John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina is a dream destination for creatives! I’ll be teaching tapestry crochet there June 21st-27th – a whole week to learn, improve and really get into this enjoyable craft. Please spread the word, or better yet, sign up here. You may choose to make the below projects or I can help you design and tapestry crochet your own.
I hope you’ll join me in Atlanta during my bead felted tapestry crochet workshop on Saturday, September 20th, and my flat tapestry crochet class on the 21st at the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance. Registration and information about the bead felted class is at https://fiberartsalliance.org/participate/bead-felted-tapestry-crochet-bag/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIknlZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHflz8-BRXxnPMZzUl-JUto-OYwh59QjvX-duGezVcOqlKERF93tKZRJHvw_aem_a-BBLJfJlXx-wwhe5fyc_A .
Information about the flat tapestry crochet class is at https://fiberartsalliance.org/participate/flat-tapestry-crochet/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIkno5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfMYQCOSQPSsFtqx8iGEnGKyLShuvVbsjRFllXrns2e-kP4RYM4h1Zj2Tw_aem_4YQ8QUp3F47I17yrbOjb5A
Students will learn how to design motifs on tapestry crochet graph paper so they may substitute their own motif for the one I provide.
I’ve taught lots of half and full day tapestry crochet classes, but last week was the first time I was able to teach the same group for 5 days! It was great not to be rushed and everyone was able to finish a variety of beaded, felted, and flat tapestry crochet projects. Although we came from different states and backgrounds, we all bonded over tapestry crochet!
The weather turned cold and wet in Tennessee a few days ago, making it the perfect time to stay inside and learn something new at the Sarratt Art Studios of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. I learned about tapestry crochet in Guatemala. A few of the participants in my Felted Tapestry Crochet Bag workshop were Guatemalan so tapestry crochet came full circle over the weekend! In fact, the gentleman on the right (below) is from Jacaltenango, the remote town where I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1970’s. Small world!
Hopefully, everyone who participated will help spread the news about this wonderful technique by teaching tapestry crochet to others who will teach it to others who will teach it to others . . .