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Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
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2025 Upcoming Classes
October 23 MAFA Virtual - Weaving a Chenille Scarf ZOOM
7 - 9 Eastern. This 2-hour tutorial is designed to demonstrate techniques that will make your rayon chenille weaving a happy achievement. I will show a Powerpoint presentation with lots of tips about what makes rayon chenille such a unique fiber and how to successfully work with it. I'll demonstrate setting up the loom for this technique, weaving, good warp tensioning, and chat about what will make your chenille weaving the fabulous textile you'd lke it to be. Of course, I'll welcome questions and comments along the way and chat about the supplies I like to use.
There will be tips for weaving with either a rigid heddle or multi harness loom, although I will assume you already have basic weaving experience. The handout will include a pattern for a chenille scarf. You will not weave along during the class, but see what techniques have made my rayon chenille weaving be successful. Then you can watch the recording to set up and weave your own wonderful scarf!
https://www.lessonface.com/content/weaving-rayon-chenille-scarf-lecture-october-2025
October 26 Cotton Clouds - Woven Vest ZOOM - Postponed until January 18, 2026
December 3 & 4 MAFA Learn to weave on Rigid Heddle ZOOM
7p - 9p Eastern Deborah will walk you through what the terminology and tools are, how to set up the loom for weaving, maintaining the proper tension, weaving beautiful cloth, and finishing techniques that will make your project successful. If you are a knitter, crocheter, quilter or other fiber enthusiast, treat yourself to learning a new way to play with your fiber!
https://www.lessonface.com/apply/Learn-Weave-Rigid-Heddle-Loom-and-Make-Beautiful-Scarf
2026
January 18 Cotton Clouds - Woven Vest ZOOM
Either 9am or 1 pm Pacific.
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February 5 MAFA Weaving A Chenille Scarf ZOOM
7 - 9 pm Eastern time. this 2 hour tutorial is designed to demonstrate techniques that will make your rayon chenille weaving a happy achievement. I will show a Powerpoint presentation with lots of tips about what makes rayon chenille such a unique fiber and how to successfully work with it. I'll demonstrate setting up the loom for this technique, weaving, good warp tensioning, and chat about what will make your chenille weaving the fabulous textile you's dike it to be. Of course, I'll welcome questions and comments along the way and chat about the supplies I like to ouse. There will be tips for waving with either a rigid heddle or multi harness loom, although I will assume you already have basic weaving experience. The handout will include a pattern for a chenille scarf. You will not weave along during the class, but see what techniques have made y rayon chenille weaving be successful. Then you can watch the recording to set up and weave your own wonderful scarf!
https://www.lessonface.com/apply/weaving-rayon-chenille-scarf-lecture-february-2026
April 10 - 12 Arizona Fiber Arts Festival in person Camp Verde, AZ - classes will be online mid to late October
Seminar - Joining Pieces of Handwoven Fabric - Is your loom too narrow to weave the finished products you’d like to make? Do you enjoy weaving on narrow looms but want to create blankets or garments? Deborah will show you various ways to join panels together to make those wide finished pieces. Depending on your preference, your planned seaming can become part of the garment design or be invisible. During the 2-hour demo session you’ll see many different ways for seaming and will be able to practice on your own after class while viewing the recording or following the handout. This seminar will be recorded and available for students to review for 14 days after the festival so students can practice the techniques at home while reading the handout.
2 day class - Double your Fun - Using 2 Heddles on the Rigid Heddle Loom - Expand your weaving skills and make two layers in your cloth on the rigid heddle loom. While weaving, the layers can be connected in various ways to make cloth twice the width of your loom, create tubes, or pockets. Participants will make a sampler while exploring this process. During the workshop they will learn to thread the loom using two heddles and weave the layers in various ways. This workshop is for students that have some experience with the rigid heddle and want to move on to the next level.
Students will warp the looms and learn how to set up and thread both heddles to enable the double heddle weaving. Then they will weave cloth at double the sett of the heddle used and create various beautiful patterns that the extra heddle makes possible. While working these beautiful patterns, they will practice manipulating the two heddles. They will learn how to magically create 2 layers of cloth, each a different color, and discover how to make pockets or tubes in the woven cloth.
CLASS SCHEDULE
Double heddles
Dishtowels on the rigid heddle loom
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