New Workshop Added!

Andie Solar

My name is Andie Solar and I'm a fiber artist born and raised in Slovakia, currently living in Seattle, WA. I specialize in punch needle and rug tufting because I LOVE TEXTURE! What started as fun transitioned into a full time business and it's all because of you, so thank you, from the bottom of my heart.  When I first saw punch needle rug hooking video I was instantly hooked (pun intended)! I researched and researched and looked for the supplies which proved to be difficult. I wanted to learn, but none of the kits available (VERY few) spoke to me. So I made my own and I haven't stopped since 2017. When I'm not thinking about new kit ideas I'm creating my own art pieces for home with one main ingredient - coziness.

Punch Needle & Sculpting Basics

Saturday, October 8, 1-3pm
Instructor:  Andie Solar
Location:  Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA

Call for Late Registration Information  360-466-4288.  Space Still Available

Let’s learn the art of punch needle together! This adorable lemon punch needle kit will look adorable in your home. In the class you will learn all the basics as well as troubleshooting. You will love how relaxing it is and you’ll be making full sized rugs in no time!
A kit will be provided for a fee of $50 (required). It will include stretched fabric on the frame, yarn, punch needle and the design. Scissors, etc. will be provided for use in workshop.

Workshop Fee:  $30 Member/$35 Nonmember PLUS Kit Fee:  $50
Total Fee:  $80 Member/$85 Nonmember

Special Festival rates available at Courtyard Seattle Everett Downtown!  Scroll to bottom to book your stay now!

Sheila Frampton-Cooper

When award-winning artist Sheila Frampton-Cooper creates, she revels in the spontaneous. Her free-form process with its surprising twists and turns inevitably delivers her to a place of unfiltered originality where her bold work unapologetically commands attention. 
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Sheila showed a strong-willed, artistic temperament from an early age and has been creating art since her earliest memories. Read more...

Sheila will be presenting a lecture on Saturday, October 8 at 11am and 2pm.  Lecture is free with Festival admission.

Express Your True Self, One Piece at a Time!

Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7, 2022, 9am-4pm  (2-day workshop)
Instructor:  Sheila Frampton-Cooper
Location:  Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA

Explore the mystery and excitement of creating a pieced abstract quilt with little or no plan. We will discuss basic design and composition, color and value, quilting, and most importantly, trusting your instincts. Sheila will demonstrate construction techniques for sewing curved seams and discuss some of the challenges you may run into with spontaneous design and piecing.

Fee:  $250 Member/$275 Nonmember

Download supply list here.

Torreah "Cookie" Washington

We are saddened to announce that Cookie's workshop and lectures for the Festival have been cancelled.  Her home is directly in the path of Hurricane Ian as it heads for South Carolina.  We hope for the continued safety of Cookie, her family, and her home.

We will be bringing Cookie to Washington in late November, 2022, to install an exhibit and look forward to planning a reception and lecture at that time.

Kathy McNeil

Kathy McNeil is an internationally award winning quilt artist, author, pattern designer, art quilt teacher and judge.  Kathy offers workshops, trunk shows and lectures, On line classes through American Quilters Society and quilting cruises to great destinations with Quilt Seminars at Sea.   Read more...

Spirit Owl

Friday, October 7, 2022, 9am-4pm 
Instructor:  Kathy McNeil
Location:  Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA

Let this wise old owl teach you how easy appliqué can be. Learn to turn your edges with the Apliquick system.  Turn your edges over Apliquick interfacing which remains in your piece, creating additional dimension. Precision with small shapes has a swift learning curve with this system.  The Apliquick method is sweeping the appliqué world. Enhance the visual impact of your owl by adding details with embroidery stitches. She will be created as an independent unit ready to fly onto any block or scene. As personal totems, Owls offer inspiration and guidance necessary to explore the magic of life.

Kit Fee: (required) $28.00Includes pattern and all  thirteen fabrics for your owl. Many of the template shapes have already been cut out with a seam allowance ready to turn the edges.

Apliquick tools are required for this workshop. Bring your Apliquick tools or purchase a Basic kit from instructor. $58.00 Includes set of Apliquick rods, glue pen, one refill and 1 unit of Apliquick interfacing.

Fee:  $105 Member/$113 Nonmember  (Includes $28 kit fee)

Call for Late Registration Information  360-466-4288.  Space Still Available

Amy Green

Many of you may know Amy as the Museum's Executive Director.  She is also a passionate felt artist and has taught many workshops both in the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest. Her favorite pieces to work on inevitably portray animals but says she has recently moved in to fruits and vegetables! Her pieces have been in several shows and one of her bird pieces was recently accepted into a book on birds in fiber art scheduled to come out in 2023.

Felted Design Wool Patches

Saturday, October 8, 2022,  1pm-4pm
Instructor:  Amy Green
Location:  Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA

The three R's for the environment: reduce, reuse and recycle, have led to a growing passion for mending clothes in creative ways, which includes a new interest in patches!  Amy will show you how to create a 2-D design using roving and a felting needle on a piece of wool to be used as a patch on jeans, sweaters, jackets - anything at all!  This technique also works for creating pins, buttons, necklaces - limited only by your imagination.  Students will leave with a finished patch and tools and materials to create more.   Kit Fee: $7 - includes foam square, two felting needles, two wool squares, and assorted roving.

Fee:  $37 Member/$42 Nonmember  (Includes $7 kit fee)

Call for Late Registration Information  360-466-4288.  Space Still Available

Book your group rate for International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival

We have teamed up with the Marriott to offer you some great rates for the Festival so you can come enjoy the whole weekend with us!  Special rates are available at:

• Courtyard Seattle Everett Downtown for $148 USD per night

Book your group rate for International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival