Craftcation 2026: Full Schedule

2:00pm PDT

Wednesday April 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

Explore the beautiful and meditative practice of flower pounding, a hands-on art form that transforms fresh blooms into vibrant, nature-inspired prints. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to harness the natural pigments of flowers to create a one-of-a-kind botanical design on fabric.

Session Highlights:
-Tips for prepping your fabric with a mordant so it better accepts and retains natural dye
- Learn the techniques for pounding flowers into fabric to achieve colorful, detailed prints
- Explore tips for layout, composition, and creating balanced, eye-catching designs
- Discover how to care for your custom tea towel to preserve its natural beauty

No experience is needed—just bring your creativity and a love of flowers. You’ll leave with a functional and beautiful tea towel, plus the inspiration and skills to continue this craft at home.

Presenters

Ashley Rodgers

The Works Seattle

Ashley is a lifelong crafter, proud dog mom and avid knitter who turned her love of making into a full-time gig at The Works Seattle. Known as the team’s “Jane of all trades,” she teaches watercolor, stained glass, terrariums and more, helping everyone discover their creative... Read More →

FlowerPoundingHandoutExample pdf

Wednesday April 8, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

9:00am PDT

Dyeing with Tannin, Iron Rust, and Copper - Session 1

Thursday April 9, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Dyeing Annex

In this class, we will explore what it’s like to create permanent marks on natural fabrics using tannin, iron rust, and copper. You will learn how to create iron rust as well as several design patterns. You will walk away with a project that will need to cure for about a week before you unwrap it and see the textile you created!

Presenters

Teresa Remple

Texture Clothing

Teresa started her first maker business in 1992 and is still going strong! At the moment, she creates hemp and organic cotton clothing (Texture Clothing) and coaches fellow makers (Craft A Life You Love). With a heart for serving her community, Teresa is happy to share her expertise... Read More →

Dyeing With Tea & Iron Rust pdf

Thursday April 9, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

1:00pm PDT

Dyeing with Tannin, Iron Rust, and Copper - Session 2

Thursday April 9, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Dyeing Annex

Presenters

Teresa Remple

Texture Clothing

Dyeing With Tea & Iron Rust pdf

Thursday April 9, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

3:30pm PDT

Shibori Kumo Spider Tie Dye Technique

Thursday April 9, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

Dyeing Annex

Attendees will learn the Japanese shibori resist technique “kumo” — literally translated spider! This technique involves multiple rubberbanded “legs” to create your spider and then results in an all-over web design once dyed and revealed. Shibori is a Japanese dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting or bunching cloth to create resist patterns. Once the fabric is bound, we’ll use a fabric dye to get a deep dark blackish color to set the design in a high-contrast colorway.

Presenters

Amy Guerrero

Sunshine Craft Co

Amy Guerrero is a creative entrepreneur and runs the Arizona-based business, Sunshine Craft Co. A graphic designer turned craft instructor; her studio welcomes anyone to try a DIY project or attend an artisan workshop. Named 2019's Best Creative Facilitator by Phoenix New Times, her... Read More →

Thursday April 9, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

9:00am PDT

Ice Dyeing - Session 1

Friday April 10, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Dyeing Annex

Discover the beautiful unpredictability of ice dyeing! Learn how to layer ice and dye powders to create stunning, watercolor-like patterns on fabric. Perfect for beginners and experienced dyers alike, as I’ll be sharing my favorite techniques and pro tips.

Presenters

Rachael Duran

thunder textile

Rachael Duran is the owner/maker at thunder textile. Her interests include macrame, printmaking, marbling, and knitting but her true passion is working with dye. She’s a self-taught dyer and works exclusively with natural fiber textiles. Whenever she’s not starting a new project... Read More →

Friday April 10, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

1:00pm PDT

Ice Dyeing - Session 2

Friday April 10, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Dyeing Annex

Presenters

Rachael Duran

thunder textile

Friday April 10, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

3:30pm PDT

Explore Indigo Dyeing - Session 1

Friday April 10, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT

Dyeing Annex

Explore the magic of indigo dyeing with fiber artist Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ. Learn how to fold and bind fabric to create patterns and designs with indigo dye. You’ll love seeing the dye change colors, and your designs come to life! You will receive materials to dye and can also bring additional natural materials to dye as well. This class can get messy, so please wear clothing you don’t mind getting a little dye on. If you are bringing additional items to dye, cotton, linen, wool, silk and other natural fibers work best and please nothing larger than 3ft x3ft.

Presenters

Melissa Galbraith

MCreativeJ

Melissa Galbraith is the artist behind MCreativeJ. She creates nature inspired hand embroidery kits & embroidery books.

Friday April 10, 2026 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

9:00am PDT

Explore Indigo Dyeing - Session 2

Saturday April 11, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT

Dyeing Annex

Presenters

Melissa Galbraith

MCreativeJ

Melissa Galbraith is the artist behind MCreativeJ. She creates nature inspired hand embroidery kits & embroidery books.

Saturday April 11, 2026 9:00am - 11:00am PDT
Dyeing Annex

Dyeing

1:00pm PDT

Natural Dyeing Two Ways - Session 1

Saturday April 11, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Dyeing Annex

Explore the magic of natural dyeing in this class using one humble ingredient: onion skins. We’ll experiment with two approaches—immersion dyeing for rich, all-over color, and eco-printing for delicate, nature-inspired patterns.

Presenters