Small Area Plan Process Community Meeting

Waterford Old School 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford, VA

The Loudoun Historic Villages Alliance presents an overview of the Small Area Plan process, planned for our Rural Historic Villages, starting in 2025. Learn more about the discussions and work topics that your village will be considering as you plan for the future of your village. All are invited! For any questions, please contact Madeline […]

Come Celebrate Eugene Scheel – Renowned Loudoun Historian

Waterford Old School 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford, VA

Come Celebrate Eugene Scheel - Renowned Loudoun Historian Date: January 4, 2025 Time: 4-6pm Location: Waterford Old School Auditorium (40222 Fairfax Street, Waterford VA 20197) Join the Honorable Geary Higgins, Waterford Resident, Friend to Gene and House District 30 Delegate in honoring Eugene Scheel's contributions to 18th, 19th, and 20th Century history of Loudoun County […]

Introduction to Basic Clothing Mending

Saturday, February 15, 2024 9 AM – 5 PM Spend a relaxing day learning the basics of clothing mending with Shelagh Jessop of Stuart Moores Textiles.  

$255

Amazing Ice Dyeing

Saturday, February 15 9 AM – 5 PM Learn to ice dye! With the magic of applying safe, easy-to-use fiber reactive dye powders over ice, colors & effects are ethereal, intricate, and never the same twice. As the colors split and fissure due to the slowly melting water, your fabric takes on watercolor-like effects that […]

$235

Getting Started with Wet Felting: Felt an Elegant Alpaca and Silk Cowl

The aim of this course is to provide a solid foundation in the art of wet felting while creating a warm and elegant alpaca/merino and silk cowl. We will drill down on equipment needed, felting and finishing technique and how to avoid the most common mistakes people make when learning to felt. Additionally, the course […]

$280

Redwork for a Valentine

Students will use Redwork techniques to embroider a hand towel. Instructor: Linda Kay Benning

Getting Started with Nuno Felting: Felt a Wool & Silk Scarf

The aim of this course is to provide a solid foundation in the art of nuno felting while creating a merino wool and silk scarf. We will drill down on equipment needed, felting and finishing technique and how to avoid the most common mistakes people make when learning to felt. Additionally, the course will cover […]

Shibori Dyeing with Low-Impact Dyes

Break out of the indigo-only box and learn to clamp, bind, fold, or twist fabric to achieve dozens of variations on traditional Shibori patterns. Because we are using easy, effective, low-impact fiber reactive dyes, you can create any color you want! Instructor: Jessica Kaufman