Educational Directory
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.
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
"Tying One On" How to tie and wear scarves - Lecture only
Sewing with Handwovens - Lecture / Workshop
Getting Ready for an Exhibit or Show
Pricing your work: Lecture only
For a complete lsit of classes and information check Pam's web site.
Other requirements: Mileage, Food and Overnight Lodging, if required. Lodging in host home is fine. 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 a host home is fine. MLH areas served: All
Lois Bryant, 1505 Sheridan Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-665-9849
email: loisbethbryant@aol.com
website: www.LoisBryantStudio.com
Multi-harness weaving; Jacquard weaving, hand embroidery, color
"Mysterious, Marvelous Color: From Basic to Magic!" 2 day workshop
"Marvelous, Magical Color for Handweavers" 2 or 3 day workshop
"Double Weave Magic Made Easy" 2, 3 or 4 day workshop
Requirements: Food, Lodging, Travel (airfare or mileage)
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: http://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.com web 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
Kathy Rowe Drescher and assistant Kathy Kolenda
8841 Parmeter Ave.NE, Rockford, MI 49341
616 581-8438 or 616 941-5983
Natural Dye Workshop (One - Two or Three Day)
www.fourthcoastfibers.etsy.com
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
Anne Flora, 210 West Chicago Boulevard, Tecumseh, MI 49286
517-423-7348
email: aflora@umcih.edu
Felted Clutch Purses and Cloche Hats (2 day workshop)
Shibori Dyeing Workshop (2 day workshop)
Nuno-Felted Scarf Workshop (2 day workshop)
Felted Mittens and Berets (2 day workshop)
Felted Slippers (1 day workshop)
Minimum number of students is 6 and maximum is 9
Will stay with a guild host no dietary restrictions
Travel and mileage
Jennifer Gould, 435 Woodburn, SW, Byron Center, MI 49315 616-878-1526 email: jgould1526@esagelink.com website: www.jennifergoulddesigns.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
Bonnie Inouye
Weaving, Design
Address from September through May 25:
3304 Gumwood Dr. Hyattsville, MD 20783 (near Washington D.C.)
Address all Summer:
P.O. box 2510, Crested Butte, CO 81224
email: bonnieinouye@yahoo.com
Phone in Maryland: 301.422.8926
Phone in Colorado: 970.349.5801
website: www.bonnieinouye.com
Workshops:
The Big Twill
Autumn and Springtime: Beyond Summer and Winter
Advance!
Opposites Attract
The Big Overshot
Loom-Controlled Imagery
For descriptions, details and photographs visit my website.
Requirements: Transportation, meals and a place to stay.
Leslie Johnson, 2721 S. Michigan Road, Eaton Rapids, MI 48827 Phone: 517-663-0357
e-mail: rivloom@sbcglobal.net
Workshops
Inkle weaving (one-day)
Weaving rag rugs (one or two days)
All MLH areas. One day: $250. Two days: $450. Fee plus mileage, lodging, food. One-day crash course in rag rug weaving in my home studio: $150. Beginning weaving lessons in my home studio: $150 for six 2-hour sessions.
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
Carol Larsen - River's Edge Weaving Studio
348 E Front St
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Phone: 517-281-0912
Email: carol@weavingstudio.com
Web: http://www.weavingstudio.com
Web Blog: www.weavingstudio.blogspot.com
Textile Workshops:
Beginning Spinning - Wheels (1 day)
Beginning Spinning - Drop Spindle (½ day)
Color Ray I - color in spinning (1 day workshop)
Color Ray II - color v textiles (1 day workshop)
Commercial Retail Workshops:
Loss Prevention
Marketing Your Business
Product Pricing
Guild Programs:
Product Pricing
Other requirements: Current IRS mileage and meals during workshop (lunch). Will need ability to park and hook-up motorhome to electrical source during day and evening.
MLH areas served: All
Marty Lawrence, 1151 Heatherwoods Road, Flint, MI 48532, Phone: 810-733-1519, email: blawr29554@aol.com
Hand-Dyed 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.
Loretta Oliver 248-433-1067
email: retsie@aol.com website:www.loretta-fiber.com
"Evolution of a Felter" - Digital presentation about my fiber experiences 1 hour
"Felt Amulets" 1.5 hours
"Felt Tulip & Poppy Corsage" 3 Hours
"Wavy Woven Felted Fabric Condensed" 6 hours
"Felting on Silk and Microwave Dyeing" 2 days
"Create a Workshop" Workshops can be desinged to fit the needs of your group.
Willing to stay with a Guild Hostess. Mileage, Meals and lodging if required.
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
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
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: www.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
Kathy Zasuwa, 2284 Great Oak Drive, Milford, 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
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