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Learning Fiber Art : A G u i d e t o M a i n e Te a c h i n g R e s o u rc e s
LEARNING FIBER ART: A Guide To Maine Teaching Resources
This book was created and produced by Maine Fiberarts to educate, to foster discovery, and
to engender enthusiasm in those wishing to learn more about fiber art.
About Our Sponsors Be patient if you find a listing that is
currently closed, or does not have as
The Guide in Four Sections
LEARNING FIBER ART, and our • Five profiles of Legacy Locations
previous publication entitled FIBER complete an offering as you expected, (people and places that have a
ART MASTERS: A Visual Tour of and email or call to discover current long-standing dedication to this
Maine Artists’ Work and Studios, is schedules and any limitations that field) are listed alphabetically at the
made possible with support from our may still exist. Some websites that beginning: A Wrinkle in Thyme
generous funders: Aldermere Fund; list classes will specify if they are Farm, Barbara Burns Studio,
Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund postponed or canceled or moved Haystack Mountain School of
of the Maine Community Foundation; online. By the time you read this, it is Crafts, Sara Hotchkiss, Maine
Betterment Fund; Darcy Dye; Edgard possible they are open again. College of Art Textile & Fashion
and Geraldine Feder Foundation; Design.
Tatter; The Penniman Fund; two major Reading the Listings • Four listing sections: Learning
philanthropists to Maine Fiberarts; and Each listing contains the type of fiber About Fiber and Yarn, Learning
all of our directors, members, donors art techniques or process offered, and about Paper, Learning
and friends. Thank you! the type of class structure in which Needlework or Hooking, Working
they teach. In the PDF version (once with Fabric. Listings include close
Publishing Notes it is downloaded and opened on your
computer or iPad), clicking on a place
to a hundred Maine studios, farms,
Back in March of 2020, when we shops and centers where fiber art
were just about ready to publish this or heading in the table of contents or learning takes place on an ongoing
Guide, the unknowns brought on index in the back will take you to the and regular basis.
by the worldwide pandemic caused page containing that item. You can do
a word search for anything else. • Five additional Legacy Locations
cancellation notices to come flooding are listed alphabetically: Marion
in, putting a halt on going forward Brown Fiber Art Studio, Nezinscot
with publishing plans. About the Photos Farm and Studio, One Lupine
Photographs that accompany the Fiber Arts/Maine Yarn & Fiber
Although there are still many
listings were provided by the teachers Supply, Parris House Wool Works,
questions about the future here in
or by the learning sites themselves. PortFiber.
Maine and everywhere, we have
Additional photos that appear on the
contacted and are encouraged by • The last section is a list of Maine
front and back covers, in the Legacy
the individuals listed here. We have Artist Retreats and Residencies
Locations, and in the collages that
checked websites of the residencies that offer fiber art study in some way.
separate sections are by Christine
and retreats to make sure they have
Macchi, with additions by Carol Jones At the end you can find an
plans to reopen in 2021 or 2022, so we
and Corrie Zacharias. Artwork on these alphabetical index of every place
feel it is still the best representation
pages is identified on page 41. listed here.
of places and people in Maine to learn
about fiber art.
ii iii
Table of Contents
Publishing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Barbara Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sara Hotchkiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Maine College of Art: Textile & Fashion Design . . . . . . . 11
Learning About Fiber and Yarn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Learning about Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Learning Needlework or Hooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notes on Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Nezinscot Farm and Fiber Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
One Lupine Fiber Arts/Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply . . . . 47
Parris House Wool Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PortFiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Artist Retreats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Artist Residency Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About Maine Fiberarts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Alphabetical List of Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
iv 1
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm Fiber Learning on the Farm, from Fleece to Woolies Mary Ann Haxton and Marty Elkin run a farm and full fiber enterprise from their 1850’s farmhouse and buildings on 32 acres in Sumner, Maine, nestled in the wooded mountains of Western Maine. There, they maintain a flock of sheep—Romney, Lincoln, Corriedale, Finn, and Border Leicester crosses—and offer for sale soft naturally-colored and dyed yarns plus wool, angora, alpaca, and llama fibers. They also sell wet-felted and needle felted artwork, knitted hats, knitted mittens, woven scarves, kits, Cushing dyes and so much more. Along with their sheep they have a resident cat, dog and flock of laying hens. Haxton and Elkin also offer classes, retreats and gatherings taught by themselves and by other knowledgeable teachers. Topics include spinning, knitting, wool dyeing, and needle felting interspersed with longer retreats that often include yoga. Marty offers Zoom needle felting classes on a regular basis. A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm also hosts a maple syrup operation, a farm store with wool products, a Fiber CSA, an apprentice program, and a Louet spinning wheel dealership. Special events, such as open farm days, maple syrup pancake breakfasts, lambing days and shearing events are announced on their website at awrinkleinthymefarm.com. Visit the farm and witness a wealth of fiber learning from raw fleece to finished art and craftwork. 2 3
Barbara Burns
Woven Tapestry Artist, Writer and Instructor
Barbara Burns is a figurative artist working in the
medium of tapestry in her studio in Harpswell.
Of her work, Burns writes, “The medium of tapestry
weaving allows me to create images and cloth at the
same time. The tactile experience of working with
fiber, along with the depth of color and richness of the
woven surface excites and drives me. I find the process
of creating cloth and image satisfying as it ties me to
my past and to my Grandmother who taught me to sew
at an early age. She instilled in me a love of creating
with my hands and an appreciation for good cloth.”
Barbara studied tapestry at West Dean College in England
as well as an eleven-year mentorship in New York with two
internationally-renowned tapestry masters. She has taught
classes at Halcyon Yarn, Fiber College, Maine Fiberarts, Vavstuga,
in her own studio, and in Ireland and England. Barbara has
curated tapestry exhibits, been a juror, lectured and written
about tapestry, and had her work featured in several books.
Her work has been exhibited extensively in both group
and solo exhibits and won awards in the US and across
Europe. She is a member of Tapestry Weavers in New
England, The American Tapestry Alliance, British Tapestry
Group and The Canadian Tapestry Network.
4 5
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Maine’s International Craft School Nestled
in Spruce and Fir near the Atlantic
A simple, wooden cabin of one’s own or to share with
soon-to-be-friends. A campus nestled in the spruce and fir
of Sunset peninsula, smack dab next to the ocean. Studios
for blacksmithing, ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics, metals
and wood. A library filled with craft books and magazines
with comfy chairs and time for perusal. The ring of a
bell—three times a day—to call you to sumptuous meals that
you do not prepare. Studios filled with makers, experi-
menters, and masters as teachers from around the world.
And time—blessed time—to learn, to make, to dream.
Welcome to a new experience that could change the
way you work. This is Haystack, an internationally-
renowned craft school located in Deer Isle.
The school hosts programs from May through October
drawing artists, craftspeople, and teachers from all parts
of the globe. They come to take part in one- and two-week
workshops. They come for Haystack’s programs: Open
Studio Residency, Fab Lab, Summer Conference, Maine
Programs for Adults, exhibitions, tours, auctions, and
artist presentations. They come to learn—from nature, from
their materials, and from what they make by hand.
