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2024 Spring Fiber Art Classes with Joy-Lily

color code for class titles: red = local ongoing class, green = one-day local workshop, turquoise = potential workshop


Itajame Examples

Dyeing For Crafters with Shibori and Batik
Thursdays 10:00 AM - 2 PM. 8 classes
March 28 - May 16
South San Francisco Parks & Rec, 901 Civic Campus Way. near El Camino.

It's easy to color up wool for your knitting, felting or crochet work and to create amazing shibori (Japanese tie-dyeing) patterns on silk scarves and cotton yardage for quilting and sewing projects.Try out several shibori techniques like wrapping, stitching, clamping and the "rope trick".  We'll experiment with acid dyes for hot water and silk painting, fiber-reactive dyes for cold water especially batik. There's always an indigo pot on tap. Experience dyeing fiber is not necessary for this class.A sense of adventure is a plus. Pre-registration required.$141 for 8 weeks (discount to seniors and SSF residents) +$25 supply fee that includes some white wool fleece or yarn and cotton yardage to dye.
Non-SSF residents may sign up starting March 11. Register online using course #SP1-501 at http://www.ssf.net search "dyeing"


three quilters with a manycolored quilt.

Quilting on Mondays in San Francisco
1:00 - 3:30PM, Drop in classes at
I.T.Bookman Communtiy Center 446 Randolph St. in the Oceanview neighborhood. FREE
Enjoy the company of a friendly group of beginning and experienced quilters. Get support, advice and space to finish ongoing projects, or to try new techniques. BYO machine if possible.


scrappy log cabins, a quilt by Joy-Lily

Quilting With Scraps
Tuesdays, 8 classes
March 24- May 16, 10:00 - 1:00PM
South San Francisco Parks & Rec, 901 Civic Campus Way, near El Camino.
Discover traditional and novel ways to make patchwork from leftover fabric scraps. Sew small quilted items such as totes, baby quilts and table runners with these scrappy strategies. You will mostly sew with scraps of quilting weight fabric, but we'll also consider how to work with scraps of unusual fabrics like velvets and knits. My giant collection of scraps will be available to use so if you don't have scraps, no problem! Bring your sewing machine if possible. Materials fee $5 due to the instructor on the first day of class.

. Pre-registration required $123 (discount to seniors and SSF residents)
Non-SSF residents may sign up starting March 11. Register online using course #SP1-502 at http://www.ssf.net search "scrap"


collage fish kimono collage


Paste Paper Collage
Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park 11 - 3PM Sunday April 7

Create fancy overall textures on large sheets of paper by monoprinting with an odd variety of tools and also with your fingers.Then let your patterned papers inspire you to develop abstract or pictorial images by ripping, snipping, arranging (maybe waving) and glueing them. Materials provided.

$80 members. $105. Register at https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/sfrecpark/activity/search/detail/34354?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

Upcoming in Summer: Indigo Shibori at Sharon Art Center Friday June 28th.

Shyannon pulling fresh-dyed scarf off line in shibori workshop.

Make Your Own Fiber Art Experience!

Shibori Scarf Party

Get a group of your friends to get together in your home and create beautiful, original and colorfast scarves with this fascinating, goof-proof textile technique. Make gorgeous silk scarves while learning a new art form. (Fiber art experience is not necessary.)
With 8 attendees paying $50 each including the first silk scarf, you, as host get the class free.

Call me to schedule a Shibori Party: 415-826-8248.

Shibori photos!


Indigo To-Go Party

Get a group of friends together in your back yard. We'll quickly mix up a vat of pre-reduced indigo. Dye dramatic, blue and white patterns on your linens, quilt fabric and clothing using a variety of shibori techniques: clamping, tying, pole wrapping and "the rope trick" Watch your cloth turn blue in the air like magic!

Melissa with blue work Indigo clothesline
With 8 attendees paying $50 each, you, as host, get the class free. Call me to plan an Indigo Party.


For information on any class, or to register, (unless otherwise noted) contact: classes@joy-lily.com 415-826-8248.

See photos of these classes and more class ideas on the workshops page.
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