“Building Woven Landscapes” with Maris Van Vlack With Building Woven Landscapes, interdisciplinary textile artist Maris Van Vlack will provide insight into her artistic practice of creating woven and knitted landscape tapestries using floor looms and jacquard looms. Van Vlack is an interdisciplinary artist who uses weaving to build images of architectural spaces that explore themes…

“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…

Monthly Lecture Series via Zoom Second Wednesday of the Month 7:00 PM EST This exciting new series is being offered to all members of MLH as a FREE benefit of membership.   This series does require that you must be a member of MLH. This series will offer you 11 FREE lectures/speakers throughout the year on the second Wednesday…

“Couture Passementerie Through the Eyes of a Fiber Artist” with Robyn Spady  From Chanel and Balenciaga to the House of Worth and Ralph Lauren, passementerie has been a way to elevate a garment from something ordinary to something extraordinary. What is passementerie?  It’s a French term without an English equivalent. Passementerie encompasses a multitude of techniques…