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The 2010 Southwest Fiber Arts Festival classes are ready for registration.
Register early for your favorites!
Classes offered Pre-Festival: Friday, October 29th
and Festival Day: Saturday, October 30th.
Click Here for a Class Registration Form
CLASS SESSION I ~ October 29, 2010
Beyond 'Green' 10:00am - 4:30pm Sarah Sammons
 Tired of knit pieces with no flair? Combine fabrics and other materials with yarn, learn color-knitting skills, throw in a bit of crochet (if you wish) and create a multi-color bag or mat. During the morning session we will learn different techniques for turning fabric and plastic bags into "yarns" and then practice color-knitting techniques to create dazzling patterns of mixed colors and textures. Shaping techniques, along with suggestions for color and fiber mixing will be covered. Come prepared to play!
Skill level: Intermediate knitter, with some crochet possible.
Fee: $42.00 Kit Fee: $12.00 edictable yarns.
Sublime Scrap Scarf 10:00am - 4:30pm
Deborah Brunner
 Placing layer upon layer of fibers from your stash, you'll create a one of a kind wearble art scarf, 9" x 72", you’ll be able to wear home from class. Yarns, ribbons, scraps of fabric and a disappearing base/cover will be combined with machine sewing techniques for instant gratification! The technique is suitable for larger things such as shawls or creating fabric for garments. Here’s a chance to add to your repertoire of fiber techniques and have a play day.
Skill level: basic understanding of machine sewing. A simple (forward and reverse stitching) sewing machine required for class.
Class Fee: $75.00 Kit Fee: $6.00
Optional Fiber Kit Fee: $25. NOT required; a supply list will be sent to students.
Felt a Vessel 9:00am - 4:00pm
Carolyn Webb
This felted vessel may not hold water, but it looks beautiful displayed
on a shelf. It is felted over an inflated ball, a technique that is fun
and far less strenuous than felting over a resist.
Materials used are dyed wool roving, silk caps and yarn embellishments.
All supplies will be provided by instructor as part of the kit fee.
Participants will take away a completed vessel
Skill level: Open to All
Fee: $60.00 Kit fee: $30.00
Felted Flower Trellis Scarf 9:00am - 4:00pm
Michelle Johnson
In this class, you will learn to create decorative partial felts, layout thin layers of merino wool roving and "attach" all of it together by wet-felting. The end result? A fun felted trellis scarf complete with flowers. Students will complete a scarf and learn skills to create more at home.
Skill Level: Open to All
Fee: $90 Kit fee: $10.00
Glass Fusing 9:00am - 12 noon
Robin Pascal
Participants will make a button, pin, broach or pair of earrings using dichroic glass and fusion techniques in the kiln. The glass must anneal so students will be required to return Saturday morning at (9:00am for a 1/2 hour session to affix the finding for your glass piece. Participants will take home a finished glass piece of his/her own design. Class size very limited.
Skill Level: Open to All
Class Fee: $50.00 Kit Fee: $10.00
Color Mixing 1:00 - 4:00pm
Robin Pascal
Learn about the basic primary colors used to create any color in the spectrum. Create a color wheel. We will use liquid fabric dye and watercolor paper to create color wheels, mix bright colors, mix subdued colors. We will learn about mixing colors with the eye, irridescence, which and how colors "vibrate" against each other, how light and dark affect the "look" of colors This will be a lot of experimenting on creating the colors one wishes.
Skill level:Open to All
Class fee: $45. Kit Fee: $5.
Dye Painting on Fabric with Color & Patterns
 Sandra Holzman
Learn a quick and easy way to paint beautiful colors on silk (and other fabrics). No steaming or toxic materials. We will learn several techniques that produce beautiful colorfast fabrics. We will introduce pattern making with stencils. Kit fee covers a Dyeworks Toolbox for each student to take home as well as 2 pieces of fabric and a silk scarf!
Register for the Foundation Class morning session only or both the morning and afternoon Patternmaking with Stencils. Both class will be held outdoors in the Oasis
Foundation Class: morning session 9:00am - 12 noon
Intro to procion dyes on silk and other fabrics. This class will introduce you to the way dyes work on silk and cotton. Other fabrics will be discussed. We will start with watercolor techniques. Fabric prep and pre-fixing will be discussed. Students will make several pieces.
Painting with thickened dyes enables you to paint in whatever style turns you on. Students will use some of the scarves made in the first section and work over them with dyes of various mixtures. This allows for the whole range of brushwork and line possibilities.