6 7
Sara Hotchkiss
Lavender, Looms and Learning
Ah, this is the life! A rambling farmhouse converted into
studio and showrooms with a warm kitchen at its heart. Rows
of lavender, perennials, and old roses in varying stages of rest
or bloom. One giant room with six looms, including 10- and
12-foot Swedish looms. Cookbooks, novels, neatly-canned
peach jams, and freshly-baked cookies at the table. And walls
and shelves of cotton fabrics, linen threads, and yarns ready
to go into pillows, area rugs, runners, and art tapestries. Sara
has been designing, knitting, and working with fabrics and
color since she was a child and has been weaving since 1971.
Of her tapestry, she says,“I borrow from the rag rug
tradition where strips of many varied cotton fabrics
(prints, solids, checks, and textures)—the weft—are
woven row by row to achieve evocative color striations.
The hand-manipulated tapestry technique allows me
to join one fabric strip next to another and as the
rows and color sections progress, shapes—stars, leaves,
hearts, flowers and diamonds—emerge. Although
time consuming, the process is fun and satisfying.”
Sara lists classes at her website which include tapestry
instruction, materials and lunch. She guides the student
through the weaving process, and they leave with a
small rug and a big sense of accomplishment.
8 9
Maine College of Art:
Textile & Fashion Design
Silk screening, pattern drafting
and fashion sketching in Portland
In 2013, Maine philanthropist Roxanne Quimby endowed
Maine College of Art, an art school located in the City of
Portland, with funds to create a program for the study of
apparel and textile design. The resulting department—Textile
& Fashion Design—is currently chaired by Alysha Kupferer,
Assistant Professor and an artist working in fibers.
According to MECA’s website, students receive specialized
instruction from Maine’s top industry professionals, contem-
porary designers, and textile artists while becoming familiar
with the vocabulary of technique, material, color, pattern,
texture, form, and silhouette. They acquire the skills and
experience to become confident textile and fashion designers,
while delving into material exploration, surface design,
fabric manipulation and embellishment, machine knitting,
silk screen printing, pattern drafting and draping, garment
construction, concept development, and fashion sketching.
Students engage in the process of designing collections,
building portfolios and preparing for the future through
internships, sponsored studios, and guided entrepreneurship.
10 11
Learning About Fiber and Yarn
spinning, felting, fiber processing, knitting, weaving
Cathi Belcher
Metaphorically Weaving
Joni Archer 4 Hillcrest Lane
Great Pond Fiber Arts Topsham, ME 04086 Kathryn Bourque
1348 Great Pond Road 603-986-1333 Get A Grip Felting Needles
Great Pond, ME 04408 lodgelady524@gmail.com 246 Auburn Street, #149
207-584-5004 Techniques Taught: Portland, ME 04103
cybergirl@techie.com Weaving 207-797-6296
www.woveninthewild.com kbourque01@gmail.com
Type of Class:
Techniques Taught: Private Lessons/One-to-One, www.etsy.com/shop/feltingneedles
Quilting, Weaving, Felting, Mixed Group Classes/Workshops, Techniques Taught:
Media Retreats, College or Community Ed, Felting
Type of Class: Art/Craft Center Type of Class:
Group Classes/Workshops Weaving a Life: A journey of Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Living in a rural setting, we self-discovery for beginning Group Classes/Workshops,
are inspired by all the beauty and experienced weavers alike. Retreats, College or Community Ed
that surrounds us in Maine. This symbolic weaving process Needle felting and wet felting
We hold workshops here in our helps create balance in life lessons for all agilities. Learn
studio and at the local school- while weaving peace and beauty varieties of felting needles and
community library, where we in the world. Learn to weave fibers, 2D and 3D techniques.
also teach Art to students from ancient, universal forms on a Advice on tools and materials.
Kindergarten to eighth grade. portable journey hand loom.
12 13
Barbara Burns Audra Christie Sandi Cirillo
Pauline Boyce Burns Studio Audra Christie Jodi Clayton
Especially-for-Ewe One Lupine Fiber Arts/
Rumplestiltskin 3 Hopkins Island Road 366 Spragues Falls Road 27 Union Street Katharine Cobey
723 Reach Road Harpswell, ME 04079 Cherryfield, ME 04622 Searsport, ME 04974
Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply
Deer Isle, ME 04627 207-751-1878 Katharine Cobey Fiber Work
207-546-1159 207-548-1027 170 Park Street The Lincoln Home
207-348-6453 bburns174@gmail.com aud@audrachristie.com sandi@especially-for-ewe.com Bangor, ME 04401
pe-boyce@hotmail.com www.burns-studio.com 22 River Road
www.audrachristie.com www.especially-for-ewe.com 207-992-4140 Newcastle, ME 04553
Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught:
onelupine@gmail.com 207-563-2250
Spinning Weaving Knitting, Surface Design, Felting, Felting, Mixed Media
onelupine.com or maineyarnandfibersupply.com kecobey@gmail.com
Type of Class: Type of Class: Embroidery/Needlepoint Techniques Taught: www.katharinecobey.com
Type of Class:
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: Knitting, Crochet, Spinning
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught:
Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, College Type of Class: Garment Construction/Alteration,
Workshops in transforming I teach tapestry weaving from Group Classes/Workshops or Community Ed, Art/Craft Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Knitting, Spinning
a shorn sheep’s fleece from beginner to advanced, giving Teaching various fiber art Center, Artist Residency This unique business is a special Type of Class:
in the grease into a fiber that students tools they need to workshops in felting, knitting, I teach many different fiber blend of working fiber studio, Private Lessons/One-to-One,
is ready to spin. Skirting, control their weaving. Beginners surface design, and technical classes focusing on the use gallery, boutique, and yarn Group Classes/Workshops
sorting, washing, drying and learn the fundamentals, starting hand embroidery for Schoodic of natural materials. Detailed and fiber shop, encompassing
carding, with discussions on with warping and are guided Instruction in knitting: garment,
Arts For All, Eastport Arts instruction and hands-on both wholesale and retail, in three-dimensional, diagonal,
blending fibers and dyeing. No step-by-step. More advanced Center, Sullivan Adult Ed and opportunities are essential to addition to offering classes at
experience necessary. Maximum weavers can sharpen their skills brioche and more for beginners,
Harrington Adult Ed programs, the learning process. the store. Maine-based and intermediate or advanced.
five people. and add new techniques to as well as independently- Maine-sourced yarns and fibers,
their repertoire. I also teach Spinning on Navajo spindles or
organized workshops. a line of house yarns, spinning on Louet or Rio Grande wheels.
designing, working with a fibers and handspun yarn are
cartoon, 3D weaving, and other Critiques, guidance, and art
available online and through training.
tapestry techniques. monthly yarn clubs.
