Instructors
The instructors listed below are members of the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild who are also available to teach classes in their area of expertise. The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild does not certify or train instructors. They are listed here as a benefit of membership, and as a resource to the public.
If you are a Guild member and want to be listed here as an instructor, please fill the online form here or download and submit our instructors form:
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3D Fiber
Maria Simonsson
Description: 5 hour workshop-participants make a bird sculpture; 5 hour workshop-participants make a simple fiber vessel
Location: metro DC and beyond
Contact: Maria Simonsson
Website: Simonsson Art
Beading
Joanne Strehle Bast
Description: Off-loom beadwork stitching of jewelry & non-jewelry items
Location: Anywhere
Contact: Joanne Strehle Bast
Website: JBast
Marilyn Harrington
Description: Beginning on and off loom bead weaving
Location: Art League School, Alexandria VA or Home Studio, Leesburg VA
Contact: Weaving Ivory
Crochet
Soozie Brendler
Description: Bead Crochet Jewelry, Crochet – beginner – advanced – finishing
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: Soozie Brendler
Anja Caldwell
Description: Classes for kids and adults at all levels
Location: Live online instruction
Contact: Anja Caldwell
Website: www.fiberart.studio
Stacy Cantrell
Description:
1. All forms of crochet (beginning to very advanced). Teach all ages, individual and/or large groups.
2. Sculptural crochet, yarn-bombing curation, mixed-media crochet, large community art projects.
Location: Laurel, Maryland or mutually agreed upon locations
Contact: Stacy Cantrell
Website: polymathcrafts.org
Marilyn Harrington
Description: Beginning to advanced
Location: Art League School, Alexandria VA or Home Studio, Leesburg VA
Contact: Weaving Ivory
Nimi Rao
Description: Private or group classes in beginning to advance levels
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: Nimi Rao
Doll-making
Julie B. Booth
Description: Adult-child classes. Dolls and animals using fabric-wrapping techniques
Location: Rockville, MD
Contact: Julie B. Booth
Website: Thread Born
Dyeing
Betsy Jane Dribben
Description: Ice Dyeing
Location: McLean, VA
Contact: Betsy Jane Dribben
Candace Edgerley
Description: Immersion, low-water immersion
Contact: Candace Edgerley
Marilyn Harrington
Location: Art League School, Alexandria VA or Home Studio, Leesburg VA
Contact: Weaving Ivory
Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Hand painting on silk, abstract and defined
Location: Potomac, MD
Contact: Shirley T. Waxman
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com
Embroidery
Soozie Brendler
Description: Embroidery/Crewel
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: Soozie Brendler
Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Yemenite embroidery: meaning, history, folklore
Location: Potomac, MD
Contact: Shirley T. Waxman
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com
Felting
Soozie Brendler
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: Soozie Brendler
Svetlana Mae
Description:Classes of felting clothes and build templates for that.
