Join us at the Portland Handweavers Guild Handwovens for the Holidays sale this November! Eva, Judilee, Ilsa, Isabel, and Jo will be there with a booth full of lovely naturally dyed fabrics, cards, garments, figurines and more.
Six Portland-area guilds have joined forces to exhibit and sell their art and fine crafts. All items are unique and of exceptional quality.
over 200 artists • live demonstrations and hands-on activities • hourly door prize drawings • free admission
Judilee will be attending with the Portland Handweavers Guild.
Friday May 6, 2022, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 7, 2022, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, May 8, 2022, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Join us at the Portland Handweavers Guild Handwovens for the Holidays sale this November! Chris, Eva, Judilee, Ilsa, and Joely will be there with a booth full of lovely naturally dyed fabrics, cards, garments, figurines and more.
Continue the Thrift is Poetic series with this opportunity to convert worn denim trousers into a fashionable bag. We’ll incorporate some specialty techniques such as printing with indigo and other pigments, a simple indigo dye vat, and some couture construction techniques. Styles could include handbag or shoulder straps, tote or pocketbook, side or patch pockets. We’ll choose from a variety of additional fabric accents and closure options. Minimal sewing experience required.
“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” (Steve Jobs)
Begin again and welcome the returning spring with the creative exploration of natural plant dyes. This year’s focus continues with color on cotton and other plant fibers. We’ll explore traditional and experimental methods of applying mordants, multiple process dyes, layering of colors, and a variety of print techniques. NOTE: This course is a continuing study group; while we build upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome!
“There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change.” (Wm Stafford)
Slow stitching, the meditative art of hand sewing, is a chance to relax and enjoy the rhythmic dance of needle and thread as we construct an elegant little memento of the day using new and vintage fabrics, basic piecing methods, embroidery stitches, and simple shapes. We’ll enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, a treat or two, and the company of like-minded souls.
“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” (Steve Jobs)
Begin again and welcome the returning spring with the creative exploration of natural plant dyes. This year’s focus continues with color on cotton and other plant fibers. We’ll explore traditional and experimental methods of applying mordants, multiple process dyes, layering of colors, and a variety of print techniques. NOTE: This course is a continuing study group; while we build upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome!
Join us at the Portland Handweavers Guild Handwovens for the Holidays sale this November! Chris, Eva, Judilee, Ilsa, and Joely will be there with a booth full of lovely naturally dyed fabrics, cards, garments, figurines and more.
Welcome the return of autumn with the continuing exploration of natural plant dyes. This term’s focus will be color on cotton and other plant fibers. We’ll use traditional and experimental methods of applying mordants, multiple process dyes, layering of colors, and explore a variety of print techniques. While this course builds upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome! Prerequisites: none.
Slow stitching, the meditative art of hand sewing, is a chance to relax and enjoy the rhythmic dance of needle and thread as we construct a Japanese-inspired bag using new and vintage fabrics, basic sashiko stitching, and simple shapes. We’ll enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, a treat or two, and the company of like-minded souls. Prerequisites: none.
Learn to make a small, personal natural indigo vat without worrying about toxicity or cost of heavy chemicals. This vat uses fruit residue in a natural chemical reduction to produce a quick, reliable, long-lasting indigo blue. We'll explore simple resist techniques that produce textile patterns on silk and cotton fabrics, as well as threads for stitching. Students will learn care and maintenance of their vats.
Continue the Thrift is Poetic series with this opportunity to convert worn denim trousers into a fashionable duster jacket. Several styles will be offered: long or short; side pockets or patch pockets; buttoned, belted, or zipped. You’ll choose from a variety of seam and collar options and consider a fabric accent such as seam or pocket binding. Minimal sewing experience required.
$165 tuition + $10 studio fee
Register through the OCAC website: https://community.ocac.edu/courses/thrift-poetic-denim-duster
WORKSHOP: Indigo Dyeing at The Knitting Bee
First you’ll learn to make an indigo dye vat using natural materials to produce a quick-acting, reliable, and long-lasting blue. Then we’ll explore different techniques for dyeing yarn. We’ll work outside under a shade tent, so please dress for the weather and bring lunch. Dye, equipment and two 100g skeins yarn included in materials fee. Students may bring additional yarn, see materials list for details. Cost: $45.00 per session + $20.00 materials fee.
To register: https://knittingbee.com/pages/classes
“Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower.” (Albert Camas) Welcome the return of autumn with the continuing exploration of natural plant dyes. This term’s focus will be color on cotton and other plant fibers. We’ll use traditional and experimental methods of applying mordants, multiple process dyes, layering of colors, and explore a variety of print techniques. While this course builds upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome! Prerequisites: None
$300 tuition + $45 studio fee
Register through the OCAC website, https://community.ocac.edu/courses/natural-dye-study-group-session-one-2
Join natural dyer Judilee Fitzhugh and book artist Marilyn Zornado for a crossover exploration between their crafts and more fun than you can imagine! Two full days of preparing papers: marbling, paste paper, indigo, contact printing, all kinds of surface design, and some new adventures. This class is a round robin of many techniques and a wealth of inspiration. Students will leave with a portfolio of decorated papers to use in personal projects throughout the year.
Think nature-inspired. Think plant dyes. Think paper and cloth. Put them together in a natural collaboration to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind artist books and elegant box structures that will amaze and inspire you. Each day will involve a new technique of surface design using plant material gathered from the Oregon countryside and a new box or book fabrication. You’ll make your own bookcloth, investigate a variety of book structures, and construct simple box shapes.
