Discover the art of embroidery in this fun four-week class! Learn foundational stitches and techniques while exploring color, pattern, texture, and design to create unique, personalized projects. Whether you're interested in fashion, fiber arts, or simply trying something new, embroidery is a relaxing and rewarding way to express your creativity. Students will work with a variety of natural and synthetic fibers, and all materials are included and provided by the Wayne Art Center. This is a 4-week, 1.5 hour, after-school class on Thursdays.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $120
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Ages: 16+. Level: Beginner. Students should bring: Rubber wash tub, old towel, 5 clip style clothes pins, sharp shears or basket shears, a spritz bottle, pencil and tape measure. In this workshop students will learn about using reed as a weaving material and basic weaving techniques to create a useful basket, reflective of each person’s creative choices.
 
Location: Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
Instructor: Mary Luckhardt Klemm
Cost: $140
Sponsor: River Arts on Water Gallery
Website, email, 608-643-5215

Come make art you wear! This retreat is an invitation to turn everyday clothing into living, breathing art. We’ll experiment boldly and play freely…stamping patterns, painting with bleach, drawing directly onto fabric with markers, and layering in meaning with patches. We’ll sculpt small clay pins, transform shoes into statement pieces, and explore how texture, mark-making, and creativity can express your personality. You’ll create a collection of wearable works. No single piece stands alone…each becomes part of a story you’re telling through what you wear. We’ll close the retreat with a joyful runway show, where your creations and you get to shine! No fashion experience required…just curiosity, courage, and a willingness to let your inner artist come out and play!
 
Location: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Instructor: Lori Siebert
Cost: $1,596
Sponsor: Artists Rising Creativity Retreats
Website, email, 860-781-4389

Ages: 16+. No experience needed—just a sense of humor and an open mind. Embrace the perfectly imperfect in this imaginative doll-making workshop where weird is wonderful and beauty takes many forms. In this workshop you’ll craft your own unique soft sculpture doll using a mix of pre-made components—heads, limbs, and bodies—all ready for your creative touch. Through stitching and needle felting, you’ll bring your companion to life, adding personality, expression, and style. Whether your creation turns out adorable, quirky, strange, or somewhere in between—it will be 100% you.
 
Location: Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin
Instructor: Jaroslava Sobiskova
Cost: $90
Sponsor: River Arts on Water Gallery
Website, email, 608-643-5215

Discover the myriad of possibilities of handmade paper from sheetforming, to painterly pulp techniques, to sculptural forms in PAFA's Brodsky Center Paper Studio. Learn fundamentals or build on previous papermaking knowledge as you begin by forming sheets with a mould and deckle, and then move beyond into working with colored pulps and exploring 3D techniques such as casting and draping paper over armatures to create paper sculptures. Working with cotton, flax, and abaca fibers, experience how paper can function as both surface and structure. All levels welcome. Tuition includes a $50 materials/lab fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Clay Tenhula
Cost: $345
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Students will learn to finger knit, no needles required, a beautiful, comfy, cozy creation! Utilizing a soft specialty yarn to knit with your fingers rather than the traditional method of using knitting or crochet needles, allows you to make gorgeous projects in no time. Great for beginners to intermediate enthusiasts. Discover an innovative, tool free knitting technique. Supplies are provided. No prior knitting or crocheting is required.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Robin Chiddo
Cost: $30 ($25 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

Students will all make their first baby hat in this newly offered introduction class with published fashion designer, Berta Karapetyan. Learn basic crochet stitches including chain, single crochet, double crochet and a little flower. This is a fabulous offering for those with absolutely zero experience, so join us in this low stress, encouraging environment and take the first steps into learning a new skill! Students should bring $20 cash to pay for materials, which will all be provided for you.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Learn basic techniques such as casting on, knitting and purling, and decrease stitches in this newly offered introduction class with published fashion designer, Berta Karapetyan. This is a fabulous offering for those with absolutely zero experience, so join us in this low stress, encouraging environment and take the first steps into learning a new skill! In addition to the registration fee, students should bring $20 cash to pay for materials, which will all be provided for you by the instructor.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Do you have a sewing machine and need some help bringing it to life? Want to learn the first steps in sewing? Learn the basics of a machine and learn how to clean and oil your machine. Class participants will make a simple pillowcase with simple stitches. Participants should bring their own sewing machine that is in working condition and bobbin. Participants should know how to thread the machine. Supply Fee: Paid to the instructor - $15.00 (this provides 1 yard of fabric and coordinating thread).
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Susan Callahan
Cost: $60 ($50 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

