Quilt Festival Long Beach

Twist, wrap, shimmy, and shove the fabric down the pole all to create beautiful organic Arashi Shibori patterns. With Arashi translating to "Storm", this  modern approach to an ancient textile art will leave you with images of water, trees, lightning, and more. Using a set of three sizes of lightweight, stackable, acrylic tubes and Indigo colored fiber reactive dye, dye a collection of twelve different Arashi Shibori patterns. Also learn about the magic of thickened dye paint!

120. CLASS—A GARDEN TO DYE FOR!—ITAJIME SHIBORI

*$166

Everyone, Design Work, Project Oriented, Process Oriented, Mixed-Media 

Thursday

AFTERNOON CLASS // 2-6 PM 

A modern take on the ancient art of Itajime Shibori. Fold, template, and clamp to create a bold and graphic garden full of fun and playful patterns. Used together for a quilt, or alone, each of your 22 inch square panels will inspire your quilting, beading, and embellishing talents. Your reusable tool kit will keep you exploring the fun and creative art of Itajime Shibori for years to come. Fiber reactive dye will facilitate a selection of color to choose from. www.dyehardsstudio.com

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211. CLASS—MANDALA MADNESS!—AN ADVENTURE IN ICE-DYEING

*$166

Everyone, Design Work, Project Oriented, Process Oriented, Mixed-Media 

Friday

MORNING CLASS // 8 AM-NOON 

Kick up your ice-dyeing with this best selling technique! Focus on skill building as-you-go and dyeing with a specific intent. Fold, pleat, and bind a collection of amazing dyed fabric yards, some 22 inch squares and some 44 inch squares. After selecting from a rainbow of dye colors, ice-dye almost five yards of unique fabric as Lohbeck shares her tips and tricks for design, color, and dyeing! Also receive a reusable set of tools to help you carry on th