Gather up all those fabric technique samples and put them to good use! A variety of project ideas will be presented outside the traditional quilted block: some practical and some inspirational, some traditional and some avant garde, some useful and some purely ornamental. We’ll explore small pieced projects, appliqué and embellishment, 2D and 3D options, hand and machine sewing. Ample supplemental materials will be provided for each project.
Portland Handweavers Guild Fiber Arts Sale, an updated version of our long-running Spring Sale. The sale is part of the Gathering of the Guilds
Continue the natural dye adventure! Designed for students with some experience in natural dyeing, this course builds upon the basics of mordanting and dyeing with plant and natural dye materials. Offered in two continuous sessions, each class will focus on expanding the basics, combining techniques, and experimenting with modifying and layering colors. Some surface design, discharge and resist options will add to the variety of pattern and color. This term we will focus on local, sustainable, low environmental impact dye processes.
There’s a history of thriftiness in many cultures. In Japan, mottainai is a term conveying a sense of regret concerning waste. The British proclaim, “Make do or do without.” The American phrase is “Waste not, want not,” to imply if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance, you will never be in need. This class is an exercise in creative re-use. By restructuring thrift store men’s shirts (or family excess?) we will construct new garments that are inexpensive, modern, and fully original without proclaiming their origins. “Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.” (G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World)
Designed for students with some experience in natural dyeing, this course builds upon the basics of mordanting and dyeing with plant and natural dye materials. Offered in two continuous sessions, each class will focus on expanding the basics, combining techniques, and experimenting with modifying and layering colors. Some surface design, discharge and resist options will add to the variety of pattern and color. This term we will focus on local, sustainable, low environmental impact dye processes.
Join us at the Portland Handweavers Guild Handwovens for the Holidays sale this November! Chris, Eva, Judilee, Ilsa, and Joely will be there with a booth full of lovely naturally dyed fabrics, cards, garments, and more.
Friday: 5pm - 9pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Continue the exploration of natural color from plants on both fabrics and papers. This term’s focus will be on the decorative art of printing with natural dye sources. We’ll use traditional block printing methods, multi-color registration of pattern, screen-printing, mono-printing, direct application with brush, and some new shibori methods. Multiple mordant, dye, and pigment applications are included in the investigations. While this course builds upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome!
This is a weekly class, in two successive sessions (Sept-Oct and Nov-Dec) with new skills added each session. Session two will meet Nov 8-Dec20, Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm.
$225 tuition + $55 studio fee
Register through the OCAC website: https://community.ocac.edu/courses/natural-dye-study-group-session-two-0
Learn to make a small, personal natural indigo vat using fruit residue in a natural chemical reduction to produce a quick, reliable, long-lasting indigo blue. Explore simple resist techniques that produce textile patterns on silk and cotton fabrics. Students will learn care and maintenance of their vats.
Learn to make a small, personal natural indigo vat without worrying about toxicity or cost of heavy chemicals. This vat uses fruit residue in a natural chemical reduction to produce a quick, reliable, long-lasting indigo blue. We'll explore simple resist techniques that produce textile patterns on silk and cotton fabrics, as well as threads for stitching. You will learn care and maintenance of your vats.
$100 tuition + $25 studio fee
Register on the OCAC website: https://community.ocac.edu/courses/indigo-saturday-1
WORKSHOP: Indigo Dyeing at The Knitting Bee
First you’ll learn to make an indigo dye vat using natural materials to produce a quick-acting, reliable, and long-lasting blue. Then we’ll explore different techniques for dyeing yarn. We’ll work outside under a shade tent, so please dress for the weather and bring lunch. Dye, equipment and two 100g skeins yarn included in materials fee. Students may bring additional yarn, see materials list for details. Cost: $45.00 per session + $20.00 materials fee.
To register: https://theknittingbee.com/pages/classes
There’s a history of thriftiness in many cultures. In Japan, mottainai is a term conveying a sense of regret concerning waste. The British proclaim, “Make do or do without.” The American phrase is “Waste not, want not,” to imply if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance, you will never be in need. This class is an exercise in creative re-use. By restructuring thrift store men’s shirts (or family excess?) we will construct new garments that are inexpensive, modern, and fully original without proclaiming their origins. “Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.” (G.K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World)
$175 tuition + $10 studio fee
Register through the OCAC website: https://community.ocac.edu/courses/garment-transformation-thrift-poetic-because-it-creative
“There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change.” (Wm Stafford)
Slow stitching, the meditative art of hand-sewing, is a chance to relax and enjoy the rhythmic dance of needle and thread as we construct a Japanese-inspired bag in the shape of a bird or other small animal. We’ll enjoy a cup of tea, a treat or two, and the company of like-minded souls.
$100 tuition + $25 studio fee
Register through the OCAC website: https://community.ocac.edu/courses/slow-stitch-saturday-animal-bags
Welcome the return of autumn with an exploration of natural color from plants on both fabrics and papers. This term’s focus will be on the decorative art of printing with natural dye sources. We’ll use traditional block printing methods, multi-color registration of pattern, screen-printing, mono-printing, direct application with brush, and some new shibori methods. Multiple mordant, dye, and pigment applications are included in the investigations. While this course builds upon previous experience, adventurous beginners are always welcome!
Indigo blue has held a significant place in many world civilizations for thousands of years. This class will explore indigo with multiple techniques and projects that highlight this dye’s natural beauty. We will make natural indigo vats that are reliable, easy to produce, remain viable for the long term and use environmentally friendly ingredients. Each class will build skill with the dye by exploring the surface design techniques of a different region of indigo history, such as Japanese country textiles, West African cloth traditions, Indian block printing, and European woad.
