Joyce LeBlanc My earliest memories of sewing were sitting at my Mom’s side watching her create clothes for my siblings and me. I’d read and study the pattern instructions, so that when I was finally allowed to sew, I had already constructed the garment many times over...
Katama Murray Teach Peace Prints is a small, woman-owned business led by Katama Murray, which focuses on printmaking and fiber techniques that utilize natural materials. As an eco artist, educator and naturalist, Katama is inspired by patterns, shapes, and colors that...
Kathy Hattori Kathy Hattori is a textile artist deeply involved in colors from natural sources, their history and their modern day uses and applications. Kathy has been involved with textiles since 1982 and traveled extensively to learn natural dye and textile...
Jessamy Shay Kilcollins Jessamy Shay Kilcollins is an award-winning textile artist, educator, and sustainable fashion designer who uses secondhand materials and handcraft processes to interrogate the roles of consumption and consumerism in modern society. In addition...
Jill Hawkins Jill (she/her) learned many types of handcrafts from an early age while growing up in England. She learned to make bobbin lace in 1985 and has been teaching bobbin lace for over 20 years. She has taught beginning bobbin lace workshops for the New England...
Heidi Parkes Before Heidi Parkes was born in Chicago, IL in 1982, her grandmother organized a collaborative family quilt to commemorate her birth. Now based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin her quilting and mending celebrate the hand, and her works tug at memories and shared...
