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Oratorios: Portable Altars

A Two-Part Virtual Workshop with Aitor Saraiba

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: A Five Week Exploration

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

The Hussif: Travel Sewing Kit

A Virtual Class with Jody Alexander

Wiener Werkstätte Embroidery

A Two-Part Virtual Workshop with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

Modernist Smocking Series

A Virtual Class Series with Annie Coggan

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II

A Virtual Class Series

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World Embroidery Series III: a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

Past...

Lectures

Coloring Memory

An Artist Talk with Rachel Gloria Adams

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TATTER SCRAPTACULAR

TATTER’s inaugural SCRAPTACULAR scrap sale & library benefit featuring The Green Lady of Brooklyn!

Lectures

Domestic Arts

A Virtual Lecture with Sarah Byrd

events

SHADES OF INDIGO WITH ABOUBAKAR FOFANA IN BROOKLYN, NY

A 3-Day Workshop Experience

events

BLACK DYE WITH ABOUBAKAR FOFANA IN BROOKLYN, NY

A 3-Day Workshop Experience

Classes

The Color Series: A Four Part Exploration

A Virtual Series

Classes

Hand Embroidered Victorian Puzzle Purse

A Two Session Virtual Class with Elliot Rockart

Classes

World Embroidery Series II: a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

Basket Weaving Workshop in Brooklyn, NY

An In Person Workshop with Jasmine Murrell

events

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Banner

A collective embroidery project commemorating the lives lost in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

book talk

Crafting a Better World

A Virtual Panel with Diana Weymar, Sara Trail, and Jayna Zweiman

Classes

Inkle Loom Weaving Level I

A Virtual Workshop with Amy Ashdown

events

Protest Banner-Making Event

A Drop-In Community Making Session in Brooklyn, NY

Classes

Inkle Loom Level II: Card Weaving

A Virtual Workshop with Amy Ashdown

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Naturalistic Quilting

A Virtual Class with Julius Arthur

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Kkekki, a Fine Seaming Technique

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Manx Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Appliqué

A Virtual Class with Sarah Nishiura

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Precise Curved Piecing

A Virtual Class with Tara Faughnan

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series I: Contemporary Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Arounna Khounnoraj

Classes

Hand-Stitched Zipper Pouch: Valentine’s Day Edition

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Holiday Market 2024

December 5th – 7th, 2024

Classes

World Embroidery Series I: Syrian Cross-Stitch

A Virtual Class with Wafa Ghnaim

Classes

World Embroidery Series I: Shisha Mirrorwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

World Embroidery Series I: Ainu embroidery with Kaparamip Technique

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

Classes

World Embroidery Series: Lavradeira Portuguese Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

World Embroidery Series I: Blackwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Christina MacDonald

Classes

World Embroidery Series I: Chikankari/Indian Whitework Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

Classes

World Embroidery Series I : a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

events

Book Release Party! Palate Palette: Purple Blue Cookbook

An evening with The Taste Curators, Lish Steiling and Abbey Cook

Lectures

Timescapes: Perspectives on Process

A Virtual Lecture with Richard McVetis

Classes

Quilted Sashiko Winter Booties

A Three Session Virtual Class with Sanae Ishida

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: Stuffed Appliqué

A Virtual Class with Nicholas Ball

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: Kawandi Quilting

A Virtual Class with Sujata Shah

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: Zhuang Patchwork

A Virtual Class With Selina Ben

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: Landscape Quilting

A Virtual Class with Kim Goings

Classes

Hand Sewn Quilting Series III: Hawaiian Quilting

A Virtual Class with Pat Gorelangton

Lectures

Kawandi Quilting: To Sew and to Sow

A Virtual Lecture with Sarah K Khan
and Henry J Drewal

Classes

Embroidered Fabric Vase

A Virtual Class with Jody Alexander

Classes

Resists, Mark-making, and Indigo

An In-Person Workshop with Isa Rodrigues

Lectures

The Legacy of Black Dolls

A Virtual Lecture with Wanett Clyde

Classes

Dollmaking

A Two-Session Virtual Class with Wanett Clyde

Classes

Amish Puzzle Ball

A Two Session Virtual Class with Elliot Rockart

Classes

Fabric Book Construction & Illustration

A Virtual Class with María José Durán

Lectures

Narrative Quilting: Textile as Record

An Artist Talk with Stephanie Santana

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series

An In-Person Workshop Series

Classes

Mending Series

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

Mending Series: Narrative Mending

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Mending Series: Mending Denim with Sashiko

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

Classes

Mending Series: Mending Jersey

A Virtual Class with Repair Shop

Classes

Mending Series: Mending on Knit

A Virtual Class with Arounna Khounnoraj

Classes

Mending Series: Mending Socks

A Virtual Class with Celia Pym

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Writing

An In Person Workshop with Beverly Army Williams

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Subversion

An In Person Workshop with Elliot Rockart

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Painting

An In-Person Workshop with Megan Canning

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Narrative

An In Person Workshop with Tamanna Rahman

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Mark-Making on Print

An In Person Workshop with Stephanie Santana

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Drawing

An In Person Workshop with Jordana Munk Martin

Classes

Creative Embroidery Series: Embroidery as Play

An In Person Workshop with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Otomí Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Maité Jiménez

