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Potomac Fiber Arts Guild The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild (300+members) promotes fiber arts in the Washington, DC metro area. The Guild hosts workshops by well-known fiber artists.

The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild is an association of fiber artists located in the greater Washington, DC, metropolitan area. It is a 501(c)(3) corporation that promotes and conducts educational programs in a wide range of fiber art, such as weaving, spinning, knitting, quilting, felting, dyeing, and surface design, for members and as outreach activities. The Guild offers a grant of up to $1,000 in alternate years for a member to enrich her/his technical or aesthetic development in the fiber arts. Members enjoy participating in study groups, attending monthly guild meetings and programs, renting equipment, and borrowing from the Guild's extensive library. The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association, Artisans United, Inc., the Handweavers Guild of America, and the Creative Crafts Council, which affords its members many opportunities to participate and to exhibit their work. Registration preference is given to Guild members, and opens to non-members two to four weeks before a workshop. The Guild also maintains a list of its members who are national and regional instructors in fiber art techniques. The Guild welcomes new members interested in exploring fiber arts of all kinds. Members are not required to have any particular level of expertise – only a desire to Guild members display and sell handmade items such as wall art, quilts, jewelry, hats, bags, scarves, and accessories in the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery, located in the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria, VA. learn and share.

✨ Spots are still open for both Potomac Fiber Arts Guild dyeing workshops! ✨Join visiting natural dye artist Master Soon...
10/04/2026

✨ Spots are still open for both Potomac Fiber Arts Guild dyeing workshops! ✨
Join visiting natural dye artist Master Soon Nam Kwon for a hands-on day of traditional Korean dyeing. Here's how the day unfolds:
🌱 Stage 1: Patterning and Indigo
Working with soybean-milk-treated Korean cotton, you'll learn traditional crinkle-binding techniques that create dramatic three-dimensional patterning. Then it's into the indigo vat! Repeated dipping and oxidation build a rich blue foundation. 💙
🍵 After lunch:
🌸 Stage 2: Safflower
After lunch, re-crinkle your fabric in a new direction and switch to safflower dyeing. We'll extract the red pigment then "activate" it to bring out brilliant reddish-blue-purple tones. 💗 Then the big reveal - removing the crinkle binding😀. A dyeing experience not to be missed!

📅 October 11 or 12 (a National Holiday)
🕙 10 am to 4 pm
📍 Blue Light Junction, Baltimore
👉 Register: https://potomacfiberartsguild.org/master-soon-nam-kwon/
Questions? Send us a message! 💌

Guild member Sarah Song is hosting visiting natural dye artisan Master Soon-Nam, and our Board President, Liesel Fenner,...
10/02/2026

Guild member Sarah Song is hosting visiting natural dye artisan Master Soon-Nam, and our Board President, Liesel Fenner, was lucky enough to be invited over for persimmon dyeing! 🍂

We learned the traditional Korean technique of crinkling the fabric, then laying it in the sun for the color to seep into the fibers. ☀️ The results are still developing, so stay tuned!

Want to try natural dyeing? 💗💙
Join us with Master Kwon, Sarah and Rosa Chang to learn traditional indigo and safflower (pink) dyeing and experience the exciting reveal when you mix both(!)

📅 October 11 or 12
🕙 10 am to 4 pm
📍 Register on our website at link under "Programs."

Questions? Send us a message! We'd love to see you there. ✨

Exciting connections at Smithsonian Craft2Wear this weekend! The Guild's October presenter and workshop instructor, visi...
09/27/2026

Exciting connections at Smithsonian Craft2Wear this weekend! The Guild's October presenter and workshop instructor, visiting artist Master Soon Nam Kwon, showcased her stunning dyed works at the show — and Guild President Liesel Fenner and workshop assistant Rosa Chang were thrilled to meet her in person and see the beautiful colors from safflower grown on her farm. There's still openings in the dye workshops Oct 11-12. And join us at the Guild Meeting Oct 10, for Kwon's presentation on eco-arts and sustainability in natural dyeing. More info on our website under Programs.

Following a fun and informative meeting with THREE presentations by PFAG members, ironically, all encompassing artwork i...
09/19/2026

Following a fun and informative meeting with THREE presentations by PFAG members, ironically, all encompassing artwork in 3D, a group of eager sewists learned some of Norma Brooks's tips and techniques for making 3D coiled rope trivets and bowls. It's fun to see the original fabric and how it translates into rope. Norma is the most encouraging instructor - You GO girl!!!
If you wish you'd joined our class, you're not too late! There is a second offering on October 3rd, 1-4 pm at the Guild's studio space. Link to register in our bio, or message this account.
If you wish you'd been at the meeting...if you're a member, you can watch the meeting for the next 30 days. Joining the guild has many perks!

