Add a unique touch to your rag project – whether it is a rug, wall hanging, table runner, or placemats, etc. Creatively piece together fabric strips to form a fabric block. Cut the block into weft strips and weave into a plain weave threading. Use fabric paints to create designs and learn an inlay process to make your project special. Fish, flowers, and butterflies are a few design ideas. No special artistic ability is required, as designs can be copied or traced.
Enrollment Status
Open
Experience Level
Advanced Beginner
Maximum Class Size
18
Materials Fee
$10 covers handout, fabric paints, design motifs
Student Supplies
4-shaft Loom warped for plain weave with 8/4 carpet warp, 5/2, or 8/2 cotton
Stick or rag shuttle
Heddle hook
½ yard of washed white cotton fabric, cutting mat, rotary cutter, straight edge
Fabric scissors, small scissors, tape measure or hem gauge, sewing needle and thread, straight pins, glue stick, Fray Check
Several cheap paint brushes – fine point to a broader edge no wider than 1/3”
Black Sharpie marker, note-taking materials
Homework
Warped loom, prepared fabric weft strips according to pre-workshop instructions provided
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Instructor
Dianne Totten
Instructor Bio
Dianne Totten, a weaver for over 40 years and teacher for 25, enjoys creating whimsical rag rugs and wall hangings with design inlay in an attempt to use up her fabric stash. Her expertise in sewing complements her passion for weaving. Dianne’s award-winning work has appeared nationally and internationally. She teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School in NC as well as for guilds and regional conferences in the US and Canada, and at several Convergences.