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Korean Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Heehwa Jo

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Chicken Scratch Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Blair Stocker

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Raojia Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Sashiko Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sanae Ishida

Classes

World Embroidery Series III: Hungarian Written Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

Plum Blossom Pincushion

A Virtual Workshop with Youngmin Lee

Lectures

Book Talk: Textiles on Film

A Virtual Book Talk with Author Becky Peterson

Lectures

Decolonizing Color: Re-membering and Re-claiming Indigo

A Lecture with Aboubakar Fofana and Dr. Uzma Z. Rizvi

Lectures

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

Classes

Beginner Hand Sewing Series with Tiffany Downs

A Virtual Class Series with Tiffany Downs

Classes

Spinning Workshop in Brooklyn, NY

An In Person Workshop with Gigi Matthews

Classes

Sashiko Summer Slip Ons

A Two Session Virtual Class with Sanae Ishida

Lectures

Fashion as Performance

A Virtual Lecture

Lectures

‘Crafting’ Queer Identity

A Virtual Lecture

Lectures

Queering The Loom

A Virtual Lecture

Lectures

Queering Textile Binaries

A Virtual Lecture Series

Lectures

Contemporary Silk Ikat Weaving in Gujarat, India: Perspectives on an Emerging Terrain

A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Urmila Mohan

Classes

Exploration Of Kantha

A Virtual Class Series with Ekta Kaul

Lectures

“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

Classes

Irish Needle Lace Workshop In Brooklyn, NY

An In Person Workshop with Fiona Harrington

Classes

Exploration of Reverse Appliqué

An In Person Workshop with María José Durán

Classes

Eternal Book

A Virtual Workshop with María José Durán

Classes

Needle Felted Tapestry

An In Person Workshop with Sharon Chandler Correnty

Classes

Arpilleras: Dollmaking

Virtual Workshop With Scarlett Yávar García

Classes

Simple String Bag on Homemade Knitting Loom

A Virtual Workshop with Rose Pearlman & Erin Boyle

Lectures

Past – Present: Indigo, Denim, and the History of Resistance

An Artist Talk with Sandra Lee Chandler

Classes

Temari (手まり) Ball Workshop in Brooklyn, NY

An In Person Workshop with Yoriko Yamamoto

Lectures

Sustainability Lecture: The Eco-nomics of Fiber Arts

A Virtual Lecture with Gigi Matthews

Classes

Poetry Mitt-Along

A Virtual Check-In with Elliot Rockart

Classes

Punch Needle in Brooklyn, NY

An In Person Workshop with Rose Pearlman

events

Book Release Party! Patterns of Portugal by Christine Chitnis

Book Release Party with Christine Chitnis

Classes

Hand Embroidered Victorian Valentine

A Virtual Class with Elliot Rockart

Lectures

Book Talk – A New Deal For Quilts by Janneken Smucker

A Virtual Book Talk with Author Janneken Smucker

Classes

MACRAMÉ BASICS

A Virtual Workshop with Cris Bertoluci

Classes

Indian Embroidery: Create a Talisman

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

Modernist Smocking II

A Virtual Class with Annie Coggan

Classes

INKLE LOOM WEAVING IN BROOKLYN, NY

In Person Workshop with Amy Ashdown
September 28th, 2024

Classes

CREATIVE EMBROIDERY IN BROOKLYN, NY

In Person Workshop with Shahnaz Khan
March 9th, 2024

Classes

Golmu (골무, Thimble)

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

World Embroidery Series II: Czech & Slovak Eyelets Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

World Embroidery Series II: Miao Jiaoxiu Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

Classes

World Embroidery Series II: Punto Tagliato European Cut Work

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

World Embroidery Series II: Palestinian Thobe Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Wafa Ghnaim

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World Embroidery Series II: Stumpwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Veronica Fuentes

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World Embroidery Series II: Kutch Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

Taller de Arpilleras – In Person Chilean Arpilleras Workshop

In Person Workshop With Scarlett Yávar García
Saturday, October 14th

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The People’s Quilting Bee

A Virtual Lecture Series

Lectures

Intro: Why Learn Quilt History?

