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2025 Workshop Information
Join us to learn something new at THE HEART OF NEW MEXICO FIBER AND ART GATHERING
You can also email us at: heartofnmfiberandartgathering@gmail.com
Come out for a family friendly event and learn something new, or brush up on some unused skills. It is part of our two day event. There are different classes to sign up for today!
Saturday Workshop Classes
Learn to Needle Felt while creating a Pumpkin. Learn the techniques and tools while having fun Needle Felting!!!
Cost of Workshop: $55.00
Supplies: All materials included to complete a small pumpkin by instructor.
Time of workshop: Saturday Aug 30 from 12-3 pm
Max Number of Students: 5
Instructor: Donna Dixon
For questions or to sign up click here to contact the instructor.
In this tapestry workshop the participant will learn to design a small scale tapestry, learn to warp a 10” wide (maximum size) for the workshop and learn the basics tapestry stitch.
Cost of Workshop: $50.00
Supplies: Students supply warped loom and 4 oz of weft yarns. The instructor will have pre-warped looms for $75 purchase or $25 lease for workshop.
Time of Workshop: Saturday Aug 30 1-4 pm
Max Number of Students: 8
Instructor: Rose Vigil
For questions or to signup click here to contact the instructor.
Sunday Workshop Classes
New to gel printing, then this workshop is for you. We will discuss supplies and have a try at creating. Multiple prints made, then pick two of your favorites to turn into a card.
Cost of Workshop: $35.00
Supplies: Students provided by instructor
Time of Workshop: Sunday Aug 31 10-10:45 am
Max Number of Students: 6
Instructor: Kathy Wagner
For questions or to signup click here to contact the instructor.
After trying the basics of gel printing, join this class to learn about layering to create patterns on your print. Multiple prints will be made. Choose your favorite and frame it.
Cost of Workshop: $35.00
Supplies: Students provided by instructor
Time of Workshop: Sunday Aug 31 11-11:45 am
Max Number of Students: 6
Instructor: Kathy Wagner
For questions or to signup click here to contact the instructor.
Come create a five envelope mini journal with pockets, tuck spots and journaling space. Finished project look varies based on paper and embellishments you choose.
Cost of Workshop: $45.00
Supplies: Students provided by instructor
Time of Workshop: Sunday Aug 31 1-3 pm
Max Number of Students: 12
Instructor: Kathy Wagner
For questions or to signup click here to contact the instructor.
Monday Workshop Classes
Weave your own luxurious rug! You will receive all supplies and go away with terrific new skills. All the materials are provided, and the loom is yours to take home. This will be a super fluffy and fuzzy addition to your home. It is made in the ancient Viking style on a peg loom. These rugs are great as a bathmat or rustic and safe hearth rug. The raw wool comes directly from local farms.
Ariel has owned sheep since 2007. Her journey into fiber arts began shortly after. Needle felting was her first venture, then finger weaving, crocheting, peg looms, cruelty free sheepskin rugs and most recently dyeing roving and yarn.
You can see more of her products inside Wooly & Wyrd at Church Street Market Shops in Edgewood, NM.
Cost of Workshop: $125.00
Supplies: All supplies provided by instructor
Time of Workshop: Monday Sep 1 12-4pm
Max Number of Students: 4
Instructor: Ariel Davis William
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Description: Students will use seven basic colors and learn how to mix and make any color desired. We’ll use fiber reactive dyes and watercolor paper.
The instructor: Robin Pascal has been knitting for over 50 years and teaching for 20 years. She teaches handpainting yarn and color mixing. She has an honors BFA from the University of Houston. She is a fiber artist: knitter, weaver, spinner, dyer, and maker of one of a kind dichroic glass buttons. She has judged knitting and weaving at the New Mexico State Fair, spinning at Fiber Arts Fiesta. She has won many awards for her knitting, weaving and spinning, including a medallion at the Taos Wool Festival.
Cost of Workshop: $45.00
Supplies: students supply pencil, 2 water cups, and paints
Time of Workshop: Monday Sep 1 12 - 4 pm
Max Number of Students: 8
Instructor: Robin Pascal
For questions or to signup for the workshop click here.
Students will use a resist in making a witch hat using the wet felting method. They will learn a quick method that bypasses much of the time consuming rolling normally used in wet felting.
Cost of Workshop: $65.00
Supplies: Instructor provides fiber, resist, sander
Time of Workshop: Monday Sep 1 12-4 pm
Max Number of Students: 4
Instructor: Betty Greathouse
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The instructor:
Betty Greathouse has been making hats since 2022 when she got hit by the fiber bug and the many uses that it has. She has been spinning, knitting, and felting since that time. She is an impatient creator and learned how to use a sander to move the wet felting process along.
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