14 15Sara Hotchkiss
Sara Hotchkiss Studio
Martha Elkin Tessa Flannery 28 Pitcher Road Susan Merrill
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm Gallifreyan Farm Waldoboro, ME 04572 Weaving a Life
106 Black Mountain Road 133 Codfish Ridge Road Kimberly Hamlin 207-832-8133 1643 Coastal Road
Sumner, ME 04292 Merrilee Ericson Linneus, ME 04730 Fiber & Vine sararugweaver@gmail.com Brooksville, ME 04617
207-212-4058 / 207-388-2979 Merrilee Ericson Designs 207-358-0306 402 Main Street www.sarahotchkiss.com 207-326-9503
info@awrinkleinthymefarm.com 462 E Elm Street info@gallifreyanfarm.com Norway, ME 04268 Techniques Taught: susan@weavingalife.com
www.awrinkleinthymefarm.com Yarmouth, ME 04096 www.gallifreyanfarm.com 207-739-2664 Weaving www.weavingalife.com
Techniques Taught: 207-632-0946 Techniques Taught: fiberandvine@gmail.com Type of Class: Techniques Taught:
Knitting, Surface Design, Spinning, me.merrilee@icloud.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Felting www.fiberandvine.com Private Lessons/One-to-One, Weaving
Felting www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/ Techniques Taught: Group Classes/Workshops
Type of Class: Type of Class:
Type of Class: merrilee-ericsons-ravelry-store Group Classes/Workshops Knitting, Spinning, Papermaking,
Book Arts, Felting, Embroidery/
Teaching plain weave and Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: The Southern Aroostook Fiber Needlepoint
tapestry weaving in my studio. College or Community Ed
Group Classes/Workshops, Quilting, Knitting Check my website or contact me
Arts group is for the people I teach Weaving a Life
Retreats, College or Community Ed Type of Class: Type of Class: for a description and schedule
who are interested in learning Leadership to artists and
Classes include needle felting Private Lessons/One-to-One, about spinning, felting, Private Lessons/One-to-One, of classes offered.
Group Classes/Workshops teachers, helping professionals
(basic, landscape and portrait), Group Classes/Workshops crocheting, knitting or sharing and women-in-transition on the
spinning on a wheel, and Passion for knitting and sewing, your knowledge with others. Classes in knitting, felting, phone, using my book The Art of
dyeing wool with acid dyes, teaching knitting and quilting, This group is organized by crochet, embroidery, folk art, Weaving a Life and the Journey
plants and weeds. Classes are providing creative solutions. Gallifreyan Farm and meets nuno felting, papermaking, EarthLoom as course materials.
great for beginners as well as every fourth Thursday. book arts, and lace. Supplies You will be weaving seven
inspiration for seasoned fiber for knitting, crochet, spinning, simple projects that reveal new
artists. Held at the farm in the felting, embroidery. Folk Art dimensions in your weaving and
Fiber Center, and on Zoom. The Studio classes in eco printing, in your life.
farm also features weekend dyeing, Kids Craft Club, and
retreats. more.
16 17resources throughout Maine,
many of whom teach. Christine
and Carol offer Art Presentation
Services for photography and
graphic design of postcards,
websites and promotional
materials.
Christine consults with artists
about advancing their fiber
art or enterprise and makes Linda Perrin
referrals of teaching mentors Artsworth Studios
and resources. With 20+ years’ 25 Pine Street
experience as a founding Ellsworth, ME 04605
director, she is available as Gabriela Montoya-Eyerman 207-664-0222
Susan Mills a consultant to advise about artsworthstudios@gmail.com
Christine Macchi & Carol Jones nonprofit organizational Five Sisters Farm
Susan Mills Studio 163 Wilcox Road www.artsworth.org
736 Millay Road Maine Fiberarts development.
Trescott, ME 04652 Techniques Taught:
Bowdoin, ME 04287 13 Main Street 207-458-0773 Knitting, Weaving
She also specializes in Jackie Ottino
207-666-3029 Topsham, ME 04086 gabriela.eyerman@gmail.com
suemills@gwi.net 207-721-0678 photographing art, craft, Forage Color Type of Class:
farms and studios; and can
www.facebook.com/FiveSistersFiberFarm/ 115 Main Street North Group Classes/Workshops, Art/
www.susanmillsstudio.com christine@mainefiberarts.org
www.mainefiberarts.org photograph artists’ work, studio Techniques Taught: Searsmont, ME 04973 Craft Center
Techniques Taught: or farm locations. She teaches Knitting, Spinning, Felting 207-322-1996 Community arts organization
Felting, Mixed Media Techniques Taught:
photography techniques to jackie@foragecolor.com
Garment Construction/Alteration, Type of Class: illuminating all aspects of
Type of Class: those who want to photograph Private Lessons/One-to-One, www.foragecolor.com creativity through instruction,
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Quilting, Knitting, Weaving,
Spinning, Book Arts their own work. These classes Group Classes/Workshops, College Techniques Taught: exhibitions and special events.
Group Classes/Workshops, can include basic DSLR or Community Ed Spinning, Surface Design Workshops in weaving, knitting
Retreats, Art/Craft Center, Artist Type of Class: camera training and set up, machine techniques, clay and
Private Lessons/One-to-One, I love teaching all kinds of Type of Class:
Residency photographing artwork, basic others for children, teenagers
Group Classes/Workshops spinning and wool preparation Group Classes/Workshops,
Classes in wet felting and mixed post processing using Adobe classes as well as knitting Retreats, Art/Craft Center and adults. Guest teachers
media techniques, beginner Maine Fiberarts promotes Lightroom Classic, and ideas for classes. I have only started to welcome.
to advanced. Using resist workshops given by Maine presenting artwork. Seminars Natural dyeing workshops,
teach some wool felting classes. focusing on proper preparation
materials to make seamless teachers through our online offered in Photographing and I have a small flock of CVM
three-dimensional forms such as Bulletin. Our online Maine Presenting Your Artwork are of fibers, dye selection, and
Romeldale sheep, a conservancy dye techniques. Surface design
vessels, masks, and more. Fiberarts Tour Map & Fiber offered at learning centers and breed; as well as a few goats,
Resource Guide lists artists and conferences. (shibori) on mixed textiles.
ducks and chickens.
18 19Susan Perrine
Susan Perrine Weaving Studio
24 Ledge Wood Drive
Woolwich, ME 04579-0022 Paul Sacaridiz
207-449-2978 Pam Rowan Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
susanperrine@gmail.com Braid A Rug Casey Ryder 89 Haystack School Drive Sybil Shiland
www.susanperrine.com Linda Perry 426 Little River Road, PortFiber, LLC Deer Isle, ME 04627 Woodfire Farm
Techniques Taught: Sheepscot Harbor Yarns P.O. Box 1102 50 Cove Street 207-348-2306 PO Box 504
Weaving, Basketry 20 Cottage Way Lebanon, ME 04027 Portland, ME 04101 haystack@haystack-mtn.org Standish, ME 04084
Type of Class: Edgecomb, ME 04556 207-607-3606 207-780-1345 www.haystack-mtn.org 207-838-3909
Private Lessons/One-to-One, 401-439-3977 prowan@metrocast.net portfiber@gmail.com Techniques Taught: sybilshiland@gmail.com
Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Lmmperry@verizon.net www.braidarug.com www.portfiber.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Techniques Taught:
Susan’s collaborative twig and
www.harboryarns.com Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking Weaving
sapling installations create Techniques Taught: Surface Design, Household Goods Weaving, Spinning, Surface Design, Type of Class: Type of Class:
large garden sculptures you Knitting or Upholstery Felting Group Classes/Workshops, Private Lessons/One-to-One,
may enter, offer a connection Type of Class: Type of Class: Type of Class: Retreats, College or Community Ed, Group Classes/Workshops
to nature, cultivate community, Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Private Lessons/One-to-One, Art/Craft Center I enjoy teaching beginners or
and inspire. Stitching and Techniques, tips and practical Group Classes/Workshops, Group Classes/Workshops An international craft school those needing a refresher class
weaving workshops for all ages. help with stranded color Retreats, Art/Craft Center A fiber arts supply shop on the Deer Isle, Maine coast on the weaving process. This
Also, help to refurbish and warp knitting, Fair Isle knitting or I teach wool rug braiding providing materials, classes, offering residencies and studio includes understanding how a
your loom. Mosaic knitting. Color theory is for beginners, intermediate and community for spinners, workshops in a variety of loom works, choosing warp and
included. and advanced students. We weavers, knitters, felters, and crafts, conferences, and special weft yarns, reading a weaving
do continuous and butted dyers. Weekly, social spinning programs for Maine residents. draft, making the warp, warping
traditional and contemporary group Thursdays and monthly the loom, weaving a piece
all-reversible rugs. I also do lots felting group from September weaving and finishing.
of rug repairs for old rugs. through May.