A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Jess Bailey and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer

Lectures

Honoring the Foundation on Which We Stand

A Virtual Lecture with Jenn Steverson

Lectures

Stitching Love and Loss, A Gee’s Bend Quilt 

A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Lisa Gail Collins

Lectures

Honoring Our Ancestors

A Virtual Lecture with Susan Hudson

Lectures

Quilts, Queerness, and Community

A Virtual Lecture with Grace Rother and Sunny A Smith

Lectures

Closing: Quilting New Futures with the Past

A Virtual Lecture with Dr. Jess Bailey and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer

Lectures

Quilting Circle – 6 Sessions

A Virtual Experience with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer

Classes

FALL 2023: INKLE LOOM WEAVING IN BROOKLYN, NY

In Person Workshop with Amy Ashdown
November 18th, 2023

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Pine Burr

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Reverse Appliqué

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Yeouijumunbo, 여의주문 (Cathedral Window)

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Trapunto

A Virtual Class with Sarah Nishiura

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Replicating Motifs in Improv Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Zak Foster

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: English Paper Piecing

A Virtual Class with Tara Faughnan

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Series II: Binding Techniques

A Virtual Class with Heidi Parkes

events

A DIFFERENT STRIPE WITH DENYSE SCHMIDT IN MIDCOAST MAINE

October 1st – October 6th, 2023

events

A DIFFERENT STRIPE WITH DENYSE SCHMIDT IN BROOKLYN, NY

July 21st or 22nd, 2023

events

MALIAN STITCH RESIST PATTERNS WITH ABOUBAKAR FOFANA IN BROOKLYN, NY

June 24th – 27th, 2024

Classes

Botanical Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Arounna Khounnoraj

Classes

Borders and Edgings

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

Whole Cloth Quilt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

Classes

Hand Sewn Historical Chemise

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

World Embroidery Series: a six week exploration

A Virtual Class Series

Classes

World Embroidery Series: Lavradeira Portuguese Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

World Embroidery Series: Ainu embroidery with Kaparamip Technique

A Virtual Class with Selina Ben

Classes

World Embroidery Series: Shisha Mirrorwork Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Shahnaz Khan

Classes

World Embroidery Series: Syrian Cross-Stitch

A Virtual Class with Wafa Ghnaim

Classes

Wearable Tie-On Pocket: Valentine’s Day Edition

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Embroidery as Drawing

A Virtual Class with Beverly Army Williams

Lectures

Book Talk – On Mending: stories of damage and repair by Celia Pym

A virtual book talk with author Celia Pym

Lectures

This Long Thread: One Year Anniversary!

A virtual book talk with author Jen Hewett and featured artists: Raquel Busa, Brandi Harper, and Chi Nguyen

Classes

Hand Sewing IV: Buttons and Buttonholes

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Hand Sewing III: Lining and Gathers

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Beginner Hand Sewing Series

A Virtual Class Series with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Hand Sewing I

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Hand Sewing II: Seams and Hems

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Improv appliqué

A Virtual Class with Heidi Parkes

Classes

Quilted Hand Stitched Zipper Pouch

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Hand Stitched Crossbody Bag

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Hand-Stitched Quilted Drawstring Bag

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Hand-Sewn Bloomers

A Virtual Class with Sarah Woodyard

Classes

Hippari Jacket with Sashiko Stitching

An In-Person Class with Toshie and Marico Chigyo

Classes

Quilted Jacket

A Virtual Class with Sandra Lee

events

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 […]

Classes

Hand-Stitched Oven Mitt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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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 […]

Classes

Modernist Smocking

An In Person Class with Annie Coggan

Classes

Kantha

A Virtual Class with Ekta Kaul

Classes

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 […]

Classes

One-yard shirt

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

events

TATTER TEXTILE RETREAT WITH CHINATSU NAGAMUNE IN MIDCOAST MAINE

June 18th – 23rd, 2023

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A Stitch Gathering for Ukraine

A Virtual Stitching Circle to Support Ukraine

Classes

Sashiko Purse

A Virtual Class with Toshie and Marico Chigyo

Classes

Stitch Sampler Book

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

Befriend Your Thimble

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

Hand Sewn Wardrobe Basics Series

A Virtual Class series with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

Hand Sewn Leggings

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

T-Shirt Patternmaking

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

Hand Sewn Underwear

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

Hand Sewn T-Shirt

A Virtual Class with Louisa Owen Sonstroem

Classes

Dyeing with Foraged Queen Anne’s Lace

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

Classes

Whole Cloth Quilt

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

Classes

Narrative Mending

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Ssamsol Jogakbo: Patchwork Bojagi Technique

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

Saeksilnubi: a quilting tradition

A Virtual Class with Youngmin Lee

Classes

Ukrainian Borshchiv Embroidery

A Virtual Class with Sarah Pedlow

Classes

Hand Stitched Zipper Pouch

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Lectures

For the Love of Tatreez

An Artist Talk by Wafa Ghnaim

Lectures

Chilkat Weaving

A Lecture with Lily Hope

Lectures

Social Justice Sewing Academy

A Lecture with Sara Trail

Classes

Hand Stitched Drawstring Bag

A Virtual Class with Karen Stevens

Classes

Hand-Sewn Quilting Primer Series: Improv Patchwork

A Virtual Class with Zak Foster

Classes

Embroidered Flower on Knitting

A Virtual Class with Carolyn Bloom

Classes

Modernist Smocking III

A Virtual Class with Annie Coggan

Classes

The “Maebh” Jacket

A Virtual Class with Mathew Gnagy

Classes

Dyeing with Foraged Goldenrod

A Virtual Class with Aaron Sanders Head

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