Fiber Art for All

What’s Fiber Art for All (FAFA)?

This weeklong celebration of fiber art started in 2020 as a way to celebrate all things fiber art and textiles, to stay connected during a time of isolation, and to stay inspired during our cold and dark Minnesota winters. FAFA has evolved with our changing times, and we now offer in-person and virtual ways to engage with us during the week!

Our Fiber Art for All goal remains the same: To offer fiber art events for all ages and familiarities with fiber arts, to foster new connections, to nurture longtime connections, and to spread the joy of fiber art with our community.

MAKERS MARKET

10 am – 3 pm

Join us for the return of our Makers Market this February during our Fiber Art for All Open House, featuring the work of 26 local artists and makers!

Learn more + meet the artists here.

SHARED PIECES: A COMMUNITY PATCHWORK PROJECT

Join us for a grand reveal of our Shared Pieces: Community Patchwork Project!

We invited the community to create fabric squares reflecting themselves, and we received over 150 contributions. These squares are being sewn into a community quilt installation at our corner of University Ave. The final outdoor display will be unveiled during our Fiber Art for All Open House!

Learn more about the project here.

HANDS-ON DEMOS

10 am – 4 pm

Visit pop-up tables with some of our Textile Center affliated guilds and try your hand at several fiber art techniques!

Wet felting with the Minnesota Feltmakers’ Guild
Needle felting with our Textile Center Education team
Basket weaving demo with the Basket Weaving at Textile Center Special Interest Group
Knitting demo with the Minnesota Knitters Guild
Sewing demo with the American Sewing Guild
Quilting demo with Minnesota Contemporary Quilters
Polymer clay demo with the Polymer Clay Guild of MN

PARTNER ORGANIZATION POP-UPS

10 am – 4 pm

We’re excited to welcome the following organizations hosting info + demo tables during the open house:

- CHOICE, Inc.
- Fresh Eye Arts,
- Quilts with Kadra
- Three Rivers Fibershed

FIBER FINDS SALE

10 am – 4 pm

Shop a collection of secondhand quilted home goods + wearables in our Community Room!

Jensen- Wrapped in a Cocoon, Then Metaporphosis- detail

GALLERIES

10 am – 4 pm

Talk a walk through our galleries, which are always free and open to the public.

Learn about what exhibitions will be on view here.

(Pictured: work by 2024 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellow Amber Jensen)

Fiber Art for All

What’s Fiber Art for All (FAFA)?

Our Fiber Art for All goal remains the same: To offer fiber art events for all ages and familiarities with fiber arts, to foster new connections, to nurture longtime connections, and to spread the joy of fiber art with our community.

MAKERS MARKET

10 am – 3 pm

Join us for the return of our Makers Market this February during our Fiber Art for All Open House, featuring the work of 26 local artists and makers!

Learn more + meet the artists here.

SHARED PIECES: A COMMUNITY PATCHWORK PROJECT

Join us for a grand reveal of our Shared Pieces: Community Patchwork Project!

Learn more about the project here.

HANDS-ON DEMOS

10 am – 4 pm

Visit pop-up tables with some of our Textile Center affliated guilds and try your hand at several fiber art techniques!

PARTNER ORGANIZATION POP-UPS

10 am – 4 pm

We’re excited to welcome the following organizations hosting info + demo tables during the open house:

FIBER FINDS SALE

10 am – 4 pm

Shop a collection of secondhand quilted home goods + wearables in our Community Room!

GALLERIES

10 am – 4 pm

Talk a walk through our galleries, which are always free and open to the public.

Learn about what exhibitions will be on view here.

(Pictured: work by 2024 McKnight Fiber Artist Fellow Amber Jensen)

TEXTILE CENTER SHOP

10 am – 4 pm

Browse our shop full of handmade fiber art by 100+ artists! We’ll have a special Quilted Fiber Finds sale in the shop during the Open House!

MISFIT COFFEE

10 am – 3 pm

Our favorite local coffee shop Misfit Coffee will be popping up with a coffee cart during the open house!

KCM EGGROLLS FOOD TRUCK

12 – 3 pm

KCM EggRolls returns with egg-rolls-on-a-stick, bowls, and more!

Looking back at Fiber Art for All week 2024:

Photos by @landonschoeneck