I have taught with Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Gallery, Everett Public Library, IslandWood, Kirkland Arts Center, North Seattle College, PNW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle ReCreative, Summit Sierra School, Zero Waste Washington
2025 Workshops
July 14 - 18, 2025
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Refashion Runway
Welcome fellow up-cycle enthusiasts!
Get ready to love, care, repair and re-wear the abundant textiles in your life.
With just a few simple stitches, textiles paints, and reclaimed fabrics you can transform the clothes you rarely wear into your go-to garments of choice.
So, get ready to learn new skills, save money and take actionable steps towards reducing the textile waste in your life!
The last day of class we will show off our wearable art creations and all that we’ve learned by putting on our very own Refashion Runway!
July 14 - 18, 2025, 2025
1:30 pM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Scrap Happy Textile Creatures
Aspiring Textile Artists! Join us in this hands-on fiber arts camp where you’ll imagine, draw, design and hand stitch your very own textile creatures from reclaimed fabrics, stuffing and trims. What type of creatures will you create? Art dolls, monsters, abstract shapes…. You’re only limited by your imagination! No prior sewing skills necessary.
July 21 - 25, 2025 2025
9:30 aM – 12:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Rust to Riches - Rust Dyeing, Printing & Painting on Paper & Cloth
Got Rust? Join us in this exploratory, hands-on workshop to learn how you can unlock the magical properties hidden within discarded rusty objects. Turn plain paper and cloth into fascinating one of a kind surface design pieces using iron oxides, tannins, resists and print pastes. Students will leave the workshop with rust dyed, rust printed and rust painted pieces suitable for collage, wall hanging and wearable art.
July 21 - 25, 2025 2025
1:30 pM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Intro to Natural Dyes
Natural Dye Curious? Get ready to be a historian, alchemist, and colorist all in the pursuit of creating color from nature. This hands-on, exploratory course will guide you through each step of the natural dye process plus you’ll learn surface design techniques using shibori and post-dye modifiers.
Students will leave the course with a dye notebook full of dyed fabric experiments plus recipes and resources to continue their natural dye journey.
This course welcomes students with no prior knowledge as well as those with some basic experience with dyeing. All materials will be provided.
July 28 - August 1, 2025
9:30 aM – 12:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Wild Textiles - Adventures in Fiber Art
Nature Lovers! Come co-create with nature in this hands-on, exploratory and process-oriented fiber arts camp. Learn to dye, print, mark, paint, weave and stitch on paper and fabric using only found and foraged materials. You’ll also create your own fiber art reference journal with samples and notes to be used for further textile exploration. Students will leave the class with one-of-a-kind pieces of art to wear, gift or display.
July 28 - August 1, 2025
9:30 aM – 12:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Wild Textiles - Adventures in Fiber Art
Nature Lovers! Come co-create with nature in this hands-on, exploratory and process-oriented fiber arts camp. Learn to dye, print, mark, paint, weave and stitch on paper and fabric using only found and foraged materials. You’ll also create your own fiber art reference journal with samples and notes to be used for further textile exploration. Students will leave the class with one-of-a-kind pieces of art to wear, gift or display.
June 9th 2025
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Tatakizomé: Plant Portraits with a Hammer
Tatakizome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals onto paper.
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer!
Each participant will leave the workshop with botanically printed pieces of paper ready to turn into greeting cards, bookmarks, wall art, etc. plus ideas for how to enhance their prints further with watercolors, pens or stitching.
June 10th & 12th 2025
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM (2 sessions)
Kirkland Arts Center
kirkland, WA
Introduction to Natural Dyes: Spring Intensive
Are you curious about working with natural dyes but don’t know where or how to start?
In this hands-on, two-day intensive workshop fiber artist and natural dyer, Paige St-Pierre, will cover all the basics budding natural dyers need for safe and frustration free natural dyeing you can do right in your own kitchen.
Intensive Day One: students will learn how to safely set up a basic natural dye studio, best practices for extracting color from plants, the importance of scouring and mordanting and how to keep your naturally dyed fabrics looking vibrant wash after wash.
Intensive Day Two: students will get hands-on dyeing practice with a range of fibers, plant dyes and modifiers, practice with shibori tie, binding and clamping resist techniques as well as dedicated time for a robust Q & A session.
