WNCFHG upcoming events

Program: The Gentle Art of Tatting Lace (13 Jun 2026)

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The Gentle Art of Tatting Lace

Sally Biggers

This program will introduce tatting, giving a brief history, examining the materials used and how they have changed over time. Additionally participants will learn to create the basic stitches as rings and chains. Supplies will be provided and visual media shared.

Sally Biggers began tatting in the mid-1970's learning from books and publications. Charles Kuralt's "On The Road Segment" in the late '70's inspired her and more crafters to take up and preserve this fiber art. The advent of the Internet helped her and others to make both connections and find patterns. She has created many tatted items, been part of tatting groups including coordinating one in Black Mountain for more than 10 years, taught tatting in its various forms, designed original patterns, interpreted patterns both old and new and participated in conferences around North America. She works with an on-line international community of tatters to creatively put tatting into a global perspective.

Program: Eco-printing Botanical Art (11 Jul 2026)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Eco-printing Botanical Art

Denise Arcuri

The presentation will explain the eco-printing process, a trunk show of fabric samples showing results of different combinations of technique and mordants as well as finished products using eco-printed fabric.

Denise is a life long garment sewer that has expanded into naturally dyeing and printing the fabric she uses.

Fundraising: Anything Fiber Sale - Volunteer Opportunity (25 Jul 2026)

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

If you are going just to shop, no registration is necessary.

Sign up for shifts to help set up, sell, break down.

Volunteer

Donations for the WNCFHG booth at the Anything Fiber sale may be received anytime from July 1-July 22.

If you are not able to hold onto your donations until then, please donate them to another local charity like Local Cloth to help artists who suffered losses to Helene.

The Anything Fiber Sale is a yard sale for fiber people. We all have piles of unloved fabric, "bought it because it was pretty" yarns, obscure tools that we forgot we had, looms that need a new home, duplicates of knitting needles, fleece that doesn't seem to get spun, right?

So, really clean out that closet of your surplus yarns, spinning fibers, materials and tools, and donate them to the Guild! No finished goods unless they are appropriate to use in other fiber techniques (i.e., hand-spun yarns, dyed yardage). No rotted or smelly fibers, please!

Bring donations to the July meeting. Or you can leave your donation in the designated boxes on the large covered porch at 103 Campbell Drive, Flat Rock, NC 28-731, or contact Cheryl Motheral-Lynn (phone 919-600-1531). Andrea Croskery (828-565-1396) in Haywood County, will also accept donations.

Pick up can also be arranged depending on the location.

Location: AB Tech's spacious Conference Center

The Mission Health/AB Tech Conference Center is located at 16 Fernihurst Drive, off Victoria Drive on AB Tech's Asheville Campus. There is a Fire/Loading Zone as you approach the building and there is access from the parking garage behind the building. Access is all on one level (unless you are parked upstairs and then there is an elevator.)

Program: Annual Retreat and Potluck (8 Aug 2026)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Annual Retreat & Potluck

Lunch, Learn & Link-up

Following our regular meeting and "Show & Tell," we will spend time doing fun fiber things and then enjoy our potluck luncheon. Watch this space for more details.

Community: Mountain State Fair - Volunteer/Submit Entry (11 Sep 2026)

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT

The Mountain State Fair is an excellent place for us to

strut our stuff!

There are two opportunities for involvement:

Submit your work!

(Deadline to Submit form 11:55 pm 8/28/26)

Categories and Guidelines here (pgs. )
Entry form here

Volunteer

For the Drop in & Weave: Choose the date, then choose time and task.

Wednesday, Sept.9 is to help with setting up the display.

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Program: Needle Felt Painting - Claudia Lemacks (12 Sep 2026)

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Needle Felt Painting

Claudia Lemacks

Claudia has enjoyed a life-long love of fiber and fabric, She has made clothing, costumes, toys and made alterations since her teens. She also put her hand to embroidery, beading, appliqué, needlepoint and macramé. Her current love is working with wool. She makes an assortment of felted critters and paints with wool, (pictures to frame). Claudia has been sharing her love of wool with other fiber lovers for the past 6 years. She especially loves to teach beginner needle felting. In her class you will leave with a finished creation and a new addiction!

Program: Wild Mountain Time - Native Dye Plants (10 Oct 2026)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Wild Mountain Time - Native Dye Plants

Dede Styles

Dede will take us through common native plants that contain dye, when to gather them and how to use them.

About Dede Styles: Put together being raised by a mother who taught me all about native plants, a pet sheep for fiber and a grandmother who was a weaver in the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, and you come up with someone who had to give natural dye a try. After the first dye bath of Queen Anne's Lace I was hooked.

Workshop: Exploring Double Two-Tie (16 Oct 2026)

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Exploring Double Two-Tie

Linda Shultz

October 16-18, 2026

Double two-tie (D2T) threadings* are incredibly versatile, offering the ability to weave a variety of different structures which can be used in block designs, color play, and texture, on fewer shafts.

About the Instructor: Linda Schultz has been weaving for over fifty years. She is particularly interested in exploring different weave structures and the interplay of color and structure. She has taught classes and written articles in order to share her discoveries.

About this Workshop:

Ability level: Advanced beginner or intermediate.

Must be able to: Dress a loom

Read and follow a weaving draft, including using a liftplan

Familiar with block weaves and profile drafts

Optional but helpful - familiar with using weaving software

Loom Requirements:

8 shaft loom

Location

Historic Johnson Farm, Hendersonville. NC

Participants will provide:

Pre-warped 8 shaft loom. Shuttles, weft yarn, scissors, tape measure, notebook, pencil and any other materials needed for weaving.

Optional items: Participants may also bring a laptop with weaving software - Fiberworks for Mac will be used for demonstrations and can be downloaded and used for free on Mac or Windows.

Lunch, drinks, snacks as desired. (No lunch provided)

Instructor will supply:

Instructions for preparing looms, PDF handouts, wifs/drafts.

Additional Cost:

$5 Payable to the instructor on the first day of the workshop (cash or check).

Cancellation policy Refunds can be processed for cancellations until September 14, 2026.

Community: SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair) - Volunteer Opportunity (23 Oct 2026)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT

SAFF

If you are going just to shop, no registration is necessary.

Volunteer to Drop in and Weave below.

Workshops/classes start Thursday, October 22

Open to the public:

Friday, October 23- (9 am – 5 pm)
Saturday, October 24 – (9 am – 5 pm)
Sunday, October 25- (9 am – 4 pm)

The event is located at the WNC Agricultural Center, in Fletcher, NC, across Hwy 280 from the Asheville Regional Airport. (Exit 40 off I-26).

Admission will be $5/person per day. $10 pass for 3 days. Youth under 13 yrs. old will be free. Bring cash! Only at gate..no early ticket sales.

Volunteer to Drop in and Weave

Program: Winter Project Reveal and Pot Luck (14 Nov 2026)

Sat, 14 Nov 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Election of Officers & Winter Project Reveal

plus Potluck

Join us for our last in person meeting of 2026! We will be electing officers for the coming year, revealing the Winter Project Challenge, and sharing a potluck lunch.