Our Regular hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10 am-4 pm. The store features fabrics, notions, an artist gallery, and working artist studios. IN THE SHOP: 25% discount on leather! Various weights, textures, and colors are on sale now.

37 N. Third Street

Ashland, Oregon 97520

Contact us at 1-541-708-6966 during business hours to enquire about our gallery fabrics and notions.

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Through August - FAC Members Show

Fiber Arts Collective presents the artwork of eleven artist-members through the end of August. Members responded to the call, “The Answer is ‘Nature.’ What is the Question?” From traditional quilting and embroidery techniques to felting, painting and assemblage & mixed media, the works represent a variety of media, techniques, and aesthetics. Please enjoy this collection of works from: Marjorie Brown, Shannon Browne, Gayle Erbe-Hamlin, Nani Pacal, Robbin Pearce, Iryna Rakush, Patricia Smith, Darlene Southworth, Cynthia Triplett, Suzanne Warden, Carol Young

Cut-up Poetry Class with Sallie Ehrman

Would you rather play scrabble than monopoly because you love the surprise of creating words from the letter tiles you choose? Magnify that joy and you'll have the experience of Cut-up Poetry. All participants receive an assortment of pages from a variety of books ranging from how-to manuals to nonfiction about the steam engine. Instead of picking letter tiles, participants pick words or phrases that speak to them from a page of text. Prompts and guidelines are given. The workshop generally starts with folks cutting out nouns for ten minutes, then verbs, adjectives, etc. After enough scraps have been amassed, it is time to see what the words have to say. How will the individual pieces come together to make a whole? Time to share is allotted. Come enjoy this unconventional method of composing that entertains simply by the constraint of limited text. Date: Saturday, August 10th, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Cost: $30 Members / $35 Non-Members, all materials included. Credit card payments add 4%. Class Size: Up to 8 students Registration: Email [email protected] or call 541-708-6966

Have fun learning how to make a Caterpillar Book!

Caterpillar Books are a fun way to use your collage or gelli plate papers and then work on them some more in their new format. Great for making special cards for friends and family or just displaying your art in a new way. You will be amazed at the cool new view you will have when you deconstruct your 8X11 or 5X7 papers and make a Caterpillar Book out of them. Feel free to bring your own papers to try out. Instructor Gayle Erbe-Hamlin will provide gelli plate papers for you to use, and she will do a gelli plate demonstration for those not familiar with the process. Participants will make these papers into Caterpillar Books and then create covers for them using momigami and paste paper. Gayle will guide participants to explore how to further embellish them with paint, ink and collage. The sky is the limit! Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Cost: $30 Members / $35 Non-Members, all materials included. Credit card payments add 4%. Class Size: Maximum 8 students/Minimum 4 students Registration: Email [email protected] or call 541-531-8227

Sewing Lessons For those of you eager to continue with sewing lessons, instructor Lucy DeFranco has set autumn dates as follows. Mark your calendars: This is a class for those who have wanted to learn how to sew, but may not have had the time or confidence to do so. Instructor Lucy DeFranco will help students learn how to use a sewing machine, choose needles, change tension, and more. Students will receive sewing exercises to learn various skills and will produce a zipper pouch or a simple garment. Sewing machines are available for student use at the Fiber Arts Collective. Alternatively, students may bring their own machines and Lucy will help students become familiar with their operation. Dates: Three Sundays in September and November Sundays: September 1st, 8th, and 15th, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm AND Sundays: November 3rd, 10th, and 17th, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Cost: $180 for Members / $190 for Non-Members for each 3-Sunday session Register by emailing Lucy at [email protected] or call: 541-613-7924

Follow The Thread An Embroidery Workshop Led by Ida Ferdman

Both art and craft, embroidery combines skill and imagination, inspiration and invention, mindfulness and meditation. Embroidery is playing with needle, thread, color, texture, and shape to create images that speak to you. Best of all, anyone can learn to embroider; it does not require prior knowledge or artistic talent.

Embroidery has been Ida’s passion for fifty-six years since she was eight years old when her mother taught her a few simple stitches, then told her to fly. Now, she enjoys helping others develop a passion for this ancient art.

During this three-week workshop, Ida will teach several surface hand embroidery stitches to help participants start their own journeys (she will not be teaching needlepoint or cross stitch). During the previous workshop, she focused on basic outlining stitches. For this workshop, she will teach fill stitches, such as satin, long & short, fly, fishbone, and more. And she will explore embroidery techniques, like shading and needle painting.

After you register, Ida will email you a list of materials you will need to buy, as well as optional materials. You will be using a design created by Ida which will work well for the stitches she will be teaching.

Please join Ida to experiment, explore, and discover the joy of embroidery.

Place: Fiber Arts Collective, 37 N. Third Street, Ashland

Dates & Time: Sundays, September 15, September 22, & September 29—2:30-5:30pm

Cost: $130 Members/$140 Non-members

To register please email the instructor: [email protected]

Contact us at 1-541-708-6966 during business hours to enquire about our gallery fabrics and notions.

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