February 10th & 23rd 2025
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (2 Mondays)
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Hand Sewing Basics for Quick Repairs
Master essential hand sewing skills to handle simple garment repairs in this hands-on workshop! You'll learn to distinguish between stretch and woven fabrics, prep a needle and thread, and mend holes, hems, and seams with ease. Plus, discover the secret to sewing buttons that stay put! Leave with a custom stitch sampler and the confidence to fix your clothes without a sewing machine. No experience necessary - all materials are included!
February 1st 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
One Day Workshop: Set Up a Natural Dye Studio
Are you ready to start working with natural dyes but don’t know where or how to start? In this hands-on, how-to workshop we will cover the basics of natural dyeing necessary to get started right in your own home. You will leave the workshop with the knowledge and confidence to start your own natural dye journey as well as a resource list and fabric samples hand dyed in class.
January 26, 2025
2:00 pM – 4:00 PM
Kirkland Arts Center
Kirkland, WA
Eco-Printing on Paper
Discover the magic of botanical alchemy known as bundle dyeing or eco printing. Create unique botanical imprints on paper with raw dye-stuffs such as flower blooms, plants and kitchen waste. Eco prints are made when plant material is placed between layers of paper then steamed or boiled to transfer the pigment in a unique, lasting plant portraits captured onto paper.
2024 Workshops
December 14th 2024 SOLD OUT!
10:00 aM – 2:20 PM
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Holiday gifts: Eco Printing with Leaves, Petals & Found Metals
Discover the magic of botanical alchemy known as bundle dyeing or eco printing. Create unique imprints on paper and cloth with raw dyestuffs such as flower blooms, plants and kitchen waste. Make eco prints for gifts or cards by transferring the pigment of plant material to paper or cloth with steam. Discover which leaves, flowers and metals work best and explore how to enhance your eco prints with pen, ink and stitching techniques.
Thursday, August 8th 2024
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Slow Stitch Wearable Art
Wear your ART on your sleeve! Join us to learn the easy and meditative art of slow stitching in a relaxed and supportive environment. In this workshop you'll learn all you need to transform your tired clothes into wearable works of art! Bring your favorite jacket, t-shirt or pair of jeans and learn how to transform it with a few simple and accessible stitches, tools, and techniques. Each participant will leave the class with a unique refashioned garment as well as lots of ideas and resources for future stitching success. The class is great for both beginner and advanced stitchers.
July 22 - 26, 2024
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
August 12 - 16, 2024
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Wild Textiles: Adventures in Fiber Art
Come co-create with nature in this hands-on, exploratory and process oriented fiber arts camp.
Learn to dye, print, mark and manipulate paper and fabric using only found and foraged materials.
Students will create their own fiber art reference journal with samples and notes to be used for further textile exploration.
Students will also have the chance to create one of a kind pieces of art to wear, gift or display.
The last day of class we will put on our own Wild Textiles art exhibit to show off and discuss everything we’ve learned, practiced and created!
July 22 - 26, 2024
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Pratt Fine Arts Center
Seattle, WA
August 12 - 16, 2024
9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
(5 sessions) Teen summer camp
Refashion Runway: Stitch it, Don’t Ditch it!
Welcome fellow up-cycle enthusiasts!
Get ready to love, care, repair and re-wear the abundant textiles in your life.
With just a few simple stitches, textiles paints, and reclaimed fabrics you can transform the clothes you rarely wear into your go-to garments of choice.
So, get ready to learn new skills, save money and take actionable steps towards reducing the textile waste in your life!
The last day of class we will show off our wearable art creations and all that we’ve learned by putting on our very own Refashion Runway!
Saturday, August 3rd 2024
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Camp Craftaway
West Seattle, Alki Beach, WA
Tatakizomé: Plant Portraits with a Hammer
Tatakizome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals onto paper.
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer!
Each participant will leave the workshop with botanically printed pieces of paper ready to turn into greeting cards, bookmarks, wall art, etc. plus ideas for how to enhance their prints further with watercolors, pens or stitching.
January 29th, 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Hand Embroidered Valentine Card Making
Bring your blank card stock, embroidery threads and your imagination and we’ll learn how to make hand stitched Valentines just in time to mail to your special someone on February 14th! This class is for you even if you’ve never thread a needle! All levels of experience are welcome.
January 22nd, 2024
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Monoprinting Without a Press
Explore the interplay of color and texture as we celebrate the changing seasons in this exploratory, process oriented gel plate monoprinting workshop. We'll learn about gel plate printmaking basics plus tips for pulling successful prints. Each participant will be provided paper, gel plate and brayer for printing, acrylic paints in various colors, brushes, a variety of leaves and flowers and reclaimed plastic or cardboard to create a variety of textures for the prints. Participants will leave the workshop with 15-20 unique textured prints ready for hanging or collage. All levels of experience are welcome.
