Upcoming Community Events
Crafting Your Path: A Business Start Up Intensive
Saturday, May 30th | 10am - 4pm
Sunday, May 31st | 10am - 2pm, 1:1 coaching sessions
Crafting Your Path is a two-day interactive workshop hosted in partnership with Mountain BizWorks to help creative entrepreneurs launch or grow a business. On Day 1, we’ll explore your mission, vision, and values—then apply them to real-world business structures using the Business Model Canvas. Together, we’ll dive into pricing strategies, marketing approaches, and sustainable models tailored to your goals. On Day 2, you’ll have a 1-on-1 coaching session with an expert for individualized assistance.
Expect engaging group discussions, practical takeaways, and a supportive space to refine your business. Come ready to dig in and collaborate!
Developed by creatives in business for creatives in business, this program is tailored to meet the unique needs of creative entrepreneurs working in fibers and textiles.
To make this workshop accessible, this session is being offered at a discounted rate of $50 per participant (normally $125).
Courtesy Post: Blue Ridge Fiber Fest 2026
Admission is free!
Take a break in the foothills at Blue Ridge Fiber Fest, an annual event bringing together farmers, vendors, and fiber artists for a celebration of the fiber arts in beautiful downtown Sparta, NC. Dozens of classes will be available - knitting, crocheting, spinning, weaving and more. Demonstrations will include both traditional and modern fiber techniques as well as farming operations.
Get more info, see a list of vendors, and register for workshops at www.blueridgefiberfest.com.
Courtesy Post: Fiber Flax Field Day
Come learn about fiber flax!
The NC State Alternative Crops Program in partnership with the PA Flax Project is hosting a fiber flax field day! We will discuss fiber flax production, harvest, and end use.
This is a FREE event but attendees must register to participate.
The event will be held at the Cherry Research Farm and is outdoors so please dress accordingly (e.g., closed-toe shoes, hat, bring sunscreen and bugspray).
PF @ Piedmont Farm Tour
Stop by the makerspace during the Piedmont Farm tour and see what we’re up to!
Courtesy Post: Project Threadways Symposium
Since 2019, Project Threadways has hosted annual symposia exploring the intersections of design, art, making, power, labor, and community. Each gathering has expanded on a central inquiry: how can making—especially through design and textiles—help us better understand the social, economic, and environmental systems we live within?
Held April 24-25 in Florence, Alabama, the 2026 Project Threadways Symposium continues this exploration of textiles through the theme of Regeneration. Presentations, workshops, and exhibitions center cotton, from soil to shelf to symbol—who grows it, how it is nurtured, who benefits in the global marketplace, and its generational legacy. Speakers explore power and representation in the supply chain, connect craft and culture, and showcase pioneers who are restoring health and humanity to the world’s most ubiquitous fiber.
Courtesy Post: South Appalachian Placemaking Conference
Creative Placemaking Communities and Community LIFT are excited to announce the 2026 South and Appalachian Creative Placemaking Summit! Explore Memphis April 21-24, 2026 for the FINAL South & Appalachian Summit produced by Creative Placemaking Communities.
The Summit, entitled BUILDING BRIDGES: Connecting Communities through Culture and Commerce, will explore how communities throughout the South and beyond use arts, culture and creative placemaking as a strategy for community and economic development, revitalization and collaborative action to strengthen our cities and towns. Building resiliency and sustainability for our communities is a key component of what we will examine.
Host Sponsor, Community LIFT supports Memphis neighborhoods by investing in building capacity, empowering residents and growing businesses, particularly in distressed neighborhoods. Arts, culture and creative placemaking are embedded throughout all their investment strategies.
Courtesy Post: Craft and Chat Textiles
Craft and Chat: Textiles
Bring your handheld fiber art project to the Weatherspoon Art Museum for an hour of crafting, chatting, and snacking! This UNC Greensboro Wellness Day activity is inspired by the quilting and knitting communities represented in Salt and Spirit, Harriet’s Powers, and Pattern Recognition. Crochet, knitting, embroidery, quilting, hand sewing, and more welcome. A simple friendship bracelet activity will be available for folks without a craft. Snacks and beverages will be provided during the event.
Fiber and Folk Info Session #2
Still considering joining Fiber & Folk Weekend? Curious what the experience holds?
Join us for an upcoming virtual info session to learn more about the weekend’s schedule, workshops, and the spirit of the gathering.