20 21Emily Werner
Gloria Varney
Halcyon Yarn
Nezinscot Farm Yarn Store Robert Weintraub 12 School Street
& Fiber Studio Maine Top Mill Bath, ME 04530
284 Turner Center Road 855 Atlantic HIghway 800-341-0282
Turner, ME 04282 Waldoboro, ME 04572 classes@halcyonyarn.com
207-225-3231 207-390-8780 www.halcyonyarn.com
fiber@nezinscotfarm.com Jennifer and Chuck Fleck mainetopmill@gmail.com Techniques Taught:
www.nezinscotfarm.com KnitWit Yarn Shop www.mainetopmill.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning,
Techniques Taught: 247A Congress Street Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking
Knitting, Weaving, Spinning, Portland, ME 04101 Knitting, Weaving, Spinning,
Felting, Hooking, Embroidery/ 207-774-6444 Type of Class:
Felting, Embroidery/Needlepoint Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Needlepoint info@knitwitportland.com
www.knitwitportland.com Type of Class: Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats
Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Halcyon Yarn offers year-round
Group Classes/Workshops classes for introductory, unique,
Group Classes/Workshops, Knitting
Retreats, College or Community Ed, We offer fiber folks a creative and advanced techniques in
Type of Class: workspace to discuss and to
Artist Residency weaving, spinning, dyeing,
Private Lessons/One-to-One, learn about fibers used for yarn felting, knitting and crochet.
More than just a yarn shop, it’s Group Classes/Workshops making and felting on most Enjoy a well-equipped and
a space to help foster creativity, KnitWit offers a variety of Saturdays. Plus, we can show accessible classroom, plus a
become inspired and learn skill-building workshops and how fibers are blended to make broad range of materials in the
something new! Numerous fiber project-based classes, for worsted Tops for yarns for your retail store.
art classes. Full range of our knitters of all levels. creations.
own natural and dyed yarns,
plus yarn and roving from top
brands across the US.
22 23Learning about Paper
papermaking, book arts
Linnea Brotz Natasha Kempers-Cullen
Maine Media Workshops + College Natasha Kempers-Cullen
70 Camden Street 3 Willis Road
Rockport, ME 04856 Topsham, ME 04086
207-236-8581 207-406-2640 Anna Low
lbrotz@mainemedia.edu nkempers-cullen@comcast.net Purplebean Bindery
www.mainemedia.edu www.mainefiberfolio.com/kempers-cullen/ 243 Lake Street
Techniques Taught: Techniques Taught: Auburn, ME 04210
Book Arts Quilting, Knitting, Surface Design, 207-347-9921
Book Arts, Mixed Media purplebean@me.com
Type of Class:
www.PurplebeanBindery.com
Group Classes/Workshops, College Type of Class:
or Community Ed, Artist Residency Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught:
Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats Book Arts
The Book Arts Program at
Maine Media Workshops + My work involves explorations Type of Class:
College offers weekend and in quilting, surface design, Group Classes/Workshops, College
weeklong courses in letterpress, knitting, mixed media. I have or Community Ed, Art/Craft Center
bookbinding, alternative book shown my work in exhibitions Learn to make your own journal
structures, and design. We also and have taught throughout the or sketchbook. Investigate the
offer a month-long residency to United States and Maine over historical and artistic ways
one artist each October. many years. One-on-one and books are stitched and sewn
group learning experiences are together. Fall in love with paper.
offered in my home studio.
24 25Cynthia McGuirl
Cynthia Motian McGuirl Laura Sheinkopf
Two Fox Farm Drive Waterfall Arts
Thomaston, ME 04861 256 High Street
207-354-0929 Belfast, ME 04915
dancingblanket@gmail.com 207-338-2222
www.cynthiamotianmcguirl.com info@waterfallarts.org
Techniques Taught: www.waterfallarts.org/
Arlene Morris Surface Design, Book Arts Techniques Taught:
Morris Studio Type of Class: Surface Design, Papermaking, Book
13 Main Street, upstairs Private Lessons/One-to-One, Arts, Mixed Media
Topsham, ME 04086 Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class:
207-751-9208 Group Classes/Workshops, Art/
Mixed media artist Cynthia
admorris@gwi.net Craft Center, Artist Residency
McGuirl offers marbling,
www.arlenemorris.com
printing and bookbinding Waterfall Arts is a community
Techniques Taught: workshops in her spacious arts center in downtown Belfast
Book Arts, Surface Design, Sewing Thomaston studio. Preparation, that offers a wide range of
Type of Class: organization, and clear classes and workshops in a
Private Lessons/One-to-One instruction make it easy for variety of media, including fiber
Working with artists to further beginners and intermediate arts.
their work. Exploring ideas students to create beautiful
involving sewing, handmade works.
and alternative papers, book
arts, collage, mixed media
and using the sewing machine
to draw. Prefers one-on-one
sessions.
26 27Learning Needlework or Hooking
embroidery, needlepoint, hooking, latch hooking, locker hooking
Workshops in rug hooking, Techniques Taught:
wool appliqué, needlepoint and Quilting, Knitting, Spinning,
acid-based dyeing. Fabric off Hooking, Embroidery/Needlepoint
the bolt; dyed wool quarter- Type of Class:
yard and undyed fabrics. Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Summer knitting group. If you Group Classes/Workshops,
are thinking about visiting the Retreats, College or Community Ed,
studio, please call ahead. Art/Craft Center
Janet Conner is a career art
educator who enjoys working
with beginner through
advanced students in all forms
of traditional Maine wool crafts:
Rug Hooking, Penny Rugs,
Proddy and Punch Needle,
Marion Brown Natural Dyes, and Art History.
Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio An author of several books,
The Belfast Center, 9 Field her most recent is entitled
Street, Suite 340 Magnificent Hooked Rugs:
Belfast, ME 04915 Inspired by the Art of Western
207-522-5348 Civilization.
merryoneb@me.com
\www.mainefiberfolio.com/
marion-brown-rug-hooking-studio-2/
Janet Conner
Techniques Taught:
Knitting, Hooking, Embroidery/ J. Conner Hooked Rugs
Needlepoint PO Box 224
Hiram, ME 04041
Type of Class: 207-625-3325
Private Lessons/One-to-One, jconnerhookedrugs@gmail.com
Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ www.jconnerhookedrugs.com
Craft Center
28 29Mariah Krauss
Mariah Krauss Studio Elaine O’Donal
5 Harrison Road Rosemary & Garry Levin Elizabeth Miller
Tatted Webs
Trish Harriman Windham, ME 04062 Chapter Two Parris House Wool Works 213 Burnham Road
Attic Heirlooms 207-272-5258 PO Box 83 546 Paris Hill Road Gorham, ME 04038
157 Main Street Judith Hotchkiss krauss.mariah@gmail.com 611 Corea Road South Paris, ME 04281 207-839-4676
Damariscotta, ME 04543 Judith Hotchkiss Designs & Dyeworks www.greenmountainhookedrugs.com/pages/ Corea, ME 04624 207-890-8490 eyetat@tattedwebs.com
207-712-9914 90 Quaco Road mariah-krauss 207-963-7269 parrishousewoolworks@gmail.com www.tattedwebs.com
atticheirloom@aol.com Deer Isle, ME 04627 Techniques Taught: info@chaptertwocorea.com www.parrishousewoolworks.com
www.chaptertwocorea.com Techniques Taught:
www.attic-heirlooms.com 207-348-5671 Hooking Techniques Taught: Embroidery/Needlepoint
Techniques Taught: wool@judithhotchkiss.com Type of Class: Techniques Taught: Felting, Hooking, Household
Hooking, Book Arts Goods or Upholstery, Mixed Type of Class:
Knitting, Hooking, Embroidery/ www.judithhotchkiss.com Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Media Group Classes/Workshops, College
Needlepoint Techniques Taught: Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: or Community Ed
Type of Class: Hooking Mariah is a fifth generation Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class:
Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, Tatting from beginner to
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: rug hooker. Private or group
Group Classes/Workshops, Retreats advanced with either the shuttle
Group Classes/Workshops Private Lessons/One-to-One, classes in rug hooking including Chapter Two hosts Fiber Fridays, or the needle method.
Classes in knitting, rug hooking, Group Classes/Workshops design (realism, abstract, or a weekly free Rug Hooking and Traditional rug hooking
wool appliqué, cross stitch, Teaching all aspects of rug interpretation of photographs); Fiber Art open studio from 1-4. in all genres, including
embroidery, crochet, and hooking and braiding, punch technique; developing meaning; Fiber artists bring projects to contemporary. Wool dyeing,
punchneedle. Some finishing. rug hooking and punch needle and adding your own story. collaborate and work on in a pattern design, soap making
Guest teachers in folk art and embroidery. An Oxford Certified Inputting emotion, art and relaxed, inspiring atmosphere. and heritage skills workshops.
needlepoint. Yarns, dyed wool Punch Needle instructor, and image to a piece. Work may We also offer individual Guest teachers welcome.
yardage, needlepoint supplies, McGown-certified instructor. She include watercolor or colored instruction in rug hooking and Tuesday hooking group, 11-3.
homespun fabric, gifts. Open dyes all her own yarns and wool pencil sketches beforehand. book making, and periodic Fiber/homesteading retreats on
year round. yardage, specializing in dyeing workshops by guest artists. site; contact us to learn more.
value swatches of rug yarn.
30 31Stacey Van Dyne
Toni Philbrick Hooked Forever
The Keeping Room 916 River Road
56 Main Road North Orrington, ME 04474 Jill Vendituoli
Hampden, ME 04444 207-299-4593
207-862-3181 stacey@HookedForeverMaine.com Sunnyfield Studio
thekeepingroom@tds.net 273 Stevens Corner Road
www.HookedForeverMaine.com
West Newfield, ME 04095
Teaching rug hooking, wool Techniques Taught: 207-793-2504
appliqué, and penny rugs. Toni Hooking jillavendituoli@gmail.com
has been rug hooking for 50 Type of Class: www.jillavendituoli.com
years and is a prolific designer. Private Lessons/One-to-One,
Her hooking method is defined Techniques Taught:
Group Classes/Workshops Embroidery/Needlepoint
as primitive, and her teaching
style is hands-on. Stacey Van Dyne is a McGown- Type of Class:
certified instructor teaching Private Lessons/One-to-One,
all aspects of rug hooking for Group Classes/Workshops
over forty years. She also offers
Needlepoint design classes and
retreats and workshops by other
workshops. ALL levels of stitchers
hooking instructors.
welcome. Classes will include
design, stitching techniques
and shading. Traditional fiber
handwork meets creative artistic
interpretation.
32 33Working with Fabric
sewing, quilting, surface design, upholstery
Nik Bsullak
Maine College of Art:
Continuing Studies
522 Congress Street
Deb Black Portland, ME 04101 Cathy Corbett
Dark Star Fabrics 207-699-5061 Oxford Mill End Store
30 Main Street cstudy@meca.edu 971 Main Street
Phillips, ME 04966 cs.meca.edu Oxford, ME 04270
207-639-1026 Techniques Taught: 207-539-4451
deb@darkstarfabrics.com Garment Construction/Alteration, omes@fairpoint.net
www.darkstarfabrics.com Surface Design, Book Arts, Felting, Techniques Taught:
Techniques Taught: Embroidery/Needlepoint, Mixed Quilting, Household Goods or
Quilting Media Upholstery
Type of Class: Type of Class: Type of Class:
Group Classes/Workshops Group Classes/Workshops, College Private Lessons/One-to-One,
or Community Ed Group Classes/Workshops
Dark Star Fabrics holds quilting-
related classes monthly. MECA-Continuing Studies Full service fabric shop offering
Instructors vary, depending offers classes and workshops quilting, braiding, sewing and
on their specialty. Classes for in pattern making, draping, crafting classes. We offer wool,
beginners and experienced apparel design, sewing, cotton, flannel, fleece and
quilters. Bright comfortable surface design, hat making, specialty fabrics along with
classroom and a friendly experimental embroidery, notions, books, tools and Pfaff
supportive atmosphere. creative practice and more. sewing machines.