Escape the midweek hustle and treat yourself to a relaxing, creative evening. This two-hour adults-only art experience offers the perfect opportunity to unwind, connect, and explore a new artistic medium in a fun, welcoming environment. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine as you learn how to needle felt in this exciting class, where participants will recreate an image using felting techniques that are both meditative and super successful! Discover the calming rhythm of needle felting while transforming soft fibers into a beautiful, textured work of art. No experience necessary! Come relax, meet new friends, share a few laughs, and leave with a fantastic felted creation and a refreshed creative spirit. Participants must be age 21+. All supplies included.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Debi West
Cost: $50
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Learn foundational stitches and techniques while exploring color, pattern, texture, and design to create unique, personalized projects. Whether you're interested in fashion, fiber arts, or simply trying something new, this class is a relaxing and rewarding way to express your creativity. This is a 4-week, 1.5 hour, after-school class on Thursdays.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $120
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn the relaxing and creative art of crochet. We will review tension, single crochet and turning your work. We will learn the Half-Double Crochet and Double Crochet and apply to a swatch. Students should have some knowledge of how to hold a crochet hook and complete a foundation chain. A crochet hook and yarn will be provided for participants to learn. Participants are welcome to bring their own crochet hook and yarn. Please no black yarn.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Mary Anne Cooper
Cost: $25 ($20 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

Students will learn to finger knit, no needles required, a beautiful, comfy, cozy creation! Utilizing a soft specialty yarn to knit with your fingers rather than the traditional method of using knitting or crochet needles, allows you to make gorgeous projects in no time. Great for beginners to intermediate enthusiasts. Discover an innovative, tool free knitting technique. Supplies are provided. No prior knitting or crocheting is required.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Robin Chiddo
Cost: $30 ($25 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

This workshop is designed for students that have had some experience with crochet. Learn how to crochet granny squares and then how to connect them together to make a beautiful scarf, blanket or sweater! This is a fabulous offering for those with some crochet experience, so join us in this low stress, encouraging environment! In addition to the registration fee, students should bring $45 cash to pay for your materials, which will all be provided by the instructor.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

This workshop is designed for those with at least some knitting experience. Join us for this continuance of Knitting I with published fashion designer, Berta Karapetyan. Learn how to do ribbing and make a Ribbed scarf. In addition to the registration fee, students should bring $45 cash to pay for your materials, which will all be provided by the instructor.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Participants in this class will use a variety of yarns and fibers to create a special woven place mat that will be perfect for the upcoming holiday season! All supplies included.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Amy Bounds
Cost: $30 ($25 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

Students will all make their first baby hat in this introduction class with published fashion designer, Berta Karapetyan. Learn basic crochet stitches including chain, single crochet, double crochet and a little flower. This is a fabulous offering for those with absolutely zero experience, so join us in this low stress, encouraging environment and take the first steps into learning a new skill! This workshop is designed for students that are new or newer to crochet. If you've already taken this class and completed the beginner project, Berta will work with you to develop a new project to continue working on your skill. Students should bring $20 cash to pay for materials, which will all be provided for you.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Learn basic techniques such as casting on, knitting and purling, and decrease stitches in this introduction class with published fashion designer, Berta Karapetyan. This is a fabulous offering for those with absolutely zero experience, so join us in this low stress, encouraging environment and take the first steps into learning a new skill! This workshop is designed for students new or newer to Knitting. If you've already taken the class, Berta will work with you on picking another project to continue working on your skill. In addition to the registration fee, students should bring $20 cash to pay for materials, which will all be provided for you by the instructor.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Berta Karapetyan
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Students will learn to finger knit, no needles required, a beautiful, comfy, cozy creation! Utilizing a soft specialty yarn to knit with your fingers rather than the traditional method of using knitting or crochet needles, allows you to make gorgeous projects in no time. Great for beginners to intermediate enthusiasts. Discover an innovative, tool free knitting technique. Supplies are provided. No prior knitting or crocheting is required.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Robin Chiddo
Cost: $30 ($25 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

During this class, participants will review tension, single, half-double and double crochet along with a turning chain. We will learn how to crochet in Back Loops only, Front Loops only and the effect it creates. We will learn the puff stitch and the bobble stitch and the effect it creates. We will apply these stitches to create a swatch that will help us to create larger projects. A crochet hook and yarn will be provided for participants to learn. Participants are encouraged to bring a crochet hook with appropriate yarn matching the crochet hook. Do not bring black yarn.
 
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Instructor: Mary Anne Cooper
Cost: $25 ($20 for members)
Sponsor: Art League of Ocean City
Website, email, (410) 524-9433

Join fiber artist Amy Brand for an immersive five-day exploration into the art of needle felting. Designed for all skill levels, this retreat combines traditional sculpting techniques with imagination, storytelling, and an appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. Students will learn core felting techniques, working with different fibers, creating smooth forms and organic textures, and incorporating natural materials. They will learn how to build a strong wire armature, sculpt expressive features, and bring personality to their work through thoughtful design. By the end of the retreat, students will leave with three finished projects—a woodland mushroom, a storybook mouse, and a blackbird—along with the knowledge and confidence to continue creating their own whimsical fiber sculptures.
 
Location: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Instructor: Amy Brand
Cost: $1,596
Sponsor: Artists Rising Creativity Retreats
Website, email, 860-781-4389