Join us for the return of our Makers Market this February during our Fiber Art for All week, featuring the work of 26 local artists and makers!
Saturday, February 2, 2024, from 10 – 3 pm
Celebrating all things fiber art, it will be a fun-filled day of events at Textile Center, with the Markets Market, our Shared Pieces Community Patchwork Project, warm beverages from Misfit Coffee, fiber art demos, a Fiber Finds sale in our shop, and more.
At the Makers Market, we aim to showcase a diverse range of handmade fiber artwork that showcases a range of techniques; work by emerging artists; work by artists who identify as persons of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and members of other historically marginalized groups; work that embraces sustainability, accessibility, and creativity; and goods of varying price points.
2025 MAKER LINEUP
Ivy Morrison (she/her) is a dye artist based in Minneapolis, MN, after living in Los Angeles for ten years. With twenty-five years of experience in various creative fields—such as professional dance, choreography, and birth work—her passion for color theory and fashion eventually converged, leading her to the world of dyeing and further evolving her artistry.
Cami Andersen (she/her) is a librarian by profession and a crafter at heart based in North St. Paul, MN. Her crafts are made with a sense of humor, and include cross-stitching, Bargello embroidery, and bookmarks made of recycled books. She especially loves playing with color, and often uses themes related to books, pets, and hygge (being cozy).
Jenna Bergman (she/her) is a textile artist based in Minneapolis MN, currently creating as Goldenrod Handcraft. Jenna creates quilted textile art and small batch reworked clothing using vintage, secondhand, botanical dyed and block printed textiles. Her work is lighthearted, colorful and often depicts imagery of her favorite foods or is inspired by nature.
Eleanor Giese (she/her) is an artist based in Minneapolis with curiosities for many mediums, but printmaking has always had her heart. Her linocut creations explore and encourage the formation of community in an increasingly individualistic society. Come shop for bandanas, t-shirts, patching and prints at the Makers Market!
Hayley Fisher (she/her) fixed up a vintage Singer Chainstitch Machine that she recently inherited. This machine was used to create letter jacks and bowling shirts in the 1950s. Bring and item that is non-stretch denim, linen or canvas that would like a custom word or name on and leave with a one-of-a-kind piece.
Zoe (she/her) and Sadie Allen (she/her), White Earth Ojibwe and Sicangu Lakota, draw from pop-culture to make unique beadwork pieces using a variety of techniques. Influenced by the artistry of their late Grandmother Helen Allen, the sisters carry on their family tradition of Anishinaabe and Lakota style beadwork by working with traditional Indigenous materials including birch bark and seed beads. Learn more about them and their work by visiting their instagram page @lightningstonearts!
Rooted among the rich soil of the Midwest, Rebi (she/her) creates work that hugs the line between craft and art, bringing beauty to everyday functional items through her business Rooted Apricity. Broom-making has become the perfect balance of her desire to make, her love for plants, and her passion to live as close to the earth as possible.
Sarah Rosenthal (she/her) is a craft artist, world traveler, costume designer, reference librarian and queer historian. She practices Slavic folk embroidery using archival references, traditional techniques, and repurposed materials — making patterns of the past accessible to the modern stitcher. Explore her collection of designs at the Makers Market!
Amanda Schmitz (she/her) is an emerging crochet artist based in Minneapolis, MN. She is finding joy in learning new crochet techniques with the aim of bringing color, movement, and nature-inspired decor into your home. Check out her booth at the Makers Market for tapestries, wind spinners, hanging plant holders, and more!
Beeper Bébé Studio wants kiddos to experience the magic of rainbows, make-believe and sweet dreams. They want to be kind to the earth and use what already exists. They want big people to know that childhood doesn’t have to end just because they’ve grown up. Their art toys and plushies are made from secondhand clothing and eco-friendly fibers, then handcrafted with whimsy, vibrant colors and happy details in order to make all of these dreams come true. Come play.
Greta Kreider Carlson (she/her) is currently living in South Minneapolis after many years spent in the mountain west, and has become infatuated with the meditative practice of spinning yarn. Her hand spun yarn is often inspired by colors of the desert, reflecting the interplay of sky, sand, rock, and desert flora. She loves to experiment with color combinations and different methods of plying and uses her hand spun remnants to make delightfully fluffy pompoms!
Alexandra (Ali) King (she/her), is an artist and seamstress local to Minneapolis, MN. She creates unique spins on upcycled clothing with a focus on sustainability. “Clothing doesn’t need to be thrown away just because they have a rip or a stain, make them into something new!” Bright bold and unique each patchwork design she creates is one of a kind and invokes thought and feeling.
Sandy Kalinowski (she/her), Minneapolis, MN creates needle felted landscapes from life travels and imagined travels. She also creates portraits of animals and other natural elements, detailed and somewhat abstract. Sandy has a background in painting and drawing of similar subjects, along with vignettes in an impressionistic realism style. She only recently discovered needle felting and fibers on her journey to return to art and craft-making from the corporate world.
Christina Angell (she/her) creates a variety of fanciful fiber crafts from her home studio in Northeast Minneapolis. She is especially inspired by flowers, animals, and retro/vintage imagery. Using cozy and vibrant colors and textures, she makes crocheted, knitted, quilted, rug braided, and needle felted items. Shop her whimsical collection of handmade goods at the Makers Market!