Come as you are, bring your curiosity, and get a glimpse of the creative community waiting for you.
Courtesy Post: CraftFest CLT
Craft Fest is CRAFT CLT’s exhilarating annual fundraising event that merges vendor booths, an art show, demonstrations, classes, and food trucks in one vibrant location! Discover a new craft at our Make-n-Take Stations, sign up for a class to learn a new skill, or wander through the marketplace to support our talented local makers and craft suppliers.
Vendors and food trucks will be positioned outside, rain or shine. Indoors, we have an exciting lineup of Make-n-Takes, live demonstrations, the art show and engaging classes; we are truly thrilled to use this vibrant blended space to highlight every incredible moment of this event!
Fiber and Folk Info Session #1
Still considering joining Fiber & Folk Weekend? Curious what the experience holds?
Join us for an upcoming virtual info session to learn more about the weekend’s schedule, workshops, and the spirit of the gathering.
Come as you are, bring your curiosity, and get a glimpse of the creative community waiting for you.
Before You Go to CFF: A PF Virtual Field Guide
Join our virtual meetup session to find out how you can help out Piedmont Fibershed!
Before You Go to CFF: A PF Virtual Field Guide
Join our virtual meetup session to find out how you can help out Piedmont Fibershed!
Crafting & CoWorking
Join us in the Burlington space for fiber work, handcraft, and digital projects as we create and cultivate a welcoming place where ideas can grow. Bring your stitching, knitting, spinning, unfinished objects, writing, or laptop work. This is time set aside for slow making, quiet focus, and the gentle power of working in community.
This gathering meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Courtesy Post: Studio Warming @ Triple Springs Studio
We’re excited to share some wonderful news from our community: a brand-new craft space is almost ready to open its doors!
Community member Sadie Rapp, her family, and their dedicated building team have been working tirelessly throughout the fall and winter to bring this creative hub to life. Thanks to their vision and hard work, we are now days away from welcoming the public into this inspiring new space.
Whether you’re a seasoned maker or simply craft‑curious, we hope you’ll stop by, explore, and connect with others who love creating.
Stay tuned for opening details and future workshops—we can’t wait to see you there!
Crafting & CoWorking
Join us in the Burlington space for fiber work, handcraft, and digital projects as we create and cultivate a welcoming place where ideas can grow. Bring your stitching, knitting, spinning, unfinished objects, writing, or laptop work. This is time set aside for slow making, quiet focus, and the gentle power of working in community.
This gathering meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Piedmont Fibershed Virtual Meetup
Join our virtual meetup session to find out how you can help out Piedmont Fibershed!
Crafting & CoWorking
Join us in the Burlington space for fiber work, handcraft, and digital projects as we create and cultivate a welcoming place where ideas can grow. Bring your stitching, knitting, spinning, unfinished objects, writing, or laptop work. This is time set aside for slow making, quiet focus, and the gentle power of working in community.
This gathering meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month.
Piedmont Fibershed Virtual Meetup
Join our virtual meetup session to find out how you can help out Piedmont Fibershed!
Sax Flax Sundays
Sax Flax Workdays at The Sanctuary Barn invite community members to step into a living practice of sustainable fiber cultivation. Join us for hands-on sessions supporting regional flax production and shared learning in the textile economy’s regenerative future. Volunteers will help process flax and tend materials together in a collaborative, thoughtful environment that honors both land and craft.
Sessions take place on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays of November and December, 3–5pm
Dates: 11/9, 11/16, 12/14, 12/21
Location: The Sanctuary Barn, 280 Holt Road, Graham, NC
Interested in joining this growing circle of makers and growers? Email Zeke Overbaugh to sign up.
Sax Flax Sundays
Sax Flax Workdays at The Sanctuary Barn invite community members to step into a living practice of sustainable fiber cultivation. Join us for hands-on sessions supporting regional flax production and shared learning in the textile economy’s regenerative future. Volunteers will help process flax and tend materials together in a collaborative, thoughtful environment that honors both land and craft.
Sessions take place on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays of November and December, 3–5pm
Dates: 11/9, 11/16, 12/14, 12/21
Location: The Sanctuary Barn, 280 Holt Road, Graham, NC
Interested in joining this growing circle of makers and growers? Email Zeke Overbaugh to sign up.
Piedmont Fibershed Virtual Meetup
Join our virtual meetup session to find out how you can help out Piedmont Fibershed!