Ongoing

Contribute to “The Witness Quilt”

Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh

FGP has an opportunity to participate in "The Witness Quilt," part of Pittsburgh artist Louise Silk's new exhibition at the Heinz History Center: Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life in the museum’s fifth floor Barensfeld Gallery. "The Witness Quilt" is an interactive community project. Silk has started to create a special quilt from 1,152 patches of reused ...

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Artist Trading Card Making

Panera Bread at Waterworks Shopping Plaza 942 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh

Come make with us! Help us reach our goal of creating 100 artist trading cards to give to Fiberart International 2025 artists at the Artist Welcoming Reception. Artist trading cards are tiny works of art measuring 2.5" x 3.5" in size and they can be any medium! This event will provide instructions and parameters for ...

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Threadpainting: Embellishing & Playing with Wool

Sixth Presbyterian Church 1688 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh

NEW DATE AND TIME Learn simple embellishment techniques with Pam Bice and Barb Grossman. We will be using basic needle felting techniques and threadpainting to embellish commercial panels or create an original 2-dimensional pieces with needle felting. We will discuss the different ways needle felting can be used to embellish quilts and supply options. Commercial ...

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