34 35Barbara Daigle Jo Diggs Alysha Kupferer
Sew Orchid Design Jo Diggs Appliqué Maine College of Art:
316 Main Street 191 Ashmont Street Textile & Fashion Design
Norway, ME 04240 Mary DeLano Portland, ME 04103 522 Congress Street
207-739-2065 Mary Delano Fiber Art 207-773-3405 Betsy Dorr Portland, ME 04101
stitches@seworchid.com 1 Mayflower Way www.jodiggs.com Betsy Dorr Studio 800-639-4808
www.seworchid.com Norway, ME 04268 20 Coe Street Kathleen Goddu akupferer@meca.edu
207-831-3238 Techniques Taught:
Techniques Taught: Quilting Auburn, ME 04210 Artistic Endeavors www.meca.edu/academics/undergraduate/
mdelanoart@gmail.com 207-754-6161 9 Main Street bfa-majors/textile-fashion-design/
Quilting www.marydelanofiberart.com Type of Class:
Private Lessons/One-to-One,
bdorr@roadrunner.com Bowdoinham, ME 04008 Techniques Taught:
Type of Class: Techniques Taught:
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Group Classes/Workshops, Techniques Taught: 207-721-3141 Garment Construction/Alteration,
Sewing, Embroidery/Needlepoint, Quilting, Knitting, Basketry artisticendeavors.goddu@gmail.com Knitting, Weaving, Spinning,
Group Classes/Workshops Household Goods or Upholstery Retreats, Artist Residency
Type of Class:
www.kathleengoddu.com Surface Design, Felting, Embroidery/
Classes focus on all aspects of Jo’s fabric constructions are
Type of Class: Private Lessons/One-to-One, Techniques Taught: Needlepoint, Household Goods or
quilting and are geared towards Group Class/Workshop done by hand and she teaches
Group Classes/Workshops Surface Design Upholstery, Mixed Media, Basketry
customers’ needs and interests. hand-stitched appliqué, but the
Also, volunteer quilters—the Rug Making (traditional sewn, process works with fusing and Classes in quilting (free motion Type of Class: Type of Class:
Orchid Angels—work on quilt not hooking), embroidery, with machine appliqué. She has machine, hand, modern and Private Lessons/One-to-One, College or Community Ed
tops throughout the year eco printing, natural dyeing, been an art teacher for 50 years design), knitting, Nantucket Group Classes/Workshops MECA offers a BFA in Textiles
for a Quilts of Valor project. Shibori and indigo. and still loves students and basketry, slow stitching and Fashion Design with courses
Participants learn many dye
Volunteers meet quarterly to creativity. (kantha/boro), garment resist techniques known in draping, pattern drafting,
work on quilts, and beginners making. New location. collectively as Shibori. Indigo is machine knitting, textiles
are paired with mentors. the primary dye used, but others printing, constructed textiles,
Finished quilts are awarded to can be incorporated. I also teach surface design, weaving,
nominated veterans. The shop Sashiko—Japanese embroidery product sustainability, fine arts
carries fabrics, notions, books, or quilt stitching. foundations, and professional
patterns and flannels. practices.
36 37Barbara Sullivan Barbara Taylor
Casco Bay Stitchers Curtis Underground
88 Park Street 32 Garment Sewing
Mary McFarland Portland, ME 04101 Curtis Memorial Library
Mary McFarland, Designs 207-772-8539 23 Pleasant Street
Brunswick, ME 04011 Cheri Tompkins
149 Middle Street Jacqueline Soper barbaraannesullivan@gmail.com
Farmington, ME 04938 Rana O’Connor www.Cascobaystitchers.com 207-725-5242 Pins and Needles
Quilt Studio 55 barbtay0202@yahoo.com 157 Main Street
207-779-1957 The Sewing Machine Exchange 12 Mariners Cove Techniques Taught:
marymcfarland122s@gmail.com 367 US Route One www.curtislibrary.com Farmington, ME 04938
Scarborough, ME 04074 Garment Construction/Alteration,
Falmouth, ME 04105 Techniques Taught: 207-779-9060
Techniques Taught: 207-730-5624 Household Goods or Upholstery
207-232-5865 Garment Construction/Alteration cheri@pinsandneedlesme.com
Garment Construction/Alteration, jquilter55@maine.rr.com Type of Class:
roconnor@maine.rr.com www.pinsandneedlesme.com
Quilting, Surface Design, www.Quiltstudio55.com Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class:
Embroidery/Needlepoint www.ranaquilts.blogspot.com/ Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ Techniques Taught:
Techniques Taught: I offer one-day pillow-making Quilting, Knitting, Felting,
Techniques Taught: Craft Center
Type of Class: Quilting classes at my home on Long Embroidery/Needlepoint
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Quilting Guidance and instruction on
Type of Class: Island in Casco Bay off the coast
Group Classes/Workshops Type of Class: sewing of all types of garments. Type of Class:
Private Lessons/One-to-One, of Portland. Visit my website.
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Bring your own machine, Group Classes/Workshops
Offering classes for over twenty Group Classes/Workshops, College
years in thread work, fabric Group Classes/Workshops or Community Ed
notions and projects. A Classes in quilting, knitting,
landscapes, appliqué, design, Quilting and fabric art, from contribution to Curtis Library is stitcheries, punch needle,
Learn to make a quilt from the only fee required. needle felting. Fabrics, yarns,
color, wall quilts, and clothing free motion quilting to fabric beginning to end with easy to knitting books, wool appliqué,
construction. Also, Sun Print collage. All levels and ages. understand instructions and custom long arm quilting, and
Workshops (May through Some workshops are just playing procedures that gives accuracy sewing machine repair.
September). Private instruction with fabric! I will travel to your for much success and pleasure.
at the studio or group group. A monthly machine
workshops upon request. repair class is taught once per
month at The Exchange.
38 39Notes on Photos
Inside Front Cover Kozo Paper Flag Book,
Knitted Cashgora Scarf, seen Richard Lee
on the wall at Port Fiber Stream of Consciousness Necklace,
Additional Photo Notes on p. iii Bonnie Faulkner
Color Spectrum Techniques Book
Contents Kathleen Leggett
Garter Stitch Shawl,
Gerri Waitt
Nina Ruit Needlework /Hooking, p. 28
Moments of Grace,
Sanford Sewing Machines Fiber/Yarn, p. 12 Jill Vendituoli
Handwoven Scarf,
1923 Main Street Emi Ito Needlework/Hooking, group, p. 33
Sanford, ME 04073 Handfelted Hat, Two Birds (detail),
207-324-8375 Kirsti Sandoy Paula Benne
office@sanfordsewing.com Catherine Worthington Handspun Yarns, Tahitian Women on the Beach,
Earth Tones and Fish Bones Mary Zarate Jackie Ottino Janet Conner
www.sanfordsewing.com
5 Spring Street Z Fabrics Crocheted Blanket, Tatted Lace, member of the
Techniques Taught: 558 Congress Street Barbara Brewer Southern ME Embroiderers’ Guild
Garment Construction/Alteration, Brunswick, ME 04011
Portland, ME 04101 Handwoven Scarf, Do Not Resuscitate,
Dory Waxman 207-233-4879
Quilting, Embroidery/Needlepoint 207-773-1331 Rita Steinbach Crystal Cawley
Common Threads of Maine cworthington63@gmail.com Handweaving on the Loom, W.A.S.P./Brush-off,
Type of Class: 90 Bridge Street, Suite #310 www.catherineworthingtonart.com info@zfabric.com Jill Snyder Wallace
Sara Hotchkiss
Private Lessons/One-to-One, Westbrook, Maine 04098 www.zfabric.com
Group Classes/Workshops Techniques Taught: Garter Stitch Shawl,
Fabric, p. 34
207-854-6900 Quilting, Surface Design, Mixed Techniques Taught: Nina Ruit
Mom and Aunti Jean Play Gin,
Sanford Sewing Machines has Commonthreadsofmaine@gmail.com Media Garment Construction/Alteration, Fair Isle Sweater, admired at Rana O’Connor
weekly and monthly classes in NH Sheep & Wool
www.commonthreadsmaine.org Quilting Urban Nocturne, (detail)
all aspects of sewing. We offer Type of Class: Shearing of Coopworth Sheep, Dr. Michael Stevenson
We teach immigrants and Private Lessons/One-to-One, Type of Class: Ruit Farm
basic skills classes and project/ Group Classes/Workshops
Jellyfish Costume in a Parade,
asylum applicants—or anyone Group Classes/Workshops, Art/ Spindleworks
technique classes. Class size else wanting to build a life out
Page 23
is limited to afford the best Craft Center, Artist Residency We teach beginner and Handwoven Indigo Scarf, Monarch,
of poverty and distress—how Explore the art of printing intermediate sewing classes Carolyn Wollen Elizabeth Busch
learning experience. to become skilled industrial cloth, transforming fabric into and workshops with a focus on Peace, Love, Tie-Dye, Save the Whales,
stitchers. Common Threads
Paper, p. 24 Susan Carlson
art through textile and surface modern quilting, working with Enough is Enough (detail),
invites anyone looking to design. Techniques offered patterns, garment construction Arlene Morris Page 58
change their life to apply to our include gel and mono printing, and general sewing. Weaving by Hillary Hutton at
tuition-free program.
