Declare your mycophilia with a custom stitched patch! In this workshop you'll be able to explore a variety of simple sashiko stitches and walk away with a useful and attractive patch for mending or fashion. In keeping with the mushroom theme, our patches will draw design inspiration from our fungi friends and use mushroom-dyed fabrics and threads. Soft denim patches, natural and mushroom-dyed threads for stitching, mushroom-dyed fabrics for additional embellishment, and plenty of designs will be provided. If desired, you may bring additional threads, a line drawing of your favorite mushroom (max 3x5", silhouette only), and/or an item or fabric to stitch onto instead of the patch provided.

Materials Fee:$5 includes all materials

Julie is a designer, artist, and educator living at the base of a volcano in Trout Lake, WA where she forages for mushrooms and runs her fresh-cut color flower farm, Bloom & Dye. She conceived and launched the Mushroom Color Atlas to grow her work and passion to benefit what she values most: curiosity, education, creativity, collaboration, community, and the environment. For Julie, educating others on how plants, fungi and their colors reflect the beauty of nature is something she is moved to share as a way to inspire care, stewardship and impact. For seven years she was on the faculty of Pacific Northwest College of Art and Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland. She is a member of the Oregon Mycological Society and has been experimenting with mushroom dyes since discovering Miriam Rice’s out of print book Mushrooms for Color. When she is not out foraging you can find her tending to the soil in her flower farm, working in her art studio, or leading workshops.
www.mushroomcoloratlas.com
@bloomanddye

Judilee Fitzhugh is a textile artisan who specializes in natural plant dyes and couture sewing. A tour of duty in Japan with the U.S. Navy led to a profound Japanese influence and a lifelong affection for indigo and plant fibers. She gained her Certificate in Craft at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2002, and taught in the BFA and Studio School programs until the school’s closure in 2019. Her finely crafted work combines natural objects with vintage fabric remnants, hand weaving, and surface design to portray a single moment in history.
www.judileefitzhugh.com