Education at Fiber+Fabric Craft Festival falls into four different categories: Mini Labs, Craft Labs, Studio Sessions, and Workshops.

Fiber+Fabric Craft Festival classes vary in length and intensity. Mini Labs and Craft Labs offer shorter learning and crafting sessions—read our overview to learn more about the teachers, sessions, and topics for Mini Labs and Craft Labs. Studio Sessions and Workshops offer longer, more in-depth learning and crafting at 3 hours and 6 hours respectively.  

All four educational categories cover a variety of crafts and topics, with 200+ classes overall in knitting, crochet, mixed media artistry, quilting, sewing, embroidery, needlework, fiber arts, fiber spinning and dyeing, paper crafting, upcycling, mindful making and DIY, content strategy, business strategy, video production strategy, cosplay, machine embroidery, yarn art, felting, and more.

Let’s talk about everything you need to know about the “main course” classes available at Fiber+Fabric Craft Festival: Studio Sessions and Workshops!

Session type: Studio Session

Length: 3 hours

Total Sessions: 100+

Studio Session Overview: Studio Sessions occur on April 30, May 1, May 2, and May 3 in the mornings and afternoons. Studio Sessions include more  comprehensive crafting projects, skill-building techniques tutorials, business and content strategy guidance, and beginner, intermediate, and advanced introductions to crafting methods.

See the Sessions List filtered for Studio Sessions to discover courses in Hand and Machine Sewing, Hand and Machine Embroidery, Visible Mending and Upcycled Crafting, Crochet, Cosplay, Garment Making and Design, Knitting, and more, featuring speakers like Kaffe Fassett, Mary Beth Temple, Casey Welsch, Swan Sheridan, Vickie Howell, HollyAnne Knight, MJ Kinman, Teresa Coates, and others. 

Session type: Workshops

Length: 6 hours

Total Sessions: 30+

Workshops Overview: Workshops occur on April 30, May 1, and May 2 in the mornings and afternoons. Workshops are the most intensive sessions available at Festival. These sessions focus on learning niche methods, developing and strengthening specific craft skills, introducing crafters to beginner, intermediate, and advanced crafts, hands-on crafting to create large-scale projects, and more.

See the Sessions List filtered for Workshops to discover sessions in Color Theory, Hand and Machine Sewing, Quilting, Garment Making and Design, Crochet, Collage, Cosplay, Collage Quilting, Weaving, Spinning, Panting, and more with teachers like Alanna Wilcox, Heidi Pridemore, Kaffe Fassett, Lisa Woolfork, Swan Sheridan, Sue Spargo, MJ Kinman, and others. 

Each Studio Session and Workshop has limited seating, so don’t wait to get your ticket to Fiber+Fabric Craft Festival and register for sessions today!