“Sewing Your Handmade Fabrics, Part 1” with Liz Spear

Liz Spear presents the 30+ year evolution of a weaving/sewing business  with roots in a Midwestern upbringing, years making pottery full-time, and  a final move to Western North Carolina. Her handwoven fabrics are  cut-n-sewn into classic shirts, jackets and coats, often supplemented with her Nuno-felt and Rag fabrics. 

MANY images and stories will inspire you to think about that pile of un-used handmade fabrics in YOUR studio closet…

Liz Spear has been working with her hands since 1978, and has been  a full-time craftsman in Western North Carolina since ’92. She is  primarily a weaver of cloth and a maker of fine garments and  accessories, as well as a line of exhibition-worthy coats, incorporating  other fiber artists’ cloth and colors. For several years, Liz has also  been producing nuno-felt yardage, also made with silk fabrics dyed  and/or printed by others; this nuno-felt collage fabric is cut up and  combined with the handwoven fabrics for exciting coats and jackets. 

Teaching and demonstrating for national craft schools, weaving/fiber  guilds and conferences are an important part of her continuing to  master her craft. Liz is a member of the Southern Highlands Craft  Guild, and Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc. and has taught at Penland and  Arrowmont Schools of Craft, John C.Campbell Folk School, and  Appalachian Center for Craft.