Location:McClean VA
Website: Simplefet.net
Contact: Svetlana Mae
Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: Felt Art, Felt pedagogy, Felting for Museums, teaching artists, children of all ages and levels
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Jill Robin Newman
Description: Felting, Fiber Sculpture, Jewelry, Wearable Art, Paper mâché, Collage and other Paper Crafts
Location: 10107 Gary Road,Potomac MD, 20854
Website: Zazzy Peacock
Contact: Jill Robin Newman
Fiber Sculpture
Stacy Cantrell
Location: Laurel, Maryland or mutually agreed upon locations
Contact: Stacy Cantrell
Website: polymathcrafts.org
Jill Robin Newman
Description: Felting, Fiber Sculpture, Jewelry, Wearable Art, Paper mâché, Collage and other Paper Crafts
Location: 10107 Gary Road,Potomac MD, 20854
Website: Zazzy Peacock
Contact: Jill Robin Newman
Maria Simonsson
Description: One day or multiday workshops in 3-D fiber construction
Location: Anywhere
Contact: Maria Simonsson
Website: www.simonssonart.com
Fundamentals
Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: Fiber Fundamentals-starting with all fibers: cotton, wool, silk, flax, milkweed and exploring the properties and potential to create
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Hand Stitching and Applique
Julie B. Booth
Description: Exploring hand stitches. Using hand stitching and applique to create stories (all levels)
Location: Alexandria, VA
Contact: Julie B. Booth
Website: www.threadborn.com
Jewelry
Marla Rudnick
Description: Woven or knitted metal
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: Marla Rudnick
Jill Robin Newman
Description: Felting, Fiber Sculpture, Jewelry, Wearable Art, Paper mâché, Collage and other Paper Crafts
Location: 10107 Gary Road,Potomac MD, 20854
Website: Zazzy Peacock
Contact: Jill Robin Newman
Knitting
Jeanne Bohlen
Description: Knitting
Location: Bethesda, MD
Contact: Jeanne Bohlen
Soozie Brendler
Description: Knitting – beginner – advanced – finishing
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: Soozie Brendler
Anja Caldwell
Description: Classes for kids and adults at all levels
Location: Live online instruction
Contact: Anja Caldwell
Website: www.fiberart.studio
Marilyn Harrington
Description: Beginning to advanced
Contact: Marilyn Harrington
Debra M. Lee
Description: Workshops and weekly classes for all levels
Location: MD, DC, Northern VA
Contact: Debra M. Lee
Website: www.debramlee.com
Nimi Rao
Description: Private or group classes in beginning to advance levels
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: Nimi Rao
Laritza M. Rodriguez
Description: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced techniques. Individual instruction and groups of 2-10. All classes are a minimum of three hours. Students must provide the materials and a place to meet. Many years of experience teaching groups with success.
Locations: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Contact: Laritza M. Rodriguez
Marla Rudnick
Description: Metal knitting: learn how to make stunning metal jewelry using fiber technique
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: Marla Rudnick
Metal Work
Marla Rudnick
Description: Learn how to make stunning metal jewelry using fiber techniques
Location: Instructor or student home
Contact: Marla Rudnick
Needlepoint
Description: Needlepoint/Embroidery/Crewel: instruction and finishing (washing and blocking)
Location: Instructor or student home or another mutually agreeable location.
Contact: Soozie Brendler
“Tree of Life” project – Needlepointer in Residence
Papier-mâché
Jill Robin Newman
Description: Felting, Fiber Sculpture, Jewelry, Wearable Art, Paper mâché, Collage and other Paper Crafts
Location: 10107 Gary Road,Potomac MD, 20854
Website: Zazzy Peacock
Contact: Jill Robin Newman
Quilting
Cindy Grisdela
Description: Quilting, beginner to advanced, particularly improvisational techniques and free motion quilting
Contact: Cindy Grisdela
Location: Reston, VA
Website: https://cindygrisdela.com
Lynda Poole Prioleau
Description: Art quilting, machine, embellishment, fiber structures
Location: Northern VA, DC, and MD
Contact: Lynda Poole Prioleau
Quilting
Ann Graham
Description: Piecing, patchwork, design
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Contact: Ann Graham
Website: www.eriphina.com
Blog: Talking Door Studio
Cindy Grisdela
Description: Quilting, beginner to advanced, particularly improvisational techniques and free motion quilting
Contact: Cindy Grisdela
Location: Reston, VA
Website: https://cindygrisdela.com
Lynda Poole Prioleau
Description: Art quilting, machine, embellishment, fiber structures
Location: Northern VA, DC, and MD
Contact: Lynda Poole Prioleau
Sewing
Shirley T. Waxman
Description: Prayer shawl, laws, construction, embroidery
Location: Home, Potomac, MD
Contact: Shirley T. Waxman
Website: www.shirleywaxman.com
Silk
Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Description: “Silk, Sericulture and the Art of It,” Growing, raising processing and creating art pieces from the understanding of the source and its properties
Location: Arlington and Rockville
Contact: Renate Maile-Moskowitz
Silk Painting
Clara Graves
Description: Abstract and representational painting on silk using either dye or silk paint, all skill levels
Location: Silver Spring
Contact: Clara Graves
Website: www.claragraves.com
Spinning: Supported Spindle
Laritza M. Rodriguez
Description: Spinning with supported spindles. Individual instruction and groups of 2-10. All classes are a minimum of three hours. Students must provide the materials and a place to meet. Many years of experience teaching groups with success.
