Fiber-A-Thon

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 12:00 PM–12:00 AM ET
Live on Zoom • Streaming to Facebook • Recordings on YouTube

Join us for 12 inspiring hours of fiber, creativity, and community at the HGA Fiber-A-Thon! This virtual, day-long fundraising event brings together artists, makers, and fiber enthusiasts from around the world for a celebration of the stories, techniques, and passions that connect us.

Tune in live on Zoom or watch via Facebook as we showcase the depth and diversity of the fiber art community. All sessions will be recorded and available later on YouTube, so you can participate live or revisit your favorite moments.

Fiber-A-Thon Schedule

2026 Schedule

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

12 - 1 PM	Anthony DiRenzo	Using spreadsheets to design rep weave. Anthony has begun working on a series of rep weave wall hangings. He's used Google Sheets to design and plan his projects, which allows for testing patterns before weaving. This has increased his satisfaction with these projects, saved on wasted warp, and the spreadsheet samples are (almost) as stunning as the final.
	Danaleah Schoenfuss	An overview of the recent "Weave In, Weave Out" - a fiber art exhibition in New York City where the audience and artists came together to create a shared experience of creativity and community, presented by the fiber artists of IntertwineArts.
	Susan Lazear	Susan will discuss creating a quick Top clothing pattern for Handwoven Cloth Using Garment Designer software (Windows or Mac).
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	Philip Smith	Philip will talk about his work at the Bamiyan, Afghanistan weaving project.
	Karen LeBlanc & Ronnie Stanley	Karen and Ronnie will share their experience at the Third Shift Festival in 2025, where, in their 12’ x 10’ circular tent, they installed two 8’ x 5’ deer-fencing panels for participants to weave on. Participants loved the opportunity to “play” on the deer fencing! We asked them to sign our participant book – we calculated ~ 150 participants during the night! The project engaged participants from all walks of life, all ages, and all abilities. At the end of the evening, we carefully removed the woven panels, rolled them up, and presented them to the festival staff.
	Travis Meinolf	Travis will give a tour of his small weaving school and describe his journey from pushing a loom around the streets of San Francisco to running his own coop weaving studio, now in his fourth year!!
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	Dan Steves	Dan will provide an update on last year's session about the legacy project focusing on developments since last year's sessions.
2 - 3 PM	Sara Robbins	Sara will present the Shaker tradition of basket making and show some examples of Shaker style baskets she has made using a mold, as the Shakers did. She'll talk a bit about the Shakers and their history of creating beautiful baskets, brooms and other forms of household items.
	Geri Forkner	After years of hoping to see it, Geri finally visited a full size copy of the famous Bayeux Tapestry in person. She’ll share what it’s really like to stand in front of this nearly 1,000-year-old stitched story—its incredible length, lively details, and the surprisingly down-to-earth techniques behind it. She’ll also talk about what impressed her most as a fiber artist and why this remarkable work still feels vivid and relevant today.
	Stacey Harvey-Brown	3 quick ways to create dimensional texture in your weaving using one warp beam and one or two wefts using 4 and/or 8 shafts.
	Nadine Sanders	The singing weaver singing and playing weaving/spinning tunes
	Donna Kim	Donna will share her e-textile works and how can emerging technologies meet textile/fiber art to create interesting and new things.
3 - 4 PM	Heather Macali	Heather will share work she created while studying textiles and weaving and trace how her fiber practice has evolved since graduating. She will discuss how her path first led to a career in textile design and later to her current work as an educator, while also sharing examples from her current studio practice. She will also reflect on how the HGA scholarship supported her development as an artist.
	Gail Clement	Gail will share the joys and challenges of teaching a traditional Japanese utilitarian stitching practice to US fiber artists. She will explains the misconceptions and myths about Sashiko and Boro textiles and shares strategies for developing a balanced and nuanced appreciation of this stitching practice.
	Carole Leroux	Carole will share her experience as an Intern at Convergence 2024 and as a full-time student at the Montreal College of Contemporary Textiles
	Sofia Pozzi Jauregui	Sofia will share what she has been working on during her MFA, with the support of the HGA through a scholarship.
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	Anthony DiRenzo, III	Anthony will share how he uses his role as New York Guild of Handweavers Newsletter Editor to build community. Inviting collaborators and sharing widely, they have increased their circulation and increased membership! A little bit of how-to, a little bit of how come.
	Anna Zinsmeister	Anna received the Mearl K. Gable II Grant in 2009 so she could take a class on drawloom weaving with Joanne Hall. She will show her work on the drawloom.
5 - 6 PM	Margery Erickson	The Business Side of Fiber Arts - One Weaver's Journey and a peak into what the 3-hour Convergence Session will include.
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6 - 7 PM	Jennifer Moore	Jennifer will give an overview of her journey in doubleweave over nearly 50 years. From her first initial course in college to graduate school in the early 90's to developing a system of color rotation in block doubleweave and teaching worldwide, doubleweave has been the driving force in my creativity and practice.
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7 - 8 PM	Margery Erickson	Margery will give a tour of her studio.
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	Rosemarie Smith	From Handspun to Fabric
8 - 9 PM	Kwasi Asare	Presentation of the miniature Kente Loom
	Mariel Collins	Mariel will share a slide show of her work in maximalist mending
	Kwasi Asare	Kwasi will share his artwork and talk about its creation
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	Yunita Ong	Presenting the Matrix Scarf, in the pattern of "digital rain". This won an award at Microsoft's internal employee craft fair, and was simple but effective clasped warp pattern combined with spot-on color combination.
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Support HGA by participating in the Fiber-A-Thon.

Show your support for our fiber community by registering to share a story, give a talk, unbox a new product, offer a sale. We're open to hearing your creative ideas.

Honor or memorialize another weaver by sharing their story (donate in their honor/memory and encourage others to do so as well)
Share why you support HGA
Challenge viewers to a donation match
Show-and-tell of guild artwork
Share a successful guild program
Challenge your guild members to give each a small amount ($5, $10, $20... small amounts add up to make a big impact)
Share how your guild was impacted by the Guild Development Retreat
Share an artwork and talk about its creation
Share your fiber journey
Give a 10-minute Thread Talk
Share a story about how your membership with HGA impacted you
Share how a story in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot personally affected you
Share a weaving tip or best practice
Give a 10-minute lesson
Demo a new product
Do an unboxing of a new product
Offer a discount or special gift with purchase to anyone who donates to HGA (in the next hour or during the Fiber-a-Thon)
Share how working with HGA has positively impacted your business

Why Your Support Matters

The Fiber-A-Thon raises critical funds for HGA, an international membership association devoted to educating, supporting, and inspiring the fiber art community. Your participation and donations help sustain HGA's programs - including education, grants, scholarships, and professional development opportunities - for fiber artists of all skill levels.

Spend the day with us, be inspired, and help ensure a vibrant future for fiber arts. every contribution makes a difference.

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Please contact a member of the staff at 678-730-0010 or HGA@WeaveSpinDye.org.

Fiber-A-Thon

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 12:00 PM–12:00 AM ETLive on Zoom • Streaming to Facebook • Recordings on YouTube

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | 12:00 PM–12:00 AM ET
Live on Zoom • Streaming to Facebook • Recordings on YouTube