Join our Homegrown Dye Garden Project and be part of a community growing natural dyestuffs. Your involvement can be as big or small as you would like – a full dye garden or a pot on your porch. We’ll support you throughout the growing season with information including plant suggestions, growing tips, how to preserve…

Please join us for Lunchtime Fiber open studios! There will be plenty of time for show and tell, sharing of ideas and tips, problem-solving, and having fun. You can hang out with us at the SEFAA Center or you can join us virtually, whichever suits you best. So, drop in when you can and stay for as…

On exhibit from March 3 through April 26, 2023 M, W, F from 10 am to 4 pm; T, Th from 10 am to 2 pm; and by appointment at the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance 678.235.4328 | info@fiberartsalliance.org Reflections: Shibori Color Stories is an exhibition of the colorful work of mixed-media textile artist Angie Knowles. Enjoy…

You are encouraged to enter this fun, free exhibition of small-format textiles. Have fun creating a small something – it doesn’t matter how old you are, where you live, your level of expertise, what textile technique (or techniques) you prefer, or whether or not you are a SEFAA member. But don’t delay, the April 26th deadline…

A fun and cheap way to clear out and make sure your textile goodies go to appreciative new homes. Just reserve a table, sell your stash, and keep ALL your sale proceeds! Fiber Flea Market 2023 will be Saturday, June 3, 2023. Tables are 6′ x 2.5′ and include up to 2 chairs. Reservations will…

Don’t miss the fun and excitement of conquering a mountain of recent donations for the SEFAA Shop! Knitting and weaving yarn, fabric, books, supplies, and equipment all need to be sorted and priced. We’ll provide pricing guidelines/supplies and an abundance of plastic bags. You choose a table and dive into the sorting and pricing. With…

If you hand stitch, this fun, free, monthly virtual gathering is for you. Share your work(s) in progress, seek and share creative and technical advice, and enjoy time with others who share your stitch passion. Sign up to receive the Zoom link and then grab your beverage of choice on the first Wednesday of each…

Please join us to celebrate Angie Knowles and her exhibition, Reflections: Shibori Color Stories. This new series of Itajimi Shibori (a dyeing technique using pieces of wood clamped together around sections of folded fabric to resist the dye in particular shapes) reflects Angie’s interest in opposing forces – how opposites complement and complete each other and the delicate…

Originating in the Orient, silk dye painting is a beautiful textile art form that uses dye to create permanent vibrant colors on silk fabric. First-time registrants will learn many techniques for silk dye painting in this five-session class, focusing on the “serti” or resist-lines method and using a safe, water-based resist. You’ll work on 18″ x 18″…

It’s easier than you think to sew beautiful, realistic fabric landscapes! In this class, you’ll work with a kit of pre-curated fabrics, selecting how they are arranged and the design of your landscape. You’ll learn how to use color and perspective correctly, how to add stitched elements like trees, grasses, and flowers, and how to select appropriate fabrics for future projects. You’ll…

Please join us for our April 2023 Book Club Meeting! We’ll be discussing Worn Stories by Emily Spivack. Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspired narratives from cultural figures and talented storytellers. First-person accounts range from the…

Learn to knit with twinkly fairy lights and leave with a magical wall hanging! Knitting with wire requires some stitch adjustments and a little patience, but you’ll be off on a new light-filled adventure in no time. Think night lights, ornaments, 3D sculptures, hem/neckline trim, head/hat bands … you can add a bit of warm,…

Once you’ve mastered the art of handspinning, have some fun and dip your toes into the wonderful world of art yarn or novelty yarn spinning! This two-day, fast-paced class will teach you how to confidently spin well-constructed, fanciful yarn. You’ll learn basic skills including fiber preparation, core spinning, using add-ins, and spinning locks plus extra techniques…

Boro are a class of Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched together. The term is derived from Japanese boroboro, meaning something tattered or repaired. Sashiko is a stitching technique, often employed in the creation of boro. It can be as simple as a running stitch holding two pieces of cloth together. Wabi-sabi is…

Take your embroidery and wool embellishment skills to the next level in this class! You can choose to work on all 90 or as few as a dozen of the fun, circle-based motifs like the ones pictured. The motifs are from Sue Spargo’s Toned Down Circle Sampler, a monochromatic study with a modern pop that…

Please join us for our May 2023 Book Club Meeting! We’ll be discussing The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington. At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp—mainly Jewish women and girls—were selected to design, cut, and sew…

Try your hand at painting with silk dyes in this fun and easy class! Choose one of three pre-resisted designs -a peony, dogwood flowers, or clown fish – to learn to apply silk dyes and enjoy a colorful, magical journey. The instructor will steam set your finished piece for you to pick up at the SEFAA Center a week or…

Are you inspired by landscapes but don’t paint? Use wool and other fibers to create your favorite landscape instead! In this 1/2-day class, you’ll use felting needles to secure fibers to commercial prefelt and then complete your work of art with a fast and easy (i.e., non-labor-intensive!) wet felting process. You’ll receive your own reusable felting kit (bubble…

A fun and cheap way to stock up on textile supplies at amazing prices. Search for bargains on yarn, thread, fiber, fabric, notions, tools, patterns, books, magazines, tools, and equipment at this textile-only sale. Our vendors are bringing treasures, one-of-a-kind finds, and plenty of too-good-to-leave-behind/I-will-use-this-someday goodies. Entry is absolutely free. There will be a drawing for a…

Explore printing with thermofax screens to create complex imagery on fabric and paper! The focus of this two-day class is to create layered designs using simple background textures and simple imagery. You’ll learn how to make a portable print board, how to mix dyes for printing, how to print with both dyes and paints using thermofax screens,…

Please join us for our June 2023 Book Club Meeting! We’ll be discussing The Art of Collaboration: An In-Depth Look at Creative Practices for Creative People by Sydney Elizabeth Welch. Enter a new renaissance with The Art of Collaboration: a collection of interviews from business owners and artists about their group efforts in their personal…

Felting + sewing + zero-waste construction = your own unique wearable art vest! In this three-day workshop, you’ll learn how to create colorful, textured felt yardage: Starting with a lightweight silk base you’ll add wool fiber and then create surface design with a mosaic of lightweight silks and a variety of silk fibers. Then, you’ll cut up your felt…

Please join us for our June 2023 Book Club Meeting! We’ll be discussing Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool by Clara Parkes. Join Clara Parkes on a cross-country adventure and meet a cast of characters that includes the shepherds, dyers, and countless workers without whom our knitting needles would be empty, our mills idle, and our feet…

Learn traditional Yoruba dyeing techniques with Nigerian artist Gasali Adeyemo! Starting with white fabric, you’ll create pattern using the following Adire (resist) techniques: Adire Eleko or starch resist – Cassava (yucca) paste is painted onto fabric a small broom or chicken feather or printed onto fabric with stencils. Adire Oniko or tie dye – Raffia…