Locations: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Contact: Laritza M. Rodriguez
Surface Design
Julie B. Booth
Description: Fabric painting/printing techniques (all levels)
Location: Alexandria, VA; Rockville, MD
Contact: Julie B. Booth
Website: www.threadborn.com
Betsy Jane Dribben
Location: McLean, VA
Contact: Betsy Jane Dribben
Candace Edgerley
Description: Blockprinting on fabric; fabric painting techniques
Contact: Candace Edgerley
Clara Graves
Description: Many techniques for painting on silk, beginner to intermediate
Location: Silver Spring
Contact: Clara Graves
Website: www.claragraves.com
Tapestry Weaving
Joan Griffin
Description: Small group beginning and intermediate weekend tapestry classes 4 times a year in my Charlottesville, VA studio.
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Contact: Joan Griffin
Website: http://joangriffintapestry.com/
Tea Okropiridze
Description: Beginning, intermediate and advanced Tapestry weaving .
Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom weaving
Location:
Alexandria, VA (Art League School)
Washington DC (Smithsonian Associates)
Glen Echo, MD, (Glen Echo park)
Manassas, VA (Artists Studio)
Contact: Tea Okropiridze
Website: http://tea.giatkabladze.com/
Textile Conservation
Cathleen M Zaret
Description: Textile conservation, and mounting for display.
Locations: Potomac, MD
Contact: Cathleen M Zaret
Weaving
Joan Griffin
Description: 2-day small group classes for beginning and intermediate tapestry weavers
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Contact: Joan Griffin
Website: http://joangriffintapestry.com/
Marilyn Harrington
Description:
1. Beginning to advanced floor loom weaving in person and on-line
2. Understanding Fiberworks-PCW (weaving software)
3. Warp painting
4. Beginning and advanced Triaxial weaving (off-loom weaving using 1 warp and 2 weft elements.
Location: Art League School, Alexandria VA or Home Studio, Leesburg VA
Contact: Marilyn Harrington
Tea Okropiridze
Description: Beginning, intermediate and advanced Tapestry weaving .
Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom weaving
Location:
Alexandria, VA (Art League School)
Washington DC (Smithsonian Associates)
Glen Echo, MD, (Glen Echo park)
Manassas, VA (Artists Studio)
Contact: Tea Okropiridze
Website: http://tea.giatkabladze.com/
Mary J Pflueger
Description: Weaving, beginning to advanced
Location: The WGGB Weaving School, Catonsville, MD
Contact: Mary J Pflueger
Website: wggb.org
Anne Sanderoff-Walker
Description: Beginning weaving on a shaft loom
Location: Gaithersburg, Rockville, Montgomery County
Contact: Anne Sanderoff-Walker
Website: www.annesanderoff-walker.com
Wearable Art
Stacy Cantrell
Description: Crochet
Location: Laurel, Maryland or mutually agreed upon locations
Contact: Stacy Cantrell
Website: polymathcrafts.org
Betsy Jane Dribben
Location: McLean, VA
Contact: Betsy Jane Dribben
Jill Robin Newman
Description: Felting, Fiber Sculpture, Jewelry, Wearable Art, Paper mâché, Collage and other Paper Crafts
Location: 10107 Gary Road,Potomac MD, 20854
Website: Zazzy Peacock
Contact: Jill Robin Newman
Nimi Rao
Description: Knitting, crochet
Location: Rockville or mutually agreeable location
Contact: Nimi Rao