Workshops 2007

We’re very happy with the workshops we’ll be presenting at the 2007 Festival: they cover a wide range of fibre-related skills – weaving, spinning, knitting, felting, basketry, beadwork – and have been chosen because they deal with areas that are of interest to many fibre artists. And the workshop leaders are not only well-known artists, but are great teachers.


Click on the schedule listings (below) to see a detailed description of each workshop.

If you plan to take more than one workshop, please check dates and times to make sure you won’t have a conflict.

Please register early for the workshops you want! This helps us, but it also helps you – trying to get July accommodations on Salt Spring on short notice is no fun. And remember that if a class doesn’t meet its minimum registration by July 1st, it may be cancelled – even if it’s the very one you really were planning to attend!


(Click here to download the the workshop registration form, or look for it on the Forms Page.)

And if you have any questions, write us at workshops@fibrefestival.com

Wednesday Thursday Friday
July 18 July 19 July 20

Sorry, this workshop is FULL
Collapsable Fabrics
Jane Stafford
Three Days

Transformation: Fabric to Fashion
Angelika Werth
Three Days


Sorry, this workshop is FULL
An Introduction to Weaving: On Becoming a Weaver
Victoria Olchowecki
Three Days
Blending Fibres
Jean Betts

Sorry, cancelled
Simply Elegant Spindling
Michelle Boyd

Sorry, cancelled
Simply Elegant Spindling - Beyond the Basics
Michelle Boyd

Art Quilts from Landscape
Susan Paynter
Two Days


Sorry, cancelled
Creative Collage
Bly Kaye
Spiral Flair Basket
Donna Cochran

Sorry, this workshop is FULL
Fun Ways to Dye Wool and Silk
Mary Paddon and Cheryl Huseby Wiebe
Two Days


Sorry, cancelled
That Special Yarn: Matching Fibre & Technique
Gayle Vallance
Two Days


Sorry, cancelled
Stamping and Stencilling
Jo Ann Ryeburn

Sorry, this workshop is FULL
Nuno Felted Scarves
Laurie Steffler


Sorry, cancelled
Felting for Quilters and Artists
Laurie Steffler

Woven Basket Necklace
Joan Carrigan


Sorry, cancelled
Counted Cross Stitch
Jane Lizotte

Sorry, cancelled
Discharge Dyeing: Old Colour out, New Colour In
Jo Ann Ryeburn

Knots: Turk's Head
Terry Ridings
Half Day

Sorry, cancelled
Saori Weaving
Terri Bibbi
Two Days


Sorry, cancelled
Techniques from 'Andean Knitting'
Helen Hamann
Sorry, this workshop is FULL
Introduction to Spinning
Karen Mazzei
Two Days



Sorry, cancelled
Beaded Bezel Cabochon
Ania Kyte

Sorry, cancelled
Free Form Peyote-Woven Bracelet
Ania Kyte

Spiral Flair Basket


Terry Riding: Knots