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The following is a list of teachers throughout the State of Michigan and surrounding areas that are available to present programs on the various aspects of the Fiber Arts.

Please click on each name for background information and click on each class for a detailed description.

 

Pamela J. Arquette, 584 S. Howell, Pinckney, MI, Phone 734-954-0007, email: pendragon@chartermi.net, Web Page: www.pamarquette.com

Beginning Weaving - Lecture / Workshop

Basic Drafting - Lecture / Workshop

Platted Twills - Lecture / Workshop

Sewing with Handwovens - Lecture / Workshop

Getting Ready for an Exhibit or Show

Other requirements:  Round trip travel expenses, ground transportation, airport parking fees and room and board.

MLH areas served:  All

 

JoAnn Bachelder, 1001 S. Henry St., Bay City, MI 48706, 989-892-3013     e-mail: rivtex@sbcglobal.net

Workshops / Lectures offered

Altered Surfaces                        Color               

Color via the Dye Pot               Color Dye 'Gamp'

 Drafting Revisited            Finishing

Dimity:  From the 15h Century to the New Millennium

Levels, Layers, Strata, Position    

 Overshot                       Linen Weave Gamp        

 Overshot; 'Manners of Weaving'

Motifs in Overshot                

Three Shaft Weaves:  When Less is More

Towels:  Transcending Tradition            Towel Class

Transition:  Hobby to Business

Other Requirements:  Mileage, food and overnight lodging, if required.  Lodging in host home is fine.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Gisela Bosch, 4229 Chapel View Circle, Brighton, MI 48114, 810-227-4678     email:  giselab@comcast.net

Workshops / Lectures offered:

Round Robin Linen Lace Workshop

Harrisville Color Weave Sampler Workshop

Doubleweave Workshop

Chenille Scarf Workshop

Namedrafting

Learn to Knit the European Way

Sock Knitting

Weaving  Workshop - Bed & Breakfast

Shadow Weave - Round Robin Workshop

All Workshops have a per person material fee plus a supply list.

Other requirements:  Travel and Food, lodging in host home (prefer nonsmoker) or motel.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Su Butler, 2220 Mustang Trail, Woodstock, IL 60098, Phone: 815-337-6657, email: subu@subudesigns.com   web site:  www.subudesigns.com

Understanding Rayon Chenille

Untying the Mysteries of Tied-Unit Weaves

Color Interaction for Handweavers

Surface Design for Handweavers                Easy Pickup

Beginning Warp Painting                            Warp Painting

Beginning Weave Drafting

Rug Weaving - Taquette, Samitum and More!

Other requirements:  Non-smoking, pet-free environment.  Private bed and bath.  Healthy diet - i.e., fruit, veggies, salads, etc., plenty of bottled water.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Kathryn Carras, 585 Dhu Varren Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; 734-662-6366  e-mail: weaverlady@aol.comweb page: http://member.aol.com/weaverlady/main.html

Workshops / Lectures offered:

Knitted Doll Making              Needle Felting

Using the Weavette Loom

Other requirements:  Mileage and lodging if necessary

MLH areas served:  All

 

Millie Danielson, 1000 Vesper Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 313-663-9881

Workshops / Lectures offered:

Architectural Weaving

Tour of Three State-Supported Weaving Ateliers

Weaving for the Wall

Weaving with Wire Workshop

Liturgical Weaving                       

Tapestry Design with Colored Tissue

Weaving with Wire           Sculptural Pile

Tapestry Weaving             Tapestry Choices

Other requirements:  Mileage ($.35 per mile) and overnight lodging in host home.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Jochen Ditterich, 4333 Valleyside Dr., Grand Rapids, MI 49525  616-361-9809 or 616-304-5337   email:  weaverjochen@yahoo.com   also  weaverjochen@comcast.net    Website - www.Weaverjochen.com

Blankets - Lecture            Blankets - Workshop

Rugs - Lecture                  Rugs - Workshop

Weaving Hints and Helpful Tools

Other requirements:  Mileage; lodging in host home if overnight stay is required.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Judy A. Dominic, 10611 Marvin Road, Harrison, OH 45030-1633, H/O:  513-367-0710, Fax:  513/367-6137  Email:  judy@midwestbasketry.com  Website:  www.midwestbasketry.com

Workshops / Lectures offered:

Bogolanfini - It's All in the Mud

Contemporary Basketry and Its Makers

A Fiber Artist - My Story

Bogolanfini Modified          Plaiting Madness

Double Pie Basket - Ribbed Style

Seagrass Soft Sculpture

Gutsy Stuff              Practically Perfect Paper!

