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TATTER SCRAPTACULAR
A Library Benefit Fabric Remnant and Vintage Clothing Sale in Brooklyn, NY
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Banner
A collective embroidery project commemorating the lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Kkekki, a Fine Seaming Technique
A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee
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World Embroidery Series I: Ainu embroidery with Kaparamip Technique
A Virtual Class with Selina Ben
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World Embroidery Series I: Chikankari/Indian Whitework Embroidery
A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul
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Book Release Party! Palate Palette: Purple Blue Cookbook
An evening with The Taste Curators, Lish Steiling and Abbey Cook
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Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Writing
An In Person Workshop with Beverly Army Williams
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Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Subversion
An In Person Workshop with Elliot Rockart
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Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Narrative
An In Person Workshop with Tamanna Rahman
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Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Mark-Making on Print
An In Person Workshop with Stephanie Santana
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Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Drawing
An In Person Workshop with Jordana Munk Martin
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Decolonizing Color: Re-membering and Re-claiming Indigo
A Lecture with Aboubakar Fofana and Dr. Uzma Z. Rizvi
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Book Talk – Mauka to Makai: Hawaiian Quilts and the Ecology of the Islands
A Virtual Book Talk with Editor Marenka Thompson-Odlum, In Collaboration with Common Threads Press
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Contemporary Silk Ikat Weaving in Gujarat, India: Perspectives on an Emerging Terrain
A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Urmila Mohan
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“We black folks had to wear lowells”: Negro Cloth, Enslaved People, and the Legacy of Lowell Manufacturing
A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Jonathan Michael Square
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Simple String Bag on Homemade Knitting Loom
A Virtual Workshop with Rose Pearlman & Erin Boyle
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Past – Present: Indigo, Denim, and the History of Resistance
An Artist Talk with Sandra Lee Chandler
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Book Release Party! Patterns of Portugal by Christine Chitnis
Book Release Party with Christine Chitnis
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Book Talk – A New Deal For Quilts by Janneken Smucker
A Virtual Book Talk with Author Janneken Smucker
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World Embroidery Series II: Czech & Slovak Eyelets Embroidery
A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow
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World Embroidery Series II: Punto Tagliato European Cut Work
A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan
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Taller de Arpilleras – In Person Chilean Arpilleras Workshop
In Person Workshop With Scarlett Yávar García
Saturday, October 14th
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Intro: Why Learn Quilt History?
A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Jess Bailey and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
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Closing: Quilting New Futures with the Past
A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Jess Bailey and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
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FALL 2023: INKLE LOOM WEAVING IN BROOKLYN, NY
In Person Workshop with Amy Ashdown
November 18th, 2023
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Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Yeouijumunbo, 여의주문 (Cathedral Window)
A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee
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Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Replicating Motifs in Improv Patchwork
A Virtual Class with Zak Foster
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World Embroidery Series: Ainu embroidery with Kaparamip Technique
A Virtual Class with Selina Ben
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Book Talk – On Mending: stories of damage and repair by Celia Pym
A virtual book talk with author Celia Pym
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This Long Thread: One Year Anniversary!
A virtual book talk with author Jen Hewett and featured artists: Raquel Busa, Brandi Harper, and Chi Nguyen
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Tatter Textile Retreat – Stitched Shibori
Join us for a unique, week-long retreat where we will immerse ourselves in an indigo shibori dyeing practice with artist Teresa Misagal. We will stay on a gorgeous seaside farm on the Maine coast where hiking, swimming and gardens are just outside of your bedroom door. Your days will be spent in the studio, and […]
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Book Talk – Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles
Join author, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, and Michelle Bishop, founder and director of Harlem Needle Arts, for an engaging discussion about Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles, a new publication from Common Threads Press. Diasporic Threads is an important new publication that highlights Black women’s contributions to art and history through fibre-related mediums. This publication surveys the […]
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Artist lecture: Ekta Kaul
Ekta Kaul is an award winning London based artist. Her artistic practice is focused on creating narrative maps that explore places, history and belonging through stitch. A pared back aesthetic coupled with a highly considered use of graphic marks and lines form the core elements of her work. These are underpinned by a thoughtful approach […]