Paper, p. 27 Maine Fiberarts
mark making, silkscreen and Heroin’s Journey,
textile painting. At my studio or Bonnie Faulkner Back Cover
Don’t Forget About Us, Centering,
at your location. Arlene Morris Natasha Kempers-Cullen
40 41
Untitled Coptic-bound book,
Bonnie FaulknerMarion Brown Fiber Art Studio
Bolts of wool, couches, and a
community worktable in Belfast
Marion Brown Fiber Art Studio is a large light-filled
space specially outfitted for learning and for sharing.
Picture a warm, inviting room with comfortable couches
and chairs; shelves neatly lined with dyed woolen
fabrics; a large table with chairs centrally-located to
provide workspace; and sewing machines, inspira-
tional books, and bolts of wool located throughout!
Marion loves to hook, knit, embroider, dye, and also
designs garden spaces. She welcomes fiber enthusiasts
to her studio one day per week, when people sit and
stitch and trade top secrets (although the pandemic
has changed some things—please call ahead). She hosts
knowledgeable instructors from time to time or shares
her own extensive knowledge with those willing to learn.
Marion rents within a huge community arts building
located in Belfast and is also interested in getting
more involved with the new Belfast Fiberarts in
downtown Belfast. Visit her to learn about hooking,
embroidery, felting, or dyeing, or just to see how
a fiber artist lives when surrounded by color and
wool and is willing to share with neighbors.
42 43Nezinscot Farm and Fiber Studio
Working Farm, Gourmet Food Shop,
Yarn & Fiber Studio
Nezinscot Farm is an organic dairy, a Gourmet Food
Shop, a Café and Coffee Shop, a Bakery, a Fromagerie,
a Charcuterie, and a Yarn & Fiber Studio.
Former intern Celia Shaheen recently returned to Maine
full-time to manage the studio. Shaheen is a craftsperson,
teaching artist, and lifelong student who graduated in
2019 from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees
in Studio Art, Art History, and Museum Studies. She also
studied fiber art and papermaking at other schools. Her
knowledge will guide the Studio’s learning opportunities.
The Yarn & Fiber Studio has a complete line of natural
and dyed yarns, roving, and handcrafted items,
plus knitting, spinning and weaving supplies and
accessories. Nezinscot has a flock of Cormo and
Shetland sheep, llama, alpaca and goats and several
of the yarns and finished items are derived from
fibers on the farm. They host Weekend Studio Classes,
Fiber Studio Events, camping and Fiber Retreats.
Stop by Nezinscot for their fabulous vegetables, cheeses,
baked goods, herbs and teas, but don’t forget to visit
the fiber shop upstairs to take home fiber treasures.
44 45One Lupine Fiber Arts/
Maine Yarn & Fiber Supply
Fiber studio, gallery and yarn shop
Owner, Jodi Clayton, describes One Lupine Fiber Arts as a
special blend of working fiber studio, gallery, boutique
and yarn and fiber shop. Beginning as a fiber arts studio,
creating pieces of wearable felt art sold throughout
the USA and beyond, American made and American
makers are supported through their curated collection
of fine and functional work from over 150 artisans and
independent business owners. One Lupine has grown
to become the home of Maine Yarn and Fiber Supply, a
yarn shop with the focus on Maine-connected yarns and
fibers, and sustainable fiber farming. They offer shipping
of yarns, fiber and other related items at their website.
Jodi is a talented and knowledgeable designer, and
creates the yarn styles and colors with her own dyeing
expertise. Classes, groups and events are offered all
year with changing topics and for all levels. One Lupine
sources as many products as possible from within Maine,
and the shop continues to add unique beauty and
inspiration to the creative economy of the Bangor area.
46 47Parris House Wool Works Heritage Center, Rug Hooking Shop, and Artisan Learning Studio Elizabeth Miller is the owner and artisan of Parris House Wool Works, a center for all things related to rug hooking, fiber art, crafts and heritage skills. Parris House Wool Works hosts workshops, weekly hook-ins (when safe to do so), and a full shop with dyed and natural wool fabrics and supplies. Elizabeth also practices and teaches heritage skills, including all aspects of gardening, beekeeping, rug hooking, preserving, and soap making. She has taught workshops at Squam Art Workshops, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, PortFiber, in her own studio, and at other regional venues. Her work was included in several issues of Making Magazine, and the Holiday 2017 issue of Rug Hooking Magazine. Her book, Heritage Skills for Modern Living: Seasons at the Parris House for Down East Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, will be published in 2021. 48 49
PortFiber
Community Studio, Shop and Learning Center
in the City of Portland
Talented owner and fiber artist Casey Ryder first
apprenticed at PortFiber Gallery and Weaving
Studio in 2009 where she learned to dye, spin, felt
and weave. She eventually bought the business
and moved it to the East Bayside neighborhood of
Portland, where she imbues it with her skills, energy,
and a sense of community. PortFiber is a working
fibers studio—complete with looms and spinning
wheels—a well-stocked shop, a center for classes
and workshops, and a community meeting space.
Casey is known for her gorgeous hand-dyed yarns
and fiber blends utilizing baby camel, silk, Merino
wool, and Bluefaced Leicester. She offers raw spinnable
fleeces and naked (or undyed) fibers. She carries
a line of Peace Fleece (American fine wool blended
with Texas mohair), Nightshades (woolen-spun
American Cormo), and Cashgora yarns (handspun
and hand-dyed by the women of Tajikistan).
PortFiber holds classes in four-harness weaving,
Japanese Shibori, natural dyeing, long draw woolen
spinning, brioche knitting, felting and others.