Wool Drying Basket       Random Weave Basket

Fees:  All workshops have a per person material fee plus supply list.  Pictures of projects supplied on request.

Other requirements:  Travel and food; lodging in host home (prefer nonsmoker) or motel.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Jennifer Gould,  435 Woodburn, SW, Byron Center, MI 49315   616-878-1526   email:  jgould1526@esagelink.com

Dolls by Contemporary Dollmakers

Designing Dolls     

Dolls from Handwoven Fabrics - Lecture

Dolls from Handwoven Fabrics - Workshop      

See-Through Dolls

Make a Face --  and Hands, Too!  - Lecture

Make a Face and Hands - Workshop

Surface Design on Fabric - Lecture

Surface Design on Fabric:  Printing and Painting - Workshop

Surface Design on Fabric:  Embellish with the Sewing Machine - Workshop

Photo Transfer Techniques for Fabric - Lecture

Photo Transfer Techniques for Fabric - Workshop

The Evolution of My Work

Fabric Collage

So, You Want to Be A Self-Employed Artist?

Other requirements:  Mileage (current IRS rate), food, and lodging (if over 2-hour drive from Grand Rapids).  Travel to Area 1 would necessitate a motel stop in each direction.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Sandra Griggs, 25635 Hayes, Warren, MI 48089-4165, Phone 586-774-2203, email Royalangoras@hotmail.com and sra7742203@aol.com

Web Page: http://hometown.aol.com/sra7742203

Chemical Dying              Designer Yarns

Warping a Loom          Learn How to Weave

Other requirements:  Mileage and lodging if required to stay overnight.

 

Sue Holdaway-Heys, 2605 Powell Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104, Phone 734-971-4980, email:  shhart@aol.com   web page:  www.sueholdaway-heys.com

Step By Step to a Landscape or Floral quilt

The Frosting on the Cake

Sources of Inspiration For My Art Quilts and How I create Them

 

Other requirements:  48 cents mileage (or current IRS rate), Lodging if needed.

MLH areas served:  All

 

 

 

Marilyn Kempf, Weaver's Ct., 312 Union St., Jackson, MI 49203, email:  r-mkempf@sbcglobal.net

Finnweave                               Complex Drafting

Drafting                                    Kumihimo on a Disk

Pulled Warp Technique in Clothing                    Clothing Inspirations

Block Weave Lecture/Workshop

Other requirements:  Mileage, food and overnight lodging, if necessary.

MLH area served:  All

 

Marty Lawrence, 1151 Heatherwoods Road, Flint, MI 48532, Phone: 810-733-1519, email: blawr29554@aol.com

Hand-Dyed's Special Effects

Michigan Quilt Artist Trunk Show

Dye a Fabric Rainbow

"Marbelous" Fabric Magic

Shibori for Artistic Sewers

Kids, Quilts, and Surface Design

Silk Ribbon Embroidery

Other requirements:  Travel expenses and lodging (private room in a non-smoking, pet-free household or motel).

MLH Areas served:  All

 

Dianne J. Little, 11040 Berwick, Livonia, MI 48150, Phone: 734-421-8382, Email: diannejlittle@hotmail.com

Weavers, Weavings and Traditions:  Historical Coverlets

Textile Conservation

Other requirements:  Mileage, lodging and food if required to stay overnight.

MLH served:  All

Kati Reeder Meek, 7796 North Pointe Shores, Alpena, MI 49707-8843, Phone: 989-358-0162, Email:  krmeek@charter.net

For Love of Lithuanian Weaving

Weaving with Long-eyed Heddles

Whacking Your Warp

Tartans - The Designing

Tartans - The Weaving

Tartans - The Wearing

Other requirements:  travel expenses, meals and lodging.

