Fiber Art for All:
Growing Community

A yearly winter Open House celebrating all things fiber art!

Featuring a Makers Market with 25 local artists, hands-on demos with our staff and teaching artists, coffee, music, a scavenger hunt, and more, it’s a chance to make connections and find inspiration during Minnesota’s coldest and darkest season!

Free and open to the public, there’s opportunities for all to explore, create, shop, and engage with fiber art in all its forms.

This year we are expanding the event to two days, with our Friday evening opening day (5:30 – 8 pm, Feb 20) featuring music from DJ Jacques, and our Saturday full-day event (10 am – 4 pm, Feb 21) featuring a pop-up coffee cart from local coffee shop Misfit.

This year’s theme is Growing Community. We are honoring the pollinators that help our dye garden and Minnesota landscapes thrive through our Fiber Pollinator Garden, a community installation that we invite everyone to participate in! Learn more here.

We hope to see you for this lively gathering of creatives, artists, and those curious about fiber arts and Textile Center!

MAKERS MARKET

Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 4 pm

From cyanotype pouches by MintzMakes, beaded earrings by Waabooz Beading, block printed art by Mothfruit Press, colorful tassel earrings from You’re the Party, to stitched photos by Kathryn Jahnke and punch needle art by Pinedo Studio, there will be no shortage of textile treats at our Fiber Art for All Makers Market, February 20 + 21!

Keep an eye our our Instagram and Facebook for Makers Market highlights throughout February!

HANDS-ON DEMOS

Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 4 pm

Get hands-on with different fiber art techniques in our demo room! Led by Textile Center staff and some of our Teaching Artists, try:

Block Printing: Use a pre-cut pollinator and try block printing on a small square of fabric to take home (1 per person)! Use your square as a patch to embellish clothing or a tote bag!

Needle Felting: Try your hand at needle felting! Add a shape, pollinator, or flower (or whatever calls to you) to our big, communal felting piece.

Punch Needle: Make your mark on our punch needle canvas (the original tufting technique)!

Plarn Making + Weaving: Join Emma of Cool Trash and learn how to make plarn (aka yarn from upcycled plastic bags)! Then use your plarn, or provided fabric scraps and yarn remnants from The Stashery, and add to our communal “Scrapestry” weaving!

FIBER POLLINATOR GARDEN
COMMUNITY PROJECT

Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 4 pm

This year, for our Fiber Art for All community project, we’re celebrating the pollinators that make our gardens and Minnesota’s beautiful landscapes thrive year-round!

Just as a garden is made strong by its pollinators, Textile Center is made strong by our community. Our Fiber Pollinator Garden celebrates the many creative individuals who come together and share their unique voice and craft through knitting, weaving, sewing, quilting, felting, beading, crocheting, dyeing and more!

We are still seeking participation to make this year’s installation shine! Bring in your pollinator any time through February 19. Learn more here.

Visit us during the Fiber Art for All Open House to see the completed installation – a beautiful reflection of our fiber arts community!

MUSIC FROM DJ JACQUES

Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 pm

DJ Jacques is a Minneapolis selector and textiles artist who brings an eclectic sound to the people. It’s a bold improv of vinyls he calls “matilanamusiki” (Duala language of Cameroon). An organic mix of funk jams flowing through your body and soul, once the needle drops. Feel free to vibe or dance for enjoyment!

MISFIT COFFEE POP-UP

Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 4 pm

Serving up all the hot beverages and keeping us caffeinated is a pop-up coffee cart from staff-favorite Misfit Coffee! With a motto of being “Passionate about our craft. Connected with our customers. Making coffee and drinks you can’t ignore,” Misfit will join us all day on Saturday!

GUILDS INFO TABLE

Friday, February 20, 5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21, 10 am – 4 pm

Textile Center has 30 affiliated member guilds dedicated to a wide range of forms, both creative and crafted, including weaving, quilting, knitting, sewing, dyeing, felting, needlework, lace making, basketry, beading, hand-constructed sculpture, installation, and multimedia work. Stop by the Guild Info Table in the Community Room to learn more about our different affiliated guilds and ways to get involved!

EXHIBITIONS

Friday, February 20
5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21
10 am – 4 pm

Our Textile Center galleries are always free and open to the public! On view during the event:

Holding, Patterns, Christine Novotny
McKnight Fiber Artist Fellow 2025
Alchemy, Shannon Lucas Westrum
McKnight Fiber Artist Fellow 2025
Unbound, In partnership with Fresh Eye Arts, CHOICE, Inc., and Interact

SHOP + THE STASHERY

Friday, February 20
5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21
10 am – 4 pm

Our Textile Center Shop features the work of 120+ fiber artists year-round! Find everything from hats, mittens, home decor, wall art, kitchen textiles, books, fiber art supplies and natural dyes, apparel, and so much more.

The Stashery is our new, year-round secondhand fiber art supplies shop! Find low cost fabric, yarn, patterns, books and more. Enter through the Shop or the Community Room!

COMMUNITY CRAFT-A-LONG

Virtual, on Zoom
Wednesday, February 18
6 – 7:30 pm CT

Join us from wherever you are for a cozy, virtual evening of making together as part of our Fiber Art for All celebration! Craft from the comfort of home alongside Community + Youth Education Manager Chloe Russell Chang and fellow makers near and far. Bring a project you’re already working on (or something new!), pour yourself a cup of tea, grab a snack, and settle in for a relaxed, casual, creative hang. Come as you are — all experience levels welcome.

Register here.

SCAVENGER HUNT

Friday, February 20
5:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, February 21
10 am – 4 pm

Engage in the event through exploration, curiosity, and connection with our BINGO-style scavenger hunt! Find artwork, try a demo, meet a fiber artist, or give a compliment (just to name a few) – get 4 in a row and you’ll be entered to win a FREE Fiber Art for All tote bag! It’s a fun, all-ages way to experience the many offerings, while connecting with the people + art around you. 

FIBER ART FOR ALL MERCH

Help us spread the good word that fiber art is for ALL! Our 2026 merch, designed by our Marketing + Events Specialist Stella Williams, is inspired by the pollinators, animals, plants, and techniques that make the lifespan of fiber art.

We’ll have a limited run of merch available at the event on February 20 + 21!

STICKERS 4 FOOD ACCESS

Buy a sticker + support our neighborhood food shelf! 100% of proceeds from our Fiber Art for All sticker sales will go to our program partner, East Side Neighborhood Services — a cherished Textile Center partner providing critical community services, including the Glendale Food Shelf, located just a short walk from Textile Center. We are honored to support their work serving our neighbors and helping ensure access to food during this especially critical time.

Get your sticker at the event on February 20 + 21!

NEIGHBORHOOD SIPS + BITES

There are many great restaurants to eat at in the neighborhood! We are partnering with the following businesses to offer a special discount for Fiber Art for All attendees:

• Tacosito: 10% off your order
• Sip of Silk Cafe: 10% off soup or sandwiches, 20% of drinks
• The Cajun House: 10% off your order
• Fan Cha: 10% off your order

Make sure to grab a coupon sheet when you get to the event, and bring it with you when you grab a bite!

There will be no food onsite at Textile Center, out of care for out gallery spaces and artwork.

KEEP OUR COMMUNITY WARM

We are excited to partner with Hats & Mittens to collect donations of new or gently used hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves for all ages. Donations will be distributed to more than 250 local schools and nonprofit organizations. Knitted, crocheted, and felted items are welcome!

Biggest needs right now:

• Ages 5-8 mittens (ideally waterproof)
• Adults hats & mittens
• Infant / toddler hats & mittens

Find Textile Center’s donation bin just inside our front door.