Learn about weaving, spinning, quilting, needle-felting, knitting, counted cross stitch, wet-felting, scarf dyeing, costume design & construction, and more throughout the month of June! Come explore the wonderful world of fiber!
Demo artists, door prizes and refreshments
Friday, June 14th, 3:00-6:00pm
Julie Grillo Quilting, FUNctional Fabric
Judy Scherpelz Needle Felting
Deb Tewell Wet Felting
Lisa Winta Spinning and Pine Needle Basket Making
Michelle Rudolph Dance Costuming
Kari Armstrong Costumer, Teacher and Mentor at Poudre High School
Marge Corcoran will be present sharing her late husband's cross stitch work
Learn more about the demoing artists in the section below.
Sat, June 1 - 10:30am - 1:30pm | Deanna Faimon Quilting, Fiber Arts
Deanna creates collages of fabric. She layers materials in unusual and nonconforming ways, actually feeling the texture of the fabrics, fibers, and embellishments - an exciting and fun process that is freeing and feeds Deanna’s soul.
During her demo, Deanna will be demonstrating the process from start to (nearly) finish.
Julie designs and sews items that are sustainable and fun to use in our daily lives - from denim quilts to warm hugs and greeting cards. She also hand-dyes silk scarves and teaches classes for scarves and quilting.
For her demo, Julie will bring her sewing machine and quilting gadgets, and will be working on a new project. She will also have a variety of fabrics on the table so she can sew a customized greeting card, warm hug or bookmark as a customer requests.
Julie will also be offering a special during her demo: Receive a fabric heart bookmark with purchase of any other Julie piece.
Judy Scherpelz uses the technique of needle felting to create 3-D and 2-D wool sculptures from raw wool, resulting in whimsical characters such as gnomes and dragons, animals, and people, plus cards and landscapes.
For her demo, Judy will create from beginning to finish several small 3-d creatures and 2D landscapes. She will also be bringing and sharing weaving and woven pieces, in addition to knitting and knitted pieces.
Deb Tewell employs wet felting to create her pieces. Wet felting uses the same raw material that spinners use to spin yarn. Instead of pulling out and spinning the fibers, felters tear off thin layers of fiber and lay it on their workspace. When we wet, soap, and rub the fibers, they become tangled. This way, she is creating the felt (fabric) and the finished product at the same time.
Deb will be demonstrating a variety of different felting techniques during her demo.
Lisa Winta creates pine needle baskets - an ancient functional vessel creation technique. In modern-day, pine needle basketry can be functional and decorative. Using locally sourced pine needles, she adds color, beads, shells, stones, and other found objects to create beautiful art.
During her demo, Lisa will show how she creates baskets from the central coil to finishing techniques. She will provide information on the process from wandering the forest to find your pine needles to the techniques of the work. Lisa will also demonstrating spinning on a spinning wheel.
Michelle designs and constructs contemporary dance costumes. She begins by watching the choreographed dance and meeting with the choreographer to discuss the vision. From there, Michelle makes a sketch for each dancer's costume and collects fabric samples for each.
The costume design may require creating original patterns, dyeing the fabric, painting on the fabric, piecing, adding beading, knitting or crocheting original fabric and texturing the fabric. Each costume is made according to
each dancer’s measurements, and many fittings are required to make sure it’s perfect.
Learn more from Michelle at the event!
Kari Armstrong has been teaching costume design at Poudre High School for 20 years with 55 shows and thousands of costumes on her resume. She has mentored and taught hundreds of very passionate students.
With Kari’s instruction, costume students at Poudre High School Theatre learn many basic aspects of costume design and construction. The students learn about appropriate fabrics, patterns, layout, and correct cutting. They are taught draping skills, flat-lining techniques, organization, zipper applications, inserting sleeves, seam finishes, pockets, hand-stitching, pressing and SO much more.
Hear from Kari and see incredible costumes at the showcase event!
