www.ireneheckeloriginals.com

Irene began working with fiber arts in 1986, starting with collectible mohair teddy bears. In 2002, Irene discovered the art of needle felting and has been creating as an artist and instructor since then. Her creations include 3D sculptures, 2D fiber paintings and dimensional shadow box pieces. Irene is a member of WNCFHG, Heritage Weavers and Fiber Arts Guild, GoFigure Guild and has taught numerous classes, workshops and conferences including Fiber Forum at Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg.

• 1W-U104 Create an Owl Painting Using Needle Felting - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available
• 3W-M140 Needle Felting A Character Doll Using Wire Armature - Sneak Peek - Canceled

debbieheld.com

Deborah Held is a former business journalist who, in 2015, merged her writing career with my love of handspinning and textiles. Since then, she has been educating others via her recurring writing roles, and her in-person and virtual spinning workshops. Her classes are in-depth versions of my article topics. She teaches globally. She lives on an urban farm in Atlanta, Georgia, along with her Persian cat Stanley and a spinners' flock of Shetland sheep. Her book on blending boards is due out in the fall of 2024.

• SS-SA078 Love Your Blending Board: Going (Way!) Beyond The Rolag - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full

www.barefootweaver.com

Sue Helmken is a textile artist with over 40 years experience in weaving, dyeing and teaching. She studied at East Carolina University and with artists including Madelyn Van der Hoogt, Alice Schlein, Barbara Cooper, and Donna Sullivan. Sue has taught weaving and dyeing at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and in workshops for The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore, Interweave Yarnfest, The Blueridge Fiber Guild, the Piedmont Fiber Guild and small group lessons at her studio in Clover, South Carolina.

• SS-FP052 Color Me Confident - Sneak Peek

Textile designer and weaver Ellen Hess designed woven textiles for domestic and European textile firms. She teaches weaving and CAD at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and has taught at the Newark Museum, The Visual Arts Center of NJ, Brookfield Craft Center, Peter’s Valley Craft Education Center, and national/regional fiber conferences: Convergence, MidAtlantic Fiber Association (MAFA) & StitchesEast. Ellen offers live and virtual programs and workshops around the country.

• SS-RA019 Developing Color Ideas from Visual Images - Nearly Full
• S-RP028 Simple Cloth Analysis: Creating a Weaving Plan from a Favorite Garment
• SS-FP053 Playing with Blocks: Summer and Winter Made Easy - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available

davidheustess.com

David Heustess is an artist and arts educator in Nashville, Tennessee and he enjoys making work from clay, fibers and off loom bead weaving. David received a BFA from the Appalachian Center for Crafts in clay and fiber arts. In 2003 David became Assistant Director for Visual Arts at Vanderbilt University where he directs the art classes and gallery for The Office of the Dean of Students. Fall 2021 marks David’s 25th year of working for the university. His passion for teaching and making artwork has allowed him the opportunity to share a variety of mediums with students from all parts of the Nashville community as well as for other art programs across the country.

• SS-UP124 Twisted Shibori - Nearly Full
• 3W-M141 Secrets of Shibori: Stitches and Knots and Indigo - Sneak Peek

www.SprangLady.com

Carol James has been exploring low-tech textile methods for 30 years. She is known for her ability to replicate historic sprang textiles and has also created modern garments deemed worthy of the HGA Convergence fashion show. Carol has taught in Canada, the US, Europe, and New Zealand. Students describe her as patient, knowledgeable, and passionate. She spent her COVID time charting sprang lace designs and writing up patterns, and is author of numerous articles, 6 books, and 2 instructional DVDs.

• 3W-M131 Intro To Sprang - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full

www.bethrossjohnson.com

Beth Ross Johnson studied with Norman Kennedy and has had two extensive stays in Japan to study kasuri and sakiori-ori (rag weaving). She received an MFA in textiles from Georgia State University and has taught weaving at colleges, craft schools and workshops while working arts related jobs such as cultural and environmental preservation for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Recent explorations weaving sashiko patterns and researching cotton and linen ikat traditions of France and Mallorca.

• S-UA117 Weaving Resilience: Textiles in a Changing Climate - Sneak Peek
• S-UP127 Shifting Ikat Off the Silk Road - Sneak Peek - Canceled
• 3W-M132 Sashiko-ori - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full

www.denisekovnat.com

A weaver for 25 years, Denise Kovnat has taught virtually and at conferences and guilds across the United States, Canada, and Australia. She focuses on parallel threadings, collapse techniques, painted warps, and deflected doubleweave. In 2022, she published a book on collapse techniques, Weaving Outside the Box: 12 Projects for Creating Dimensional Cloth. She is most proud of serving on the founding team for the Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, which opened in Rochester, NY, in 2002.

• 3W-M133 Echo & Jin: Playing with Color Chords - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full

www.cochenille.com

Susan Lazear is a Professor of Fashion at San Diego Community College. She also designs pattern making and stitch design software that serve as design tools for a global audience. As a fashion designer, she creates wearable art and fashion clothing in a broad range of modes ranging from digital printing to working with sustainable practices.

• S-RA021 Color as a Communicator in Textiles - Sneak Peek
• S-RP029 Sustainable and Creative Garments with a 'Pieced' Approach - Sneak Peek
• S-FA048 Understanding Your Fit Preferences- Sneak Peek 
• S-FP060 The Textile Arts of Japan - Sneak Peek
• 1W-S074 Test Drive Digital Pattern Making - Sneak Peek
• 2W-U100 Engineered Design Using Digital Printing - Canceled

www.connielippert.com

Connie’s work has been exhibited in 30 states. Her work is represented in museum, corporate, academic, and private collections and is widely published. Her tapestries are represented in several new books including Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond by Tommye Scanlin, The Art is the Cloth by Micala Sidore and in The Art of Tapestry Weaving by Rebecca Mezoff. Connie’s journey with weaving is documented in a book by author Carole Green in Connie Lippert: A Wedge Weaver’s Storied Cloth.

• 3W-M134 Wedge Weave - Sneak Peek - Nearly Full

www.heathermacali.com

Heather Macali is an artist, designer, and educator. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently an Associate Professor of Fibers and Fashion at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She has a vast knowledge of fiber techniques, specializing in dyeing, textile design, floor loom and jacquard weaving.

• 1W-S072 Introduction to Wet Felting: Slippers - Sneak Peek - Sold Out - Waitlist Available