MLH served:  All

Kris Miller  Spruce Ridge Studios, 1786 N. Eager Rd., Howell, MI, Phone 517-546-7732, email:  kris@spruceridgestudios.com

Primitive Rug Hooking

Other requirements:  Mileage and lodging if required to stay overnight.

 

Karen Koykka O'Neal, 1920 Scottwood Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4509, Phone: 734-665-2242, email: kko@umich.edu

A Basket is an Extension of Your Hand

Basketry- The Process

Introduction to Hand Papermaking

From Plants to Paper

Papyrus - The Ancient Internet

Other requirements:  Mileage and lodging if you are far away!

MLH areas served:  All

 

Susan Peters, 25120 Rose, Roseville, MI 48066, Phone: 586-771-5729, Email: wildchildfibres@earthlink.net    Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~sewinsue

Dyeing Cotton - Lecture

Dyeing Cotton - Workshop

Other requirements:  Mileage and lodging if required.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Holly J. Shaltz   Business:  HJS Studio, P.O. Box 136, 05797 Lee Road, Boyne City, MI 49712-0136, Phone 231-582-3206, Fax 231-582-0426   email:  holly@hjsstudio.com   Website:  www.hjsstudio.com

Weaving with Handspun Singles - Lecture

Commercial Fiber Processing                 

  Washing Raw Wool       

Choosing Quality Wool         Problem Project 

Spinning Angora

Weaving with Handspun Singles - Workshop

Handspinning Fine Wools           

Estimating How Much Fiber to Spin

Basics of Handcarding             

Basics of Drumcarding

Drumcarder as Design Tool      

 Woolen or Worsted?          

 Talk About Twist                Measure Your Yarn 

  Plying Tips and Tricks

Designing Handspun Yarn         

Spinning with Color               Color Fun!

Basics of Wool Dying        Spinning Warp Singles

Microwave Rainbow Dyeing  

Adapting Knitting Patterns to Handspun Yarn

Spinning Great Sock Yarn

Other requirements: Current IRS mileage; meals and non-smoking lodging in private room. Some presentations have a materials fee per student. *One lecture provided free of charge if a class or workshop is scheduled for the same trip.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Pat Thompson, 42 Woodlore Ct., Brighton, MI  48114, 810-227-7773   email:  topaz@progressivehomes.com

Knit Amulet Necklace

French Wire Beaded Violet

Other requirements:  Mileage from Brighton and housing if more than an hour's drive.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Sandy Webster, 555 Rivercane Road, Brasstown, NC 28902, Phone: 828-837-3971 Email: wstudio55@hotmail.com, web site:  sandywebster.com

An Artist's Journey Toward Content

Idea to Form

Basketry From the Loom

Introduction to Bookbinding

Making and Using a Journal Which Goes From Field to Studio

Book, Basket, Box - Placement for Memory

Altering Surfaces of Cloth and Paper

Other requirements:  Mileage and housing when necessary

MLH areas served:  All

 

Patricia Williams, 8768 River Valley, Brighton, MI 48116, Phone 810-231-4210, email pwilliams@emich.edu

A Look at Differential Shrinkage

A Look at Contemporary Jacquard Weaving

Other requirements:  Mileage and meals; lodging if overnight stay is necessary; suitable setup for a digital projector which teacher will provide.

MLH areas served:  All

 

Kathy Zasuwa, 2284 Great Oak Drive, Mildord, MI 48380, Phone 248-684-0695, email: kzart9@comcast.net

Basic Drawing:  Creating Imagery for Woven Cloth - Lecture or Workshop

Creative Process:  Clearing the Path and Finding the Flow - Lecture

Clearing a Path:  Creative Commitment

Beyond the Basics in Moorman Inlay - Lecture

Beyond Basics in Moorman Inlay - Workshop Description

 

 

Other requirements:  Mileage; lodging if overnight stay required.

MLH areas served:  All