Please join
09/19/2026

Please join

Two of the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild members are un-weaving the guild's community tapestry loom in preparation for the up...
09/11/2026

Two of the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild members are un-weaving the guild's community tapestry loom in preparation for the upcoming Takoma Park Folk Festival on September 27th!

This is First Friday on Second Friday at Artists & Makers Studios.

The Guild's monthly meeting restarts after our summer break NEXT SATURDAY due to the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

06/04/2026

You've seen her amazing in your favorite giphy videos, but the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild will see Mochimochi Land brought to life as we welcome Anna Hrachovec in 3D for our Program on Saturday, June 13, as well as in two workshops! They still have space!
The first workshop is right after our meeting, 1 - 4 pm. The extended workshop is Sunday, June 14th, 10 am - 4pm. The extended workshop will happen at the PFAG Studio.
Please see the link in our bio for more information on how to join us at our meeting (free and open to the public) or these awesome workshops (not free, but open to members and non-members).
You can also message this account with any questions or for the direct link to more class info!

☔ The rain came — and so did the entries. 🧵Show info - Fiber & Identity: The Maker's Voice is the Guild's contribution t...
05/27/2026

☔ The rain came — and so did the entries. 🧵
Show info - Fiber & Identity: The Maker's Voice is the Guild's contribution to Handwork 2026 — a year-long national celebration of American craft (handwork2026.org). All PFAG members are invited to submit up to two pieces that reflect their personal fiber journey.
PFAG members: submission link is in the weekly PFAG listserv. Check your inbox. 💌
🗓️ August 15 – October 17, 2026
📍 Workhouse Arts Center, Vulcan Gallery — Lorton, VA
✏️ Entry deadline: June 15
Submissions are subject to space limitations; first-time displays are prioritized.
📋 All submission questions and details are in the entry form.
Works by Norma Taber - creativecrocheter.wordpress.com, Elizabeth Davison , and Janet Bowen
Workhouse Arts Center

We want YOUR work on the walls of the Vulcan Gallery this August. 💙PFAG members: submission link is in the weekly listse...
05/13/2026

We want YOUR work on the walls of the Vulcan Gallery this August. 💙

PFAG members: submission link is in the weekly listserv. Deadline is June 15. 💌

A sampling of our Guild members art pictured:
🧵 Lisa Miller — lisamiller.design
🧵 Andrea Finch — afinchsongcreation.com
🧵 Sonha Mason — kgyubangarts.com

Have you been thinking "maybe next year I'll show that piece"? Make it this year. The piece you've been quietly proud of? The one that marks a turning point? That's the one.
Every PFAG member is welcome on the wall.

Let's fill that gallery.

📌 Up to 2 pieces per member
📌 Submission deadline: June 15, 2026
📌 Drop-off: Aug 12, 2026
📌 Show: Aug 15 – Oct 17, 2026
📌 Reception: Oct 17
All other questions are answered in the entry form.
Workhouse Arts Center

Saturday’s guild meeting promises to be filled with a lot of fun and some amazing presentations – and a Stay and Stitch!...
05/08/2026

Saturday’s guild meeting promises to be filled with a lot of fun and some amazing presentations – and a Stay and Stitch! We have lots of announcements to share and we’ll hear from our Engagement team about the Handwork 2026 initiative/exhibit followed by a presentation from the Dye Study Group.
And then our headliners, Kyrie Garretson and Marina Welch, will share their presentation about “Weaving with Maximo Laura in Peru”. These images are Kyrie's and Marina’s weavings and we are in for a real treat with this presentation!
Kyrie and Marina will share their experiences with both the Level 1 and Level 2 Maximo Laura workshops in Peru. The Level 1 workshop takes place in Yucay, 8,000 feet high in the Sacred Valley and the Level 2 workshop in the vibrant Miraflores district of Lima.
Kyrie Garretson has a BFA in painting from Maryland Institute. For many years, her primary textile involvement was in knitting and spinning, but in 2016, she lucked into a Baby Wolf loom and started weaving. Weaving left all the other disciplines far behind! She joined PFAG several years ago. Kyrie shows regularly and won the Complex Weavers award at MAFA in 2023. She has studied with many excellent weavers, most recently taking a Second Level Tapestry Workshop with Maximo Laura in Peru.
Marina Welch is a member of Pinellas Weavers Guild. She became interested in tapestry weaving just before COVID closed down the world so she learned through online courses. Her interest was mostly in small format pieces, which suited both her lifestyle and her available space. In 2023 two opportunities for in person tapestry classes presented themselves. First was a workshop by Elizabeth Buckley titled Hachures in Contemporary Tapestry and then, later in the year, a tapestry weaving workshop with Maximo Laura in Yucay, Peru. In March of this year, she was able to return to Peru for a Level 2 tapestry workshop with Maximo and his team. Marina has also done a bit of weaving on a rigid heddle loom and on an inkle loom.
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