and discover the magic of botanical alchemy known as eco printing.
Make unique and lasting plant portraits, or eco prints on paper. When plant material is placed between layers of paper then steamed or boiled, the plants’ natural pigments release and adhere to the paper creating one of a kind pieces of botanical art.
October 7th, 2023
10:00 aM – 12:30 PM
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival @ Edward D. Hansen Convention Center
Everett, WA
Tataki Zome: Flower Printing, Just Pound it!
A form of eco printing, also known as Hapa Zome or Flower Pounding, Tataki Zome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals into cloth or paper.
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! All levels welcome. No experience necessary.
Each participant will leave the workshop with one (1) botanically printed piece of cloth and one (1) botanically printed piece of paper.
October 7th, 2023
1:00 pM – 3:30 PM
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival @ Edward D. Hansen Convention Center
Everett, WA
Slow Stitch Sewcial: Make Your Own Wearable Art
With just a few simple stitches and reclaimed fabrics you can create your own unique piece of wearable art! In this slow stitch workshop we’ll express ourselves in color, texture and stitch by making perfectly imperfect, small scale fabric collages to wear.
All levels of experience are welcome.
August 19th, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Civic Garden Club
La Conner, WA
Eco-Printing with Petals, Leaves & Found Metals
Make your own unique botanical prints from a few simple foraged ingredients: petals, leaves and found urban metals. Learn how to coax color from plants as you witness nature and the urban environment interacting together on paper and cloth.
All levels of experience are welcome.
August 12th, 2023
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Kirkland Arts Center
Kirkland, WA
Tataki Zome
A form of eco printing, also known as Hapa Zome or Flower Pounding, Tataki Zomé, is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals into cloth or paper. In this workshop, you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! Once we make the prints, we'll be able to enhance them with either watercolor paints on paper or embroidery stitches on cloth.
April 22, 2023
11am -2:30pm
Everett Public Library
Main Branch
Everett, WA
Repair What You Wear
Learn how to make an impact by repairing rather than replacing clothing and other cloth household items.
Sustainable Fashion is the fashion you already own. Extending the life of clothes by an extra nine months of active use would reduce carbon, water, and waste footprints by around 20–30% each.
On Earth Day, 2023, learn to repair what you have, rather than buying new. Redesign an existing item of clothing or household textile to save money and the planet.
Hands on skills to learn during the workshop:
Fabric identification
How to sew on buttons
Creative ways to reclaim textiles and turn them into wearable art
Materials needed:
Bring a used cotton T shirt or pair of jeans or a household textile with a small hole or rip in need of a simple repair.
April 20, 2023
6pm -8pm
Petrikor
Everett, WA
Mother’s Day Gift Giving Workshop: Botanical Printing on Silk
Cherish and honor both your mothers this Mother’s Day with a unique, botanically infused piece of wearable art.
Made from our Mother Earth, designed by you for your Mother. Capture the ephemeral beauty of blooms for Mom to enjoy all year long via the magical botanical alchemy of eco-printing.
Bring your spent bouquets or fresh cuttings from the garden. Some botanicals will be provided.
Participants will leave the workshop with an eco-printed silk bandana ready for gifting in a gift bag with a handmade by you botanically infused gift tag.
January 16 - March 6, 2023
(Mondays, 8 sessions)
Kirkland Arts Center
Kirkland, WA
Slow Stitch Style: Declare Your Independence from Fast Fashion
Create unique pieces of wearable art from unworn or worn out items in your existing wardrobe. Learn how to express yourself in color, texture and stitch in this process oriented, hands-on course. Re-awaken your inner maker, enhance your manual dexterity and sharpen your problem solving skills with basic hand stitching, artful mending and embroidery techniques.