2023 Workshops
November 13th, 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 pM
North Seattle College
Seattle, WA
Tatakizome: Plant Portraits with a Hammer
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! Each participant will leave the workshop with botanically printed pieces of paper ready to turn into greeting cards, bookmarks, wall art, etc. plus ideas for how to enhance their prints further with watercolors, pens or stitching. All levels welcome. No experience necessary.
October 14th, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 pM
Everett Public Library
Everett, WA
Plant Prints: Eco Printing Leaves on Paper
Celebrate the changing seasons and discover the magic of botanical alchemy known as eco printing.
Make unique and lasting plant portraits, or eco prints on paper. When plant material is placed between layers of paper then steamed or boiled, the plants’ natural pigments release and adhere to the paper creating one of a kind pieces of botanical art.
October 7th, 2023
10:00 aM – 12:30 PM
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival @ Edward D. Hansen Convention Center
Everett, WA
Tatakizome: Flower Printing, Just Pound it!
A form of eco printing, also known as Hapazome or Flower Pounding, Tatakizome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals into cloth or paper.
In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! All levels welcome. No experience necessary.
Each participant will leave the workshop with one (1) botanically printed piece of cloth and one (1) botanically printed piece of paper.
October 7th, 2023
1:00 pM – 3:30 PM
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival @ Edward D. Hansen Convention Center
Everett, WA
Slow Stitch Sewcial: Make Your Own Wearable Art
With just a few simple stitches and reclaimed fabrics you can create your own unique piece of wearable art! In this slow stitch workshop we’ll express ourselves in color, texture and stitch by making perfectly imperfect, small scale fabric collages to wear.
All levels of experience are welcome.
August 19th, 2023
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Civic Garden Club
La Conner, WA
Eco-Printing with Petals, Leaves & Found Metals
Make your own unique botanical prints from a few simple foraged ingredients: petals, leaves and found urban metals. Learn how to coax color from plants as you witness nature and the urban environment interacting together on paper and cloth.
All levels of experience are welcome.
August 12th, 2023
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Kirkland Arts Center
Kirkland, WA
Tatakizome
A form of eco printing, also known as Hapazome or Flower Pounding, Tatakizomé, is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals into cloth or paper. In this workshop, you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! Once we make the prints, we'll be able to enhance them with either watercolor paints on paper or embroidery stitches on cloth.
April 22, 2023
11am -2:30pm
Everett Public Library
Main Branch
Everett, WA
Repair What You Wear
Learn how to make an impact by repairing rather than replacing clothing and other cloth household items.
Sustainable Fashion is the fashion you already own. Extending the life of clothes by an extra nine months of active use would reduce carbon, water, and waste footprints by around 20–30% each.
On Earth Day, 2023, learn to repair what you have, rather than buying new. Redesign an existing item of clothing or household textile to save money and the planet.
Hands on skills to learn during the workshop:
Fabric identification
How to sew on buttons
Creative ways to reclaim textiles and turn them into wearable art
Materials needed:
Bring a used cotton T shirt or pair of jeans or a household textile with a small hole or rip in need of a simple repair.
April 20, 2023
6pm -8pm
Petrikor
Everett, WA
Mother’s Day Gift Giving Workshop: Botanical Printing on Silk
Cherish and honor both your mothers this Mother’s Day with a unique, botanically infused piece of wearable art.
Made from our Mother Earth, designed by you for your Mother. Capture the ephemeral beauty of blooms for Mom to enjoy all year long via the magical botanical alchemy of eco-printing.
Bring your spent bouquets or fresh cuttings from the garden. Some botanicals will be provided.
Participants will leave the workshop with an eco-printed silk bandana ready for gifting in a gift bag with a handmade by you botanically infused gift tag.
January 16 - March 6, 2023
(Mondays, 8 sessions)
Kirkland Arts Center
Kirkland, WA
Slow Stitch Style: Declare Your Independence from Fast Fashion
Create unique pieces of wearable art from unworn or worn out items in your existing wardrobe. Learn how to express yourself in color, texture and stitch in this process oriented, hands-on course. Re-awaken your inner maker, enhance your manual dexterity and sharpen your problem solving skills with basic hand stitching, artful mending and embroidery techniques.