50 51Artist Retreats Center for Book Arts
Summer Book Arts
Aemin (Annie) Lee-Zimerle, coordinator
Fiber Arts Retreat at New
England Outdoor Center
30 Twin Pines Road, Millinocket, ME 04462
Flying With Scissors Studio
Kimberly Becker and Berri Kramer, instructors
PO Box 7027, Cape Porpoise, ME 04014
Knit Maine
PeaceTree Fiber Adventures
5235 Sheridan Drive #8, Buffalo, NY 4231
Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts
Workshops
Linda Whiting, Coordinator
A Gathering of Stitches aemin.leezimerle@maine.edu 207-723-5438 207-205-7150 716-465-6646 394 Hio Ridge Road, Denmark, ME 04022
Samantha Lindgren www.usm.maine.edu/bookarts vacation@neoc.com berrikramer@gmail.com www.peacetreefiberadventures.com 207-452-2687
2 Main Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 207-228-8014 www.neoc.com/fiber-arts-retreat www.flyingwithscissorsstudio.com Seven instructors teaching multiple linda@pinestarstudio.com
917-863-9029 Seven days of Book Arts-related Nestled on the shores of Fiber art retreats with small groups knitting classes over three days with www.pleasantmtfiber.com
info@agatheringofstitches.com workshops filled with a wide range Millinocket Lake, overlooking held in 12th-Century Italian villas, daily morning yoga. The retreat is Three-day retreat of fiber work-
www.agatheringofstitches.com of topics including generating color Katahdin, this is a three-night, Harpswell inns, and other exotic held at Haystack Mountain School shops held in the library, church
A Gathering offers small intensive and collage, botanical contact two-day fiber retreat providing locations. Retreats are led by two of Crafts in Deer Isle and at other and municipal building of Denmark,
retreats for stitchers seeking to slow printing, letter forms, and more. necessary space for creative experienced artists/art educators, locations in New England. Maine each June. Workshops and
down and to expand their practice Participants have the opportunity rejuvenation and connecting with and may include Japanese-inspired instructors vary but may include:
in beautiful Maine settings while to work with eight different others. Mini workshops offered on patchwork, Sashiko stitching, and Maine Crafts Association basketry, rug hooking, eco printing,
exploring many facets of quilting instructors in half-day and full-day spinning, dyeing and knitting plus other fiber techniques. Sadie Bliss, Executive Director shibori, braiding, knitting, spinning,
and garment sewing. workshops and may exhibit work an exclusive vendor marketplace. Center for Maine Craft bookmaking, and felting.
at Glickman Family Library Special Medomak Fiberarts Retreat PO Box 342, West Gardiner, ME 04345
Casco Bay Craft School Collections. Fiber College Katherine Ferrier 207-232-5865 Schoodic Arts for All
Judith Paolini and Barbara Sullivan Astrig and Steve Tanguay 307 Liberty Road, Washington, ME 04574 sbliss@mainecrafts.org Mary Laury
116 Island Avenue, Long Island, ME 04050 Janet Conner Rug Hooking 216 West Main Street, Searsport, ME 04974 914-649-1722 www.mainecrafts.org 427 Main Street, Winter Harbor, ME 04693
207-871-1813 Janet Conner 207-548-6059 medomakfiberartsretreat@gmail.com mainecap.org 207-963-2569
info@cascobaycraft.com 207-256-7718 director@FiberCollege.org www.medomakfiberartsretreat.com Offers occasional workshops info@schoodicartsforall.org
www.facebook.com/cascobaycraft/ jconnerhookedrugs@gmail.com www.fibercollege.org Explore a one-week annual retreat on best business practices, on www.schoodicartsforall.org
Founded in 2019 with the mission www.jconnerhookedrugs.com An annual fiber festival celebrating with classes in weaving, knitting, marketing, and on pricing of art and SAFA has an assortment of work-
of offering immersive fine craft Experienced rug hooker Janet the fiber arts in all forms. Each spinning, crochet, natural dyes, craft work. Together with Maine shops every summer, including those
workshops in a variety of mediums, Conner organizes multi-day year, right after Labor Day, fiber embroidery, basketry, felting, patch- Arts Commission, MCA hosts on papermaking, weaving, book
taught by renowned instructors, in hooking retreats which include cozy art loving students gather together work and more on the idyllic shores the Craft Apprentice Program to arts, felting and basketry. They
an incomparable island setting off hotel or inn accommodations and for five days of casual fiber classes, of Washington Lake, guided by an facilitate the professional develop- also seek instructors to teach using
the rugged coast of Maine. Day-or healthy gourmet meals. Students time with friends old and new, live internationally-recognized faculty of ment of emerging makers. their equipment, including spinning
week-long workshops offered, for select from her extensive catalog of animals and good food. Located makers. wheels and looms.
students of all experience levels. folk art and fine art patterns and at Searsport Shores Campground.
Janet provides instruction. Class offerings posted in April.
52 53Snow Pond’s Fiber Arts Weekend
Kelly Smith
Snow Pond Center for the Arts
Artist Residency Opportunities HAYSTACK OPEN STUDIO
RESIDENCY
P.O. Box 518
8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney, Maine 04330 THE ELLIS-BEAUREGARD GOLDEN APPLE ART RESIDENCY 89 Haystack School Drive
844-476-6976 FOUNDATION RESIDENT Shelley Newman Stevens, 4850 Rivers Edge Trail, Deer Isle, Maine 04627
kelly.smith@snowpond.org PROGRAM Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 207-348-2306
www.fiberfestival.snowpond.org Lincoln Street Center Studios, 24 Lincoln Street, 989-779-932 haystack@haystack-mtn.org
Fiber workshops, classes, meals, marketplace, demonstra- Rockland, Maine 04841 SNStevens@GoldenAppleStudio.com www.haystack-mtn.org
tions, and rug show held over a three-day weekend in 207-594-5825 www.GoldenAppleStudio.com Applications available in
May. donna@ellis-beauregardfoundation.org The residency is located an hour January, apply in March, juried
www.ellis-beauregardfoundation.com/residency north of Bar Harbor along the review takes place in late
The Tatter Blue Library Textile Retreat Six-month, one-month and rocky coastal region of Downeast winter. Haystack’s Open Studio
Jordana Munk Martin two-month sessions. Artists of Maine. Three sessions are held Residency provides two weeks of
505 Carroll Street, Suite 2B, Brooklyn, NY 11215 any discipline may apply, must during July through early studio time and an opportunity
718-594-4459 be at least 18 years old and September, accepting painters, to work in a supportive
info@tatter.org residents of the US. Deadline drawers, photographers, fiber community of makers.
www.tatter.org is in May. Only four artists in artists, sculptors and writers. Approximately 50 participants
residence at a time. Sleeping Four artists are accepted into can be accommodated—from
Tatter produces short- and long-form retreats in different
room provided in studio with each two-week session with the craft field and other
locations within Midcoast Maine. In support of lodging, private studio space creative disciplines—who have
Maine Fiberarts, they offer a 15 percent discount on shared bath and kitchen. No
meals/food provided. The and all meals provided. Each uninterrupted time to work
workshops to our members. Workshops may include artist is provided a fully- in six studios. The residency
inclusive and diverse residency
mushroom dyeing, embroidery, indigo dyeing, stitching furnished private cottage, with program is supported by
program recognizes that the
of all kinds and other fiber techniques. arts are essential to an open, a spectacular view of the ocean. Haystack’s Windgate Foundation
enlightened society, values The total cost to attend a two- Endowment for Programs. Other
Tides Institute & Museum of Art innovation, experimentation week residency program (which than the application fee, there
StudioWorks Artist-in-Residence Program and creative risk-taking in all includes all private lodging, is no charge to attend. Room,
43 Water Street, Eastport, Maine 04631 genres. studio accommodations and board, and meals are included.
www.tidesinstitute.org/studioworks-artist-in-residence/ all meals) is $2500. Partial An independent committee
Opportunities for visual artists from the U.S. and from scholarships from $400-$1000 are reviews applications to the
abroad to deepen and to develop their practice within available to a limited number of Open Studio Residency and
a community setting. Private studios, common work qualified artists. both national and international
areas, printmaking and letterpress studios, and exhibition artists working in a variety
opportunities. Application once per year; view Program of disciplines are eligible for
Overview online. consideration.
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