Skill Level: Open to All
Class Fee: $45. Kit Fee: $35. Dye Toolbox, all materials and written instructions
Patternmaking with Stencils 1:00 - 4:00pm
Sandra Holzman
Using resist and thickened dye to create patterns. We will plan and cut stencils and use them to create patterns on our painted fabrics. We will learn the use of resist to create batikk-like patterns. Each student will create a scarf (or more) using these water-based materials to explore image, pattern and color on silk. After these fabrics dry, they will be colorfast and ready to wash out and iron.
Skill Level: Open to All
Class Fee: $45. Kit Fee: $35. Dye Toolbox, all materials and written instructions
Introduction to Beginning Spinning 9:00am - 4:00pm
Jill Holbrook
Learn to spin your own yarn. This class will give you the
basics of spinning starting with inexpensive hand spindles.
You will also learn about different fibers to spin and other
tools. Then learn about spinning wheels, preparing fibers for
spinning and how to spin yarn.
Class Goal: Introduction and basic skills in spinning and use
of spinning tools.
Skill Level: Open to All. Students must bring a spinning wheel.
Class Fee: $50 Kit Fee: $20
Pine Needle Basketry 9:00am - 4pm
Ric Rao
If your interest has been drawn to basketry, but you're not ready to dive in above your head, this class is for you. Learn basic techniques while making a small pine needle basket using artificial sinew or raffia for coiling. All materials supplied!
Skill level: Open to All
Class Fee $40.00 Student kit: $2.00 for booklet - optional
Warped Women Workshop 9:00am - 4:00pm
Joan Ruane
This class is for warped, right-brained people who want to have a lot of fun.
Weaving a body on a pin loom, they will add a head, arms, legs and decorations to
create a “Warped Woman”. Wear as a pin, frame it or just stand it on your table.
Skill level: Open to All
Class Fee: $50.00 Kit Fee:$10
CLASS SESSION II ~ Saturday, October 30, 2010
Spinning Paper 10:00am - 1:00pm
Anne Fletcher
 Plying your handspun yarns can do more than balance Learn to “spin” paper on a wheel. The class will learn what paper to use and how to prepare it. There will be some ready to spin and you will need a dedicated bobbin for this class as the paper is spun damp and will need to dry before using it
to knit, crochet, weave or many other uses. Students will need to bring sharp paper scissors, a spinning wheel and one bobbin.
Skill level: Must know how to spin on a wheel
Class Fee: $35.00 Kit Fee $5.00
Plying for Beautiful Yarns 9:00am - 12 noon
Jill Holbrook
Plying your handspun yarns can do more than balance the twist. This class is designed for learning and practicing techniques in plying, 2-ply, Navajo ply, multiple plies and for creating novelty yarns and manipulating color.
Class Goal: Increase skill and learn new techniques for plying
Skill Level: Comfortable spinning singles
Class Fee: $25 Kit Fee: $15
Have Spindle Will Travel 9:00am - 12 noon
Joan Ruane
This little takli spindle will go everywhere with you and it is amazing how quickly you
can spin up a sizeable amount of cotton. If you have wanted to learn to spin cotton but do not have a wheel, this is a great class.
Skill Level: Open to All
Class fee: $25.00 Kit Fee: None, Spindle & Bowl may be purchased after the class if desired.
Teacher Bios
Carolyn Webb
Tucson, AZ
Carolyn is well know for her wonderful sense of color and style. Her nuno felted garments have won awards and can be seen on many of fashionable women around the country. Carolyn teaches a variety of felting techniques in her Tucson, AZ studio; not only clothing and fabric techniques but vessels and handbags as well. Carolyn has taught for the Arizona Ferderation of Weavers & Spinners, the Southwest Spinners Retreat in New Mexico and several fiber guilds.
Jill Holbrook
Tucson, AZ
Jill, who began spinning in 1976, is an avid and accomlished spinner. Her love of the art has created a passison to learn and perfect her techniques in the art. Jill is known for her fine and beautiful yarns as well as her gentle and knowledgeable style of teaching. As an active member of the the Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild she has lead the Cotton Fiber Study, arranged workshops and field trip that have instilled the love of spinning in many of her fellow members. Jill has taught many workshops around the country and is a regular teacher in such venues as the Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners Conferences, Southwest Regional Spinner Retreat and shops throughout Arizona.
