Join our beginner's fabric dyeing workshop with contemporary textile artist; Janine Judge. Learn Sun, ice, and microwave dyeing techniques. Perfect for textile enthusiasts or the curious. Unleash your creativity with vibrant dyes in a fun, immersive experience.

Sun 28 Jul 2024 | 11.00am - 2.00pm | Suitable for 18 yrs+

$95 | $85.50 Members | Materials included

WA Quilters | The home of West Australian Quilters   

Join Cathy Inman for a 4-hour journey into twined basketry. Create enchanting baskets using garden finds like Bangalow Palm and banana trunk. Unleash your creativity in nature's embrace. 

Sat 1 Jun 2024 | 11.00am - 3.00pm | Suitable 15 yrs +

$110 | $99 Members | Materials included

Visit artist, educator and textile designer Annick Akanni in her studio and join her mother Dottie for an informal gathering in the courtyard to learn the art of fibre and hair braiding.

“Whenever mum braids my hair, we talk about life and share stories together.”

Akanni’s practice involves sharing creative knowledge and skills through community art workshops for children, young people and families. Meeting and connecting with a diverse range of cross-disciplinary creatives invites conversation and the opportunity to learn about different cultures.

Sat 16 Dec | 11 am - 12:30 pm & 1 pm - 2:30 pm
FREE | Suitable for all ages

Join African Australian artist, educator and textile designer Annick Akanni and explore storytelling through connection, texture, pattern, colour and sensory discoveries.

Sat 25 Nov | 1 pm - 2:30 pm
FREE | Suitable for all ages

Join inspiring tutor and MJAC artist in residence, Martien van Zuilen to create gorgeous 3D hand-felted flowers, using fine Merino wool and novelty fibres. The felting skills and finishing techniques you will learn can also be translated to a larger scale, for future projects.

Sat 20 May 2023 | 10am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included

In this hands-on fibre art workshop, combine the splendour of unspun wool fibres with the structural integrity of coiling techniques, to create a vessel. After the coiling is complete, use the ancient art of felting to transform the works into firm, sculptural forms. Other applications for this wonderous combo of techniques will also be shown, to provide inspiration for future projects.

Sat 6 May 2023 | 10am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included

Join renowned textile artist, Jan Rowe for a day of spontaneous, creative exploration as you work with a range of materials and quilting techniques to create your own unique composition and textile artwork.

This technique-based workshop focuses on abstract composition as participants ask, “what if?”, experiment and stretch the limits of their comfort zone.

Sat 26 Nov 2022 | 9.30am - 4.30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$100 I $90 members | Materials List >

Learn the art of Japanese Shibori with textile artist in residence Phil Thomas. In this workshop you will prepare fabric for dyeing, learn a variety of folding and stitching techniques, use hot water dyes and a microwave to create some unique and beautiful fabric designs.

Sat 8 Oct 2022 | 9.30am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$100 | $90 members | Materials included

Ever wanted to dye your very own t-shirt and bag? Learn the basics of Procion dyeing on cotton in this colourful workshop. Helen will guide you through basic fabric printing and colour mixing with thickened dyes. Make your own fabric stamp and combine it with graffiti style marks in coloured dyes for a unique, one-of-a-kind look on a t-shirt and bag.

Fri 30 Sep | 12.30pm - 2.30pm | Suitable for 9 - 14 yrs
$60 I $54 members | Materials included - BYO cotton t-shirt 

Create something intricate and beautiful using the Japanese Patchwork method known as Boro (meaning tatters or patchwork). Textile artist Phil Thomas will show you how to transform repurposed fabrics using hand stitchery and layering.

There will be selection of sumptuous fabrics to work with, kindly donated by Handcrafters House.

Fri 9 Sep 2022 | 9.30am - 4pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$90 | $81 members | Materials included - BYO special fabrics

Explore the versatility of screenprinting and repurposed fabrics in this half-day workshop with Extricate artist Isaac Huggins. Make your own unique stencil design to enhance your fabric or clothing or use one of Isaac's pre-made paper stencils as you explore various silkscreen techniques, including paper-stencil printing, layering, how to achieve colour blending/gradients and the benefits of under-painting and post-print embellishments. 

Sat 27 Aug 2022 | 12pm - 3pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs 
$100 | $90 members | BYO found garment or fabric - prewashed, natural, untextured, mid/heavyweight fabrics are most suitable 
Midland Junction Arts Centre, 276 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Cale St) Midland WA

Images: By Isabelle Haubrich and courtesy of Isaac Huggins

Learn the art of 3D felting to create your own fantastic cuddly beast with artist Heather Davis. Colourful wool will be transformed into bees, cicadas, ladybugs, beetles and more, as we celebrate backyard biodiversity in this fun school holiday workshop.

Wed 13 Jul 2022 | 10am - 12pm | Suitable for 5 - 12 yrs (Children under 8 yrs must have a parent attend) 
$45 | $40.50 members | Materials included
Midland Junction Arts Centre 276 Great Eastern Hwy (Corner of Cale St) Midland WA

Image: Courtesy of Heather Davis

Join celebrated textiles artist Martien van Zuilen for a full day of felting to create a tall vessel. This hands-on class explores the sculptural qualities of handmade felt; students will learn about designing with wool and fibre blending, and how to add textural effects to create a unique tall form. Previous felting experience is not necessary.

Sat 25 Jun 2022 | 9:30am – 4:30pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$120 | $108 members | Materials supplied plus additional take home materials available to purchase from Martien on the day.

Image: Martien van Zuilen, Standing Tall, 2018. Courtesy the artist.

Learn how to craft your own whimsical basket or vessel using gathered materials, vines, fibre, willow, silk, wire and imagination with Liliana Stafford. 

Winner of the 2020, Castaways Scultpure Alcoa Major Award, Liliana describes herself as a story teller through art, finding inspiration and materials on regular walks in the natural wetland near her home. 

Sat 26 Feb | 1pm - 4pm | Suitable for 14+ yrs
$60 | $54 members | Materials included

Image: Liliana Stafford, Untitled, 2021, vines and fibre, 20 x 30cm. Photograph by Amanda Miller

Create your own unique textile design using block printing with Monika Lukowska in this hands-on 3-hour class. You will learn how to design, carve and print your own block on tote bags and calico whilst experimenting with colour, composition, and layering. Suitable for beginners and artists looking to extend their skills.

Monika is a printmaking artist and academic from Poland currently based in Perth, Western Australia. She works as a sessional academic and research assistant at Curtin University, is a Print Council of Australia Representative for Western Australia and a co-founder of Print Lab Australia.

Thu 24 Feb 2022 | 6pm - 9pm | Suitable for 16+ yrs
$75 | $67.50 members | Materials supplied 

Image: courtesy the artist