Come and enhance your fiber arts skills, or try your hand at something new!
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Try your hand at basket weaving, and learn how to make this cute and functional sectional heart basket created on a wooden base.
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Maureen Quale has been teaching basket weaving since 2008 and has taught many diverse groups…native Americans, girls scouts, church groups, etc. Her passion is to keep this art form alive and to encourage first time weavers to join the fun! Maureen has been teaching at our festival for several years and always brings interesting and functional projects with an array of colors to suit student’s taste.
Have you been wanting to take your knitting skills to the next level? This class incorporates three intermediate skills in one project: reading charts, cabling and knitting in the round using the magic loop method. We will be creating a coffee cup cozy using a charted cable pattern in the round.
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Lindsay is a returning instructor at the WNY Fiber Arts Festival, and a self-taught knitter who has been knitting for nearly 20 years. She has a business/brand called Knit One & Done, selling wearable fiber art at regional craft vending events including the Mayday! Underground Crafts & Arts markets, as well as through her website.
Come play with a rainbow of unspun wool and some soapy water to discover how some of the very first fabric was made! All materials and tools provided. We’ll discover how to turn wool into jewelry, toys, clothes, and household decorations in a sloshy whirlwind of fun: four projects in just two hours!! This class is a great fit for children ages 10 and up, or for grands/parents and children to enjoy together!
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Marcia Weinert (who is “Undeniably Loopy!”) has been addicted to turning fluff into stuff ever since sneaking her 9-year-old daughter’s spindle and fiber after their first class together, over two decades ago! She teaches spinning, knitting, felting, and crochet in many outlets across the northeast, particularly the Weaving & Fiber Arts Center in Rochester, NY. We are delighted to have Marcia return as an instructor for the WNY Fiber Arts Festival.
Explore the basics of weaving with a simple frame loom. Learn how to warp, select materials for texture and strength and receive instruction on basket or plain weave, as well as a brief discussion of fringe and texture techniques for roving and foreign objects. Instruction will include weaving time as well as finishing and hanging your work.READ MORE...
The WNY Fiber Arts Festival is very excited to have Tami Fuller share her talents this year at the festival! Tami is a second-generation fiber artist, and works as an educator and studio artist out of East Aurora. Tami is passionate about inspiring and empowering a new generation of creators by teaching the fiber arts in new, modern contexts which are still strongly rooted in traditional technique.
Double knitting is the technique of producing two layers of fabric using one set of needles. In this class, you will learn this easy colorwork process to create a practical coaster that looks beautiful on both sides. Students will be encouraged to create their own charted pattern for the coaster using two contrasting colors.
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Lindsay is a returning instructor at the WNY Fiber Arts Festival, and a self-taught knitter who has been knitting for nearly 20 years. She has a business/brand called Knit One & Done, selling wearable fiber art at regional craft vending events including the Mayday! Underground Crafts & Arts markets, as well as through her website.
Learn to make your own, unique handspun yarn on a spinning wheel! We’ll play with several types of prepared wool while we discuss wheel maintenance, drafting, treadling, plying, and finishing techniques to make a balanced yarn. As time permits, we’ll touch on other fiber preparations, and non-wool fibers. No previous experience required. Warning: Spinning can be addictive. Suitable for beginners – no prior experience necessary. STUDENT BRINGS Any treadle-driven wheel in good working condition, with at least one bobbin, or contact the instructor at [email protected] to reserve a rental wheel for an additional $10 fee.
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Marcia Weinert (who is “Undeniably Loopy!”) has been addicted to turning fluff into stuff ever since sneaking her 9-year-old daughter’s spindle and fiber after their first class together, over two decades ago! She teaches spinning, knitting, felting, and crochet in many outlets across the northeast, particularly the Weaving & Fiber Arts Center in Rochester, NY. We are delighted to have Marcia return as an instructor for the WNY Fiber Arts Festival.
In this two hour session students will learn several basic embroidery stitches including, but not limited to : straight, back, running, chain, stem, blanket, and french knots. These stitches can then be combined and worked in stacked rows or in tandem to embellish textiles of any sort from traditional linens to knitwear.
Materials fee covers the embroidery kit consisting of one hoop, fabric, embroidery needles, and floss. In addition, you will receive a digital document of hints, needle and floss guides, online resources, and one additional free pattern.
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The WNY Fiber Arts Festival is very excited to have Rebecca Swanson share her talents this year at the festival! Rebecca has been dabbling in textile arts for over 50 years. She is an experienced knitter, a modest spinner, and an enthusiastic new quilter and bag maker. Rebecca has recently returned to embroidery after discovering a love of wool applique. She is an experienced classroom teacher who has recently combined her love of teaching and textile arts.
Discover dyeing with Indigo and learn the Japanese resist dye method like “origami for cloth” known as shibori. Class will include instruction on different resist dyeing methods and techniques to create repeating patterns with demonstrations for clamping, stitching, and binding for four basic patterns before students will work with an indigo vat to dip dye and explore the “magic” that is natural indigo.
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The WNY Fiber Arts Festival is very excited to have Tami Fuller share her talents this year at the festival! Tami is a second-generation fiber artist, and works as an educator and studio artist out of East Aurora. Tami is passionate about inspiring and empowering a new generation of creators by teaching the fiber arts in new, modern contexts which are still strongly rooted in traditional technique.