Michelle Johnson
Prescott, AZ
Michelle is the owner of Laughing Cloud Studio in Prescott, Arizona. Michelle has had an on-going love affair with fiber as an early art form, since she discovered it in the early 80's while attending the Kansas City Art Institute. During these 20 plus years of creating complex cloth and turning a myriad of ideas into wearable art, wall art and home decor accents, the passion is still alive. Michelle says, 'I love color and texture and it feels fabulous to touch the raw materials while creating them!' She works intuitively, dyeing, felting and weaving with natural fibers. The outcome is sometimes surprising but always challenges her to create the next piece. Michelle's works have been shown in International art-to-wear competitions, juried art festivals, galleries and boutiques across the U.S.
Robin Pascal
Edgewood, NM
Robin, a New Mexico fiber artist, searched years to find buttons worthy of her handwoven items. She met and teamed up with internationally known glass artist, Stevi Belle, to create dichroic glass buttons. Trained in Belleisimo Glass studios in Raton, New Mexico, Robin began to create these Perfect Buttons for your unique handmade items, be they knitted, woven, quilted or embellished. Robin also specializes in handwoven garments, handpainted yarn, roving and warps, as well as Perfect Buttons® for your unique handmade items. Robin spends a great deal of her time traveling to teach her techniques at several venues around the country, among them; Taos Wool Festival, HGA Convergence and fiber shops.
Sarah Sammons
Tucson, AZ
When Sarah was 15, her Mother gave her several skeins of oatmeal colored worsted yarn, a pattern for a Chanel-style cardigan in Stockinette Stitch and two knitting needles. Mother worked to refresh Sarah's right-handed knitting skills, and insisted she would have fun, and the sweater would be a wardrobe basic she would love to wear. Two years and a lot of nagging later, she finished the sweater. It was dull and she hated it. Sarah, managed to 'lose' the sweater after only a few wearings. Although Sarah taught herself to crochet and took weaving classes in college, she did not knit again for about 15 years. When Sarah retaught herself to knit, she worked Continental style and used circular or double pointed needles so she could knit from any direction. Sarah seldom utilizes schematics, is happy to try a variety of stitches and rarely uses other people's patterns and refuses to make anything that is strictly Stockinette. Most of things she designs are in several yarns, fibers and colors, often combining knitting and crochet for interesting textural effects. Because Sarah is far more interested in the creative process she finds herself overwhelmed by UFOs. Untold baskets of yarn fill her home and she is always finding some new and exciting bit of fiber which sings to be stitched to another.
Deborah Brunner
Sahuarita, AZ
Deborah has been invloved with fiber one way or another since she was 7, sewing on a little Singer hand crank machine. She began teaching surface design techniques professionally in 1992 and continues to teach and lecture on subjects related to clothing and accessory design, felting, beading and embellishment. Much of her current work includes hand painted handbags and handspinning yarn to knit, crochet and weave clothing. As a spinner, she is able to create yarns for a specific project or spin fanciful yarns simply for the pleasure of doing so. There is always a way to use them eventually. Her businesses of fiber supplies and finished accessories is located in Sahuarita, AZ.
Joan Ruane
McNeal, AZ
Joan has been teaching spinning for almost 30 years. As a graduate of Springfield College, she taught in the Tucson public schools before going to New Zealand in 1971. In New Zealand, where there are 3 million people and 30 million sheep, she learned to spin from Ruth Reed. Returning home to the U.S. a year later, she brought with her two fleeces, a Pipy wheel and a flick carder. Today, Joan concentrates on teaching workshops, writing and promoting cotton wherever she can. Her latest endeavor to promote cotton spinning is through the film media. Joan's DVD "Spinning Cotton Made Easy," gives spinners a good solid basic foundation for learning how to spin this short staple fiber.
Ric Rao
Las Cruces, NM
Ric has been collecting baskets for many years. His career as a basket maker began in 2001, at his first Southwest Regional Spinners Retreat, when he took Susan Jewell's pine needle basket workshop. Since then he has made many styles of baskets, using a variety of materials. He has has even combined baskety with another talent, gourd art. Ric is a spinner, dyer, weaver and former shepard.
Anne Fletcher
Tucson, AZ
Fiber arts have always interested me since early childhood when I learned first to crochet and then knit. After moving to Tucson in the early seventies I learned to weave, then later to spin. In the last 20 years beadworks has become my passion. I have taught many classes in all the above. Spinning paper combines many of the skills mentioned as it can be used to crochet, knitting and weaving.
Make & Take Classes ~ Saturday, October 30th
All classes take place at the vendor booth, please check your vendor list for booth number. You may sign up